Nourish Your Mood:
Holistic Health Education for Anxiety and Depression
Meditation and Eating with the Brain in Mind
Discover how to nourish your mood,
informed by science
and guided by your own awareness and self-compassion
The latest research shows that mental health is a whole-body issue.
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Note that I am not currently teaching this program independently, and am available to bring the program to your organization. Sign up below to find out when it is next offered.
Feeling frazzled?
Anxious before you open your eyes,
searching for coffee to brighten your energy,
fading and shaky by late morning,
spacey and slumping in productivity after lunch,
people irritating you in the evening,
so exhausted but can't sleep,
waking at 4 AM with regret and the to-do list…
It’s not you. So many people are experiencing similar blocks to achieving goals and connecting with others.
Feeling frazzled?
Anxious before you open your eyes,
searching for coffee to brighten your energy,
fading and shaky by late morning,
spacey and slumping in productivity after lunch,
people irritating you in the evening,
so exhausted but can't sleep,
waking at 4 AM with regret and the to-do list…
It’s not you. So many people are experiencing similar blocks to achieving goals and connecting with others.
Imagine being deeply nourished...
When you are engaged on a path toward nourishing mood,
you’re more able to connect with your beloveds and create a better world.
Eating with the Brain in Mind involves:
When you are engaged on a path toward nourishing mood,
you’re more able to connect with your beloveds and create a better world.
Eating with the Brain in Mind involves:
- treating oneself with compassion and love
- eating in ways that prioritize the incredible functions of the brain and body
- taking digestion seriously
- individually discovered solutions
- pleasure and abundance
Nourish Your Mood: Meditation and Eating with the Brain in Mind
is a comprehensive program for your mood that:
is evidence-based and open-hearted,
gives you accurate support for your physiology and respects you as your own best teacher,
lets you discover your own answers and gives you mutual support.
When you nourish your mood, you:
1. Craft your own strategies for eating to balance your mood
2. Learn the delicious foods research indicates support mood and brain health for some people
3. Increase confidence in choosing foods that make you happy and well
4. Carefully chart what changes you notice over time to discover what works for your:
- mood
- concentration
- pain
- energy
- sleep
- sex drive
5. Practice being kinder toward yourself, and know how to practice self-compassion when you get stressed out
6. Will know more about the real deal about how health is not determined by weight
7. Open to loving or accepting yourself more fully
is a comprehensive program for your mood that:
is evidence-based and open-hearted,
gives you accurate support for your physiology and respects you as your own best teacher,
lets you discover your own answers and gives you mutual support.
When you nourish your mood, you:
1. Craft your own strategies for eating to balance your mood
2. Learn the delicious foods research indicates support mood and brain health for some people
3. Increase confidence in choosing foods that make you happy and well
4. Carefully chart what changes you notice over time to discover what works for your:
- mood
- concentration
- pain
- energy
- sleep
- sex drive
5. Practice being kinder toward yourself, and know how to practice self-compassion when you get stressed out
6. Will know more about the real deal about how health is not determined by weight
7. Open to loving or accepting yourself more fully
How this Program is Different...
Body-positive, fat-positive, food-positive, transgender/LGBTQI-positive
Nourish Your Mood is committed to a body-positive, fat-liberation approach.
Nourish Your Mood is transgender and non-binary-affirming, taught by a queer teacher.
We welcome bodies living with disability and health conditions.
Eating with the Brain in Mind does not involve:
Body-positive, fat-positive, food-positive, transgender/LGBTQI-positive
Nourish Your Mood is committed to a body-positive, fat-liberation approach.
Nourish Your Mood is transgender and non-binary-affirming, taught by a queer teacher.
We welcome bodies living with disability and health conditions.
Eating with the Brain in Mind does not involve:
- Deprivation
- Weighing yourself or calorie talk
- Using nutrition or mindfulness as more reasons to criticize yourself
When you Nourish Your Mood, you'll learn:
○ concentration
○ pain
○ energy
○ sleep
○ sex drive
Listen to an interview, "Food, Mood and Renewal" here.
