Online Professional Training
Online 3 Month Mindful Eating (MB-EAT) and Living Professional Training and Mentoring Program
with Teacher Trainer Andrea Lieberstein, MPH, RDN, RYT
and guest faculty appearances with Jean Kristeller, founder of MB-EAT
Learn to become an embodied Mindfulness and Mindful Eating Instructor and Practitioner
48 Continuing Education Units for Registered Dietitians pre-approved by the Commission on Dietetic Registration
The online program trains you how to embody the practice and teach mindfulness meditation and mindful eating from a place of authentic experience and understanding over a period of three months. Learn core practices and an essential knowledge base to teach the MB-EAT program, and to integrate mindfulness, mindful eating and self-compassion practices in client sessions with a focus on a nondiet approach to health and well-being, skill building, cultivating inner wisdom, personal empowerment and self-compassion.
To learn more about MB-EAT Training program HERE
Fall program begins October 25, 2024
Fridays, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PDT/1:00 PM – 3:00 pm EDT
Our online live interactive program includes a Virtual Daylong Retreat, Q & A Sessions, Coaching and Teachback sessions.
The program is a small group training in our virtual classroom using state of the art video/audio conferencing programs with your computer, tablet or Smartphone. It’s like being in a room training together, but from the comfort of your own home or office.
This is the seventh dynamic year Andrea has offered the online training and mentoring program which provides training in the practices and approaches of the Mindfulness-Based Eating Awareness Training Program (MB-EAT), as well as training in mindfulness meditation, self-compassion practices and other mindfulness practices as they support the practice of mindful eating and living. MB-EAT supported by NIH-funded research, addresses mindless and stress-related eating, emotional eating, disordered eating patterns and obesity so prevalent in our culture through the application of mindfulness meditation. You will learn how to facilitate, lead, coach and process evidence-based mindful eating exercises, mindfulness meditation practices and deepen your own practice both personally and professionally.
“…Andrea is a passionate facilitator and teacher with vast meditation experience, who is able to balance the science behind MB-EAT with mindfulness practice in a way that creates a learning environment that is both rich in depth and breadth. I highly recommend this course. It is both personally and professionally rewarding. “
Barbara Sobel., MS, Integrative Nutritionist
Through mindful eating practices, one learns to pay attention to what the body really needs and why, how to experience the full pleasure and taste of food without overeating, and how to release the guilt and struggle so often associated with eating. The tools of inner and outer wisdom integral to the program help support each person to make informed, balanced, healthy sustainable choices over a lifetime, while being truly nourished by food and other aspects of their lives on many levels.
You will learn to become an embodied mindful eating and meditation practitioner and instructor.
This course integrates the step by step tools for you to teach the 12 week MB-EAT group outpatient program to your clients, with a focus on core practices. These Mindful Eating (MB-EAT) principles and other mindfulness tools and practices taught are invaluable to utilize with your individual clients as well. You can customize to your client base to support and deepen a nondiet approach to healthy living.
Practices and topics introduced include mindfulness meditation, eating exercises, eating meditations, guided visualizations, lovingkindness and self- compassion practices, exploration of craving and emotional eating, didactic instruction, inquiry method, effective behavior change strategies, group facilitation skills, role playing, motivational interviewing concepts, tools, weekly home practices, assignments, coaching and self-reflection to cultivate mindful awareness and a more balanced and positive relationship to eating and weight.
Upon completion of the program, you will gain personal understanding, experiential learning, and a new intimate relationship to mindfulness and mindful eating practices. You will learn to apply a variety of evidence-based mindfulness and mindful eating practices, information and tools to your clients, both individually and in group settings. Those that meet the program requirements are qualified to teach the full 12 week MB-EAT program.
Eligibility to teach the full 12 week MB-EAT outpatient program, as a qualified MB-EAT Instructor, is met upon having a regular mindfulness meditation practice of 6 months or more (the 3 months of meditation practice, support and training provided during this program can apply towards this), related professional degrees, licensure, registration or certification, and professional/clinical experience with eating issues.
Foundational to learning to teach these skills to your clients is establishing your own personal mindful eating practice.
Foundational to this online program is the support and guidance to cultivate and deepen your own mindfulness, mindful eating and self-compassion practices, even as you learn to teach these skills to your clients. From a firm personal foundation, you can be the best, most effective, confident and inspired support and guide for your clients’ journeys.
Fall Program starts on October 25, 2024
See our recent graduates’ testimonials!
