Nicole Eikenberry (She/Her)
Registered Dietician (RD)

Areas of Expertise:

As a Registered Dietitian, I specialize in working with individuals of diverse identities and life experiences who are interested in exploring their relationship with food, eating, movement, and body. My client-centered approach is weight-inclusive, trauma-sensitive, and compassionate, respecting each client’s personal values and sense of health and well-being while supporting their agency and autonomy.

Professional Experience:

• Master of Science in Nutrition, University of Minnesota (2003)
• Registered Dietitian (since 1998)

Professional Experience:

I have decades of experience working with individuals and groups, providing presentations, volunteering, and engaging in advocacy work. I use a combination of healing modalities to help clients address and transform distressing and isolating thoughts and behaviors related to food and body. My aim is to help clients find more peace and ease, allowing them to pursue a more pleasurable and authentic life.

Therapeutic Approach:

My approach is holistic and integrative, incorporating a variety of therapeutic modalities to meet the unique needs of each client. I am dedicated to helping clients overcome problematic eating behaviors and body dissatisfaction, understanding that these issues are common and that there is potential for healing. My methods include mindful eating, mindfulness meditation, body trust, and intuitive eating.

About Me

Outside of my professional work, I am passionate about continuous learning and personal growth. I enjoy spending time with family and friends, engaging in outdoor activities, and practicing mindfulness and self-compassion. These personal interests help me stay grounded and enhance my ability to support my clients effectively.

Professional Associations:

• Certificate course in Mindful Eating, The Center for Mindful Eating (2022-2023)

• Certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher, with Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield (2019-2021)

• Certified Body Trust® Specialist (since 2018)

• Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor (since 2014)

Additional Relevant Training:

• Internal Family Systems for Dietitians (2024, 2018)

• Gut-Practitioner 6-month intensive course, Dr. Heather Finley (2023)

• Motivational Interviewing, with Megrette Fletcher (2024), with Dana Sturtevant (2022, 2016)

• Freedom School: A year of anti-racism training, Desiree Adaway (2020)

• Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness, David Treleaven (2019)

• Advanced Well-Now, Lucy Aphramor (Mexico City, 2019)

• Just Practice: Bringing social justice into your counseling practice, Hilary Kinavey and Carmen Cool (2018)

• Meditation courses, Thérèse Jacobs-Stewart, MindRoads Meditation Center, St. Paul (2010-2015)

• 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training, Core Power Yoga (2012)

Professional Memberships and Associations:

• Member of Eating Disorder RD professionals (EDRDpro) since 2017
• The Center for Mindful Eating (TCME) since 2015
• Association for Size Diversity and Health (ASDAH) since 2017
• Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR), maintaining registration for Registered Dietitian status since 1998
• Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (formerly American Dietetic Association) since 1998