- How to regulate your nervous system
- Which foods -- and fats! –have been shown by research to support mood and brain health for some people
- Confidence in feeding your unique mind
- An affirming and transforming relationship with your body
- How our amazing bodies come in a normal range of sizes
- What one of the missing pieces might be to support your:
○ concentration
○ pain
○ energy
○ sleep
○ sex drive
- Daily practices -- and practices to have in your back pocket for moments of stress -- of:
- Self-compassion
- Eating meditation
- Mindfulness
- Yoga
- And energy medicine, including tapping/Emotional Freedom Technique
Listen to an interview, "Food, Mood and Renewal" here.
You will receive:
Topics include:
Each month, you are invited to try mindfulness practices, foods of a color of the (b)rainbow, and other foods research shows can support mental health in some people. You can carefully track how the foods and mindfulness practices support your particular issue -- mood, anxiety, memory, attention, energy, pain, or sex drive.
This 9-month in-depth program consists of:
Nine monthly Sunday meetings, Live online, 2-4:30 pm PST.
Meetings include breakout rooms so you can share more deeply.
Find all the program dates here.
Eight monthly meetings, fourth Tuesday of the month, 7-7:45 pm PST, to support you in remembering to practice and to be self-compassionate.
One all day Sunday mindfulness retreat, 9-4 pm PST
Students Have Experienced:
“I have much more energy ...that is a huge improvement...I am now sleeping through the night. I have no anxiety and my body pain is reduced to a level I can tolerate....I learned a great deal, and I am very glad to have this program’s tools as an ongoing resource.”
“I have changed....recognizing that I benefit from really checking in with my senses/various kinds of hunger to find out if a particular practice is good for me. I also stop and chew more and notice the sensations, feelings as I eat more. This feels more satisfying now.”
"I’m so glad to see you are continuing with Nourish… I continue to notice benefits and changes in my relationship with and use of food. I feel much more confident in my ability to eat when, what, and in what quantity my body prefers it."
—Past Nourish Your Mood student, several months later
- An original manual developed by Reba, with mindfulness practices, worksheets, and a curated collection of research on food that research has shown can support mental health for some people
- Access to an audio library that guides you through the practices, from 3-45 minutes in length
Topics include:
- The gut/brain connection
- Inflammation and depression
- The human microbiome
- Hunger, blood sugar, and mood
- Cortisol, stress, and digestion
Each month, you are invited to try mindfulness practices, foods of a color of the (b)rainbow, and other foods research shows can support mental health in some people. You can carefully track how the foods and mindfulness practices support your particular issue -- mood, anxiety, memory, attention, energy, pain, or sex drive.
This 9-month in-depth program consists of:
Nine monthly Sunday meetings, Live online, 2-4:30 pm PST.
Meetings include breakout rooms so you can share more deeply.
Find all the program dates here.
Eight monthly meetings, fourth Tuesday of the month, 7-7:45 pm PST, to support you in remembering to practice and to be self-compassionate.
One all day Sunday mindfulness retreat, 9-4 pm PST
Students Have Experienced:
“I have much more energy ...that is a huge improvement...I am now sleeping through the night. I have no anxiety and my body pain is reduced to a level I can tolerate....I learned a great deal, and I am very glad to have this program’s tools as an ongoing resource.”
“I have changed....recognizing that I benefit from really checking in with my senses/various kinds of hunger to find out if a particular practice is good for me. I also stop and chew more and notice the sensations, feelings as I eat more. This feels more satisfying now.”
"I’m so glad to see you are continuing with Nourish… I continue to notice benefits and changes in my relationship with and use of food. I feel much more confident in my ability to eat when, what, and in what quantity my body prefers it."
—Past Nourish Your Mood student, several months later
Video Clip from Mood Foods Interview
"Nourish Your Mood & Functional Medicine"
Runtime: 8 minutes and 20 seconds
"Nourish Your Mood & Functional Medicine"
Runtime: 8 minutes and 20 seconds
Is This Program For You?
