About

Vanessa Berenstein, MA RD FMN CCH

Registered Dietitian (RD)

Certified Clinical Herbalist (CCH)

Certified Functional Medical

Nutrition Therapist (FMN)

Masters Sustainable Food Systems (MA)

Certified Mindful Eating Instructor

Natural Products Consultant

Heart Math Resilience Mentor

Energy Practitioner

(Reiki I & II, Access Bars)

Vanessa approaches wellness with an eagle-eye view, connecting science, ancient wisdom, spiritual embodiment, and mind-body practices. She believes whole healing comes from integrating the mind, body, spirit, and environment in healing ourselves and healing the planet.

With more than 20 years of personal and professional experience in health care and the food industry, Vanessa brings both science and heart to her work. She has spent over 15 years studying spiritual and mind-body-spirit modalities and over 10 years integrating environmental and sustainable food systems wisdom through farming, gardening, and community food initiatives.

Whether she is teaching, guiding a group, supporting businesses, or working one-on-one, Vanessa’s passion is helping people feel joyful, resilient, and connected through nutrition, herbal medicine, mind-body tools.

Vanessa's Story

SPECIALTIES

Detoxification

Mental Health

Weight Loss

Emotional Eating

Anxiety & Depression

Chronic Pain

Grief

Heartache

Diabetes & Cardiovascular Disease

Health can be simple, fun & delicious!

I help you cultivate a nourishing relationship with food, yourself, and the world around you so you can reach your full potential of health, vitality, and joy.

Healing from Scratch, we will get to the root causes of your imbalances and guide you toward what works best for you based on your individuality.

While there are millions of diets and health blogs, most are not geared towards you as an individual. And most don't even touch on what you are going through mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.

I consider your unique background, medical history, diet habits, emotional health, social life, culture, career status, genetics, microbiome, and beyond: your whole ecosystem internally and externally.

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The APPROACH

Individualized Recommendations

Science
meets
Spirituality
& Ancient Wisdom

Interactive

Skill Building

One size doesn't fit all! That's why I take an in depth look at your history, lifestyle, and biological uniqueness to get to the root causes of imbalance. Next, we come up with realistic goals together to support the areas you need help with.

I am trained in Integrative and Functional Medical Nutrition Therapy, Vitalist Medicine, Vedic philosophy, Mind-body medicine, and Western Clinical Herbalism.
I apply the latest scientific research in concert with nervous system tools, ancient wisdom, and spirituality. I view you as a whole person that needs to be nourished
physically, mentally, emotionally, socially and spiritually. I believe deeply in your self-healing potential and intuition; you are your own best healer and my role is simply to illuminate and support your your healing journey.

I don't just hand you a print out diet and give you
recommendations. Instead, my goal is to make healthy living fun and sustainable by helping you gain valuable skills such as mind-body tools, nutrition education, cooking, meal planning, kitchen & pantry set-up, shopping, gardening and more!