More MB-EAT Program details HERE
Continuing Education Units available and have been approved by the Commission on Dietetic Registration for 48 CPE’s for Dietitians and also available for Counselors, Social Workers, Mental Health Professionals and Nurses.
What Graduates of recent Mindful Eating (MB-EAT) Training online programs
are saying
“The online MB-EAT program is one of the best online courses I’ve taken. The virtual classroom, the community, and the way Andrea facilitates the entire experience is wonderful. To be able to be a participant in the course, as well as having the opportunity to lead with your own partner, is so valuable. The program has strengthened my ability and confidence to facilitate various meditations, mindful eating practices as well as the MB-EAT program itself. I have integrated so many of the practices in my day-to-day, and I have become more empowered in my relationship with food as well as the relationship I have with myself.”
– Michelle Schneider, Integrative Nutrition Coach; U.S.A.
As a registered dietitian working in weight management and eating disorders, I came into the program with knowledge and experience in mindful eating practices. However, this program taught me more skills to help my clients that I was able to implement quickly. This is a very practical course and evidenced based. It was highly interactive and we were provided with immediate feedback from Andrea and our peers. I loved it! What surprised me was that I personally benefited from this training because part of the program is cultivating a mindfulness meditation practice. This program was exactly what I was looking for and it absolutely exceeded my expectations.
– Heather Bainbridge – RDN, U.S.A.
The online MB-EAT program is not like most online training programs. The course is rooted in experiential learning. Each week we met together as a group and experienced the program as we were learning about it. Andrea is a very engaged teacher and facilitator. She frequently checks in, encourages peer teaching and learning, and offers multiple opportunities for additional learning and connecting. Andrea is open, supportive, and extremely knowledgeable. She is a passionate facilitator and teacher with vast meditation experience, who is able to balance the science behind MB-EAT with mindfulness practice in a way that creates a learning environment that is both rich in depth and breadth. I highly recommend this course. It is both personally and professionally rewarding.
– B. Sobel., MS, Integrative Nutritionist
I would thoroughly recommend this course to anyone wishing to delve deeper into mindful living and eating. This course has really transformed my relationship to food, eating and to my body. As a professional training course, it has equipped me with the confidence, the skill and the tools to start sharing this work with others. Andrea is a wonderful teacher – she delivers each session with clarity and expertise with her vast experience and wealth of experiences shining through. She really listens and creates a safe, warm and friendly learning environment. Thank you for this journey – I have gained so much!
– Claire Rother, U.K.
This has been a training of incredible value, professionalism and quality. I felt welcomed and with permanent invitation to experience learning, change and progress both in my own personal mindfulness practice and as a health professional. I appreciated the depth of the content, the done-for-you course materials and scripts and the warmth of Andrea’s teaching. This training allowed me to finally introduce mindfulness as a daily practice, which has proven to be a life-changing experience in the way I see myself and how I relate to the world around me. It has helped me get aligned with my values, my own personal needs and goals, and who I am. I am incredibly grateful for this experience.
– Maricarmen Grisolia – RDN, France
This training has been an amazing experience, which taught me how to nourish my body and mind mindfully. It deepened my relationship with eating, demystified the emotional process involved and, most importantly, showed me how to be aware of my hunger and fullness cues. I look forward to put all what I learnt in practice and share it with others.
– Despina Yanouli – Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, Greece
This course was transformative personally and professionally. It has changed the way I work with clients in helping them manage stress and stress eating. Best thing I ever did for myself.
– Clarie Stuebe – LPC, U.S.A.
I highly recommend the MB-EAT program! Andrea gracefully shares her wisdom, tools, and insight, offering a cohesive program for self-development as well as professional growth. She comes prepared with years of study, research based examples, and sense of ease in her teachings. As a dietitian and yoga instructor, finding this research based program to create a bridge, for sharing these two areas of study in heartfelt and efficient way has been so wonderful for me. I am very grateful to have had this opportunity!
– Crystal Olry- RDN RYT, USA
The MB-EAT program has been a wonderful experience in every way. On a personal level, it has allowed me to discover valuable tools that have helped me understand how to tune in a deep way with internal sensations. On a professional level, it has meant a great discovery that I feel will help me in the immediate future in my work as an MBSR Instructor and will allow me to expand the offer to potential clients. This program allows you to learn new techniques and get to know yourself better to live a fuller and happier life. I recommend this program to any health professional. My most sincere gratitude to Andrea for having created this wonderful program, for the passion and mastery with which you impart it and for your kindness.
– Ismael Santos Rodríguez, Spain