New book Available NOW: The Renewed Practitioner: How Spiritual Care Transforms Nutrition, Dietetics, and Lifestyle Medicine
CHANGE YOUR PATIENT’S LIFE AND YOUR OWN
Improve your effectiveness with these trainings!
Spiritual Care in Practice: Tools to Strengthen Patient Motivation and Outcomes
Live Online Course
Date/Time: June 4 & 11, 7-8:30 PM CT
Price: $75
Spiritual Care in Practice: Tools to Strengthen Patient Motivation and Outcomes.Learn how to support patients’ spiritual and existential needs—faith-based or not—while staying within your professional scope. This course empowers you to create lasting health change through whole-person care.
You will learn:
o Effective strategies for enhancing motivation and fostering sustainable behavior change.
o Evidence on how spirituality impacts metabolism, inflammation, and outcomes.
o Practical tools to offer spiritual care confidently and ethically.
o Guidance on conducting and documenting a spiritual assessment.
Approved for 6 CEUs by the Academy of Nutrition.
Required: purchase of The Renewed Practitioner book.
Grief and Spiritual Distress in Lifestyle Medicine: Clinical and Personal Strategies for Healing
Live Online Course
Date/Time: June 18 & 25, 7-8:30 PM CT
Price: $65
Support your patients—and yourself—through the healing journey of grief and spiritual distress.
You will:
o Understand the personal and clinical impact of grief, mourning, bereavement, and spiritual distress.
o Learn practical tools to assess and support patients working through existential and spiritual issues.
o Discover personal renewal strategies to stay grounded and flourish as a healthcare professional.
Approved for 5.75 CEUs by the Academy of Nutrition.
Required: purchase of The Renewed Practitioner book.
The Clinical Formation Experience:
From Knowledge to Mastery
10-Week Live Training for 5 Participants per group
Date/Time: Oct 2 – Nov 20 7-8:30 PM CT
Special Introductory Price: $250
Take your practice to the next level with expert-led guidance, small-group support, and hands-on skill-building. In 10 interactive 90-minute sessions, you’ll learn to:
o Deepen your clinical impact with guided self-reflection and evidence-based spiritual care techniques for non-chaplain health care professionals.
o Sharpen communication skills in a supportive peer group with expert supervision
o Master transformative conversations that uncover core motivations and drive lasting patient change—while staying within your scope.
Approved for 18.75 CEUs by the Academy of Nutrition.
Required: purchase of The Renewed Practitioner book.
I am a Registered Dietitian specializing in integrative and functional nutrition, with an MS in Nutrition and a BS in Food Technology. I have years of experience as a diabetes educator, and eating disorder specialist.
I followed that with years of experience in palliative care as a Board-Certified Healthcare Chaplain, holding an MA in Theology with advanced training in Clinical Pastoral Education and Grief Studies. The combined experiences of dietitian and chaplain showed me that healthcare is most effective when it does not ignore the spiritual aspect of the patient.
My Passion is holistic, whole-person care, focusing on the intersection of nutrition, spirituality and emotional well-being.
I want to help you renew yourself and elevate your practice. My free resources and professional development training equip dietitians and lifestyle medicine providers to integrate spiritual care within their scope—enhancing patient outcomes and professional fulfillment.