Nourish Your Mood: Meditation & Eating with the Brain in Mind may be of support to you if:
This program may not be right for you now if:
Nourish Your Mood: Meditation & Eating with the Brain in Mind may be of support to you if:
- You’ve tried so many things, but still your anxiety persists
- You live with autoimmune or digestive issues
- You want to boost your mood in a holistic way
- You can’t seem to implement change in your life even though you know the science
- You want an experiential training in how to support your clients/patients
- You’re willing to step off the scale and take a break from weighing yourself
This program may not be right for you now if:
- You don't want to take a break from weighing yourself
- You're dealing with an acute eating disorder
- Directly exploring foods that might nourish you feels too triggering
Sounds intriguing? We'd love to have you join.
Enroll in "Nourish Your Mood: Meditation
& Eating with the Brain in Mind" today.
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Sliding Scale/Payment plan available.
Pay what you can for people on Medicaid/no household income, no one turned away for lack of funds.
Make a $50 deposit, then split the remainder (of what you can pay) into monthly payments
Register Now:
Sliding Scale/Payment plan available.
Pay what you can for people on Medicaid/no household income, no one turned away for lack of funds.
Make a $50 deposit, then split the remainder (of what you can pay) into monthly payments
Want to talk more about how Nourish Your Mood could help you? Call 510-594-8224 or request a complimentary call here.
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Continuing Education
Teachings are appropriate for healthcare professionals as well as the general public. Healthcare professionals will be able to incorporate the tools and practices offered in this program in ways beneficial to clients or patients.
CE credits for psychologists, LCSW, LPCC, LEP, and LMFT, and RNs in California, and for National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coaches, are provided by the Spiritual Competency Academy (SCA), which is co-sponsoring this program. Professionals from states other than California need to check with their state licensing board as to whether or not they accept programs offered by approved sponsors of CE by the American Psychological Association.
More info on CE here: https://www.centerforstressreduction.com/continuing-education.html
Teachings are appropriate for healthcare professionals as well as the general public. Healthcare professionals will be able to incorporate the tools and practices offered in this program in ways beneficial to clients or patients.
CE credits for psychologists, LCSW, LPCC, LEP, and LMFT, and RNs in California, and for National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coaches, are provided by the Spiritual Competency Academy (SCA), which is co-sponsoring this program. Professionals from states other than California need to check with their state licensing board as to whether or not they accept programs offered by approved sponsors of CE by the American Psychological Association.
More info on CE here: https://www.centerforstressreduction.com/continuing-education.html
About Reba
I’m Reba Connell (she/they), Certified Integrative Mental Health Professional and clinical social worker (CA LCS 19814). I teach therapists, health care providers, and stressed-out people to balance their mood and investigate the connection between mood and food with curiosity and self-compassion.
I have studied with Dr. Leslie Korn and many of the leaders in Mental Health Nutrition and Functional Medicine.
I have completed professional training in teaching Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction under the direction of Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn and Dr. Saki Santorelli and a training in teaching Mindful Eating through UCSD. I enjoy sharing Energy Psychology, Emotional Freedom Technique (tapping), Qi Gong, and yoga. I am a member of Integrative Medicine for the Underserved and the Association for Size Diversity and Health.
I’m Reba Connell (she/they), Certified Integrative Mental Health Professional and clinical social worker (CA LCS 19814). I teach therapists, health care providers, and stressed-out people to balance their mood and investigate the connection between mood and food with curiosity and self-compassion.
I have studied with Dr. Leslie Korn and many of the leaders in Mental Health Nutrition and Functional Medicine.
I have completed professional training in teaching Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction under the direction of Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn and Dr. Saki Santorelli and a training in teaching Mindful Eating through UCSD. I enjoy sharing Energy Psychology, Emotional Freedom Technique (tapping), Qi Gong, and yoga. I am a member of Integrative Medicine for the Underserved and the Association for Size Diversity and Health.
Satisfaction: Refunds as More Generosity Practice
If you are unsatisfied with the program, you can to request your money back as a donation to Urban Tilth free farm boxes for low-income people, or as a refund back to you.
If you are unsatisfied with the program, you can to request your money back as a donation to Urban Tilth free farm boxes for low-income people, or as a refund back to you.
The contents of this email, website, and class are for informational purposes only and are not intended to be, nor can they substitute for, professional advice, diagnosis, psychotherapy, health care, or treatment. While classes engage in mindfulness and group sharing, classes are not psychotherapy or mental health treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.