About me
& who I help as an binge eating dietitian, mindset coach, and Omaha nutritionist
Hi, I’m Michelle Yates
I’m the founder of the Nourished & Free® Method.
I’m a Registered Dietitian (RD/RDN) with a master’s degree in health psychology, 5+ years of experience in the field of eating disorders, a Certified Health Mindset Coach, and a Licensed Medical Nutrition Therapist and I have helped hundreds (actually, I think we’re in the thousands at this point) of women heal their struggles with food.
I thrive on helping our clients with evidence-based practice, compassion, and with meeting them where they’re at instead of pressuring them to fit into a box. They also have access to a body image therapist to dig into things like trauma, childhood wounds, body image distress, etc. Our N&F team is truly as specialized and qualified as it gets.
Plus, not too long ago, I was in the same place you’re probably in now.
👉Binge eating
👉Emotional eating
👉Overeating
👉Yo-yo dieting
I’ve “dabbled” in all forms of disordered eating. You name it, I’ve done it. For real. I wish I was kidding.
Hi, I’m Michelle Yates
I’m the founder of the Nourished & Free® Method.
I’m a Registered Dietitian (RD/RDN) with a master’s degree in health psychology, 5+ years of experience in the field of eating disorders, a Certified Health Mindset Coach, and a Licensed Medical Nutrition Therapist and I have helped hundreds (actually, I think we’re in the thousands at this point) of women heal their struggles with food.
I thrive on helping our clients with evidence-based practice, compassion, and with meeting them where they’re at instead of pressuring them to fit into a box. They also have access to a body image therapist to dig into things like trauma, childhood wounds, body image distress, etc. Our N&F team is truly as specialized and qualified as it gets.
Plus, not too long ago, I was in the same place you’re probably in now.
👉 Binge eating
👉 Emotional eating
👉 Overeating
👉 Yo-yo dieting
I’ve “dabbled” in all forms of disordered eating. You name it, I’ve done it. For real. I wish I was kidding.
🎂 I used to go into the kitchen every few minutes to take “just 1 more slice of cake” (and ultimately would eat half of it or more…)
👉 My weekdays would be marked with perfect restriction, only for the weekends to be a free-for-all… complete chaos, with an extra dose of shame on Sunday nights
🗓️ Every Monday, I’d ‘start over,’ only to fall off the wagon before the week was over
💭 My inner dialogue sounded something like:
”Why can’t I just eat like a normal person?”
“I don’t know what I’m doing wrong.”
“I don’t want my relationship with food or my body image to rub off on my kids.”
“I hate looking at myself.”
I wondered what it would feel like to not be stressed out by food… How would it feel to not be thinking about it 24/7?
Not be scared that I’d pass on my disordered habits to my children? To be able to be fully present for the life in front of me?
But even as I wondered, I was afraid that I wasn’t ‘made’ for a life of food freedom.
I was afraid I needed to control everything I ate because I couldn’t trust my body to be on the same page. I felt like my body and my brain were both broken, and I had to live this way for the rest of my life.
After all, I had tried everything… so I figured *I* was the problem. It was ME that couldn’t get it together. I was not meant to have a healthy, normal relationship with food.
I REALIZE NOW THAT THOSE WERE LIES.
All they did was keep me in the same cycles of despair.
Eventually, I realized that feeling like a “normal” person around food wasn’t about willpower, genetics, or the perfect diet…
IT WAS ABOUT TRAINING MY BRAIN TO NOT EVEN PRESENT THE IDEA OF OVEREATING IN THE FIRST PLACE.
Now I can:
🍩 Enjoy Saturday morning donuts with my family guilt-free
👩⚕️ Get good reports from the doctor on my blood sugar, cholesterol, and overall health status.
🍷 Enjoy wine and happy hour with my friends or husband without worrying about the carbs or if it will lead to a binge
📈 Grow my career, plan trips with family, and run around with my kids without a lack of energy or focus holding me back
🔥 Be completely unphased by what others think about my body and put on the damn swimsuit on to go to the beach!
And when I got here…. no longer eating in secret, finding balance between what my body needs and wants, and having the mental space to focus on my family, friends, and work, not phased by photos or my reflection… all I could think about was how GOOD it feels and how much I want to share what I’ve learned with others.
That’s why I created the Nourished & Free® Method.
This is where we help you escape the all-or-nothing mentality with food, eliminate food stress, and free yourself from obsessive thoughts of food… for good.
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My Work As A Virtual Dietitian
Today, I help individuals with eating disorders and disordered eating as a binge eating dietitian and mindset coach. My group binge eating coaching program uses a unique food psychology approach and has helped many women stop binge eating once and for all.
Dietitian services with me help those who just want to know how to care for their body while having a positive (or heck, even neutral) body image. Both my binge eating program and my podcast, can help you explore how to stop binge eating, emotional overeating, and find food freedom with a mindset that will outlast the weekends.
MEET MY WONDERFUL TEAM!
DANI
Body Image Coach
- Therapist and coach, Master’s in Mental Health Counseling
- Over a decade of experience with eating disorders
- Available for body image questions + more in Slack; hosts a body image group call every other week
RILEY
Community Manager
- Nourished & Free alum (graduated Jan ’24)
- Former victim of Noom, keto, and the restrict-overeat cycle.
- Here to check in on your progress, keep you accountable, and support your journey!
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