full certified food & spirit practitioner program guide

Nourishment of the Whole Self through Food & Spirit™

Leading to Certification as a Food & Spirit™ Practitioner

Developed by Health Expert and Author, Deanna Minich, PhD

© 2014 Brochure

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TABLE OF CONTENTS About Food & Spirit™………………………………………………………………. 3 Founder and Program Instructor…………………………………………………. 4 Why Become a Food & Spirit™ Practitioner?................................................ 5 Is the Food & Spirit™ Practitioner Program for Me?....................................... 6 The Grander Vision and Deeper Purpose of a Food & Spirit Practitioner… 7 Qualifications, Program Overview and Certification……………………….... 8 Food & Spirit™ Practitioner Benefits………………………………………………… 9 Program Webinars……………………………………………………………... …… 10 Food & