Eat to love with Jenna Hollenstein

Jenna Hollenstein, MS, RDN, CDN, is a non-diet dietitian who helps people struggling with chronic dieting, disordered eating, and eating disorders.

Jenna uses a combination of Intuitive Eating, mindfulness techniques, and meditation to help her clients move toward greater peace, health, and wellness.
Jenna is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) and a Certified Dietitian Nutritionist (CDN) in New York State. She has a Bachelors degree in Nutrition from Penn State, a Masters degree in Nutrition from Tufts University, is a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and an Open Heart Project meditation guide.
Jenna is the author of Understanding Dietary Supplements, a handy guide to the evaluation and use of vitamins, minerals, herbs, and botanicals for both consumers and clinicians, and more recently the memoir Drinking to Distraction.

​Topics:

  1. ​Jenna’s journey in nutrition, and a special meaning the name of her web site ‘eat 2 love’ carries
  2. ​​​​​Research on intuitive eating and joy of eating, emotional connection and relationship to food, as well as emotional overeating
  3. Mindfulness ​in her non-diet approach, society’s stigma, learning how to work with your senses
  4. The importance of meditation and self-care in our daily rituals
  5. Removing busyness from our lives

​Web resources:

​Books:

Understanding Dietary Supplements (Understanding Health and Sickness)
Drinking to Distraction
Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living (Shambhala Classics)
The Places that Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times (Shambhala Classics)
When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and Compassion

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This episode is proudly brought to you by ​​Herb​stalk.
Herbstalk is a grassroots, Boston-area herbal event and organization. ​Herbstalk hosts classes on herbal and holistic health topics, offers urban plant walks, and brings together herbal crafters & artisans from across New England and beyond. The focus of the organization is on community. ​​As a mission-driven organization Herbstalk’s goals are to:

  • offer accessible & high-quality educational opportunities
  • provide a platform that highlights the work of local and emerging herbalists
  • connect, strengthen & beautify our local communities
  • facilitate a direct relationship to plants and the natural world

This year’s main event is on June 2nd and 3rd in Somerville, Massachusetts. 

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