Specialties & Practice Areas
Prediabetes/Diabetes Care
Intuitive Eating Counseling
Eating Disorder Recovery
Binge Eating
Chronic Dieting
Midlife Eating Disorders
Emotional Eating
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
My job is never to fix you but to create a sustainable space where you are free to explore what your body truly craves, without food or diet rules.
I grew up in Alaska (Inupiaq/Scandinavian), on the traditional homeland of the Dena’ina Athabascans, where eating, harvesting, and enjoying wild foods from the land is quite common. What a gift! Continuing to cultivate that innate love and especially a fulfilling relationship with food is what originally drew me to this work. Along my journey, I’ve found that each of us possesses an intuitive eater, which contrary to the latest diet industry protocol, does want us to feel satisfied and cared for.
Why work with me?
Using my training in the core elements of Intuitive Eating, Body Trust, and Health At Every Size (HAES), I help people who long to feel at home in their bodies but are burdened by the constant message that we’re never enough or were not doing enough. My passion is in supporting people to unlearn all the ways we were told not to trust our bodies.
Let your story bloom.
Embodiment with no strings attached is frequently one of the first steps in radical self-love. That is why I call this “nourishment from a brave place.” I hope to be your partner on this journey.
“I love working with Charlene. She is so down to earth, and everything she said made sense. It was nice to realize that millions of people have the same problems with food as I do.”
Professional Bio
Certified Body Trust Provider
Level One Training in Internal Family Systems
Training on trauma and somatically-informed care with the Embodied Recovery Institute
Nationally Registered & State Certified Dietitian-Nutritionist (since 2005)
Intuitive Eating Pro Skills Training & Supervision with Evelyn Tribole