This is a 3 part workshop. Ticket fee includes all 3 sessions.
Thursday February 9 | 5:00-6:30
Thursday February 16 | 5:00-6:30
Thursday February 23 | 5:00-6:30
This workshop is open to all - no prior knowledge of nutrition concepts necessary! Proceeds from tickets support Food Stash Foundation - a nonprofit dedicated to reducing the environmental impact of food waste, while increasing affordable access to healthy food.
About the Workshop Series:
Food is fuel + pleasure. How we eat impacts how we connect and how we cope. A healthy relationship with food is both simple and complex, particularly as food costs are increasing and we have both a vast variety of healthy foods and an overabundance of overly processed foods available to us.
Join us for a 3-part nutrition workshop led by Registered Dietician Karen Giesbrecht. We will explore what and how we eat, and how that impacts us in physical, emotional, mental, spiritual, and social ways.
Overview of Sessions:
Session 1 [February 9] - Eating as a Skill - We are all expert eaters – we have been doing it all our lives – but eating well is a skill. This session leads participants through a self assessment of eating habits, then addresses comfort food, safe food, and changing our tastes for better food.
Session 2 [February 16] - Nutrition 101 Video - In this session, we will cover fad diets and healthy eating strategies. Participants will come away with an understanding of key terms used in health research, significant take-away’s for their own eating habits, and an increased confidence while reviewing online health advice.
Session 3 [February 23] - Intuitive Eating & Body Respect - It is not usually our nutrition knowledge that determines our food choices. This session will explore why we eat what we eat through the lens of Intuitive Eating and Body Respect.
About Karen Giesbrecht (R.D.) :
Karen Giesbrecht is a registered dietitian with a particular interest in mental health, strong communities, good stories, and real food. She wove all these together in Happy Colon, Happy Soul: An Exploration of Why and How We Share Food (Wipf & Stock, 2019). At home in Vancouver, Canada, Karen takes great delight in sharing good meals with her family, friends, and those in her community who know hunger.
About Food Stash Foundation:
Food Stash Foundation is a non-profit dedicated to reducing the environmental impact of food waste, while increasing affordable access to food. We rescue 80,000 lbs of quality perishable food each month and redirect it to our 35+ charity partners and 300+ households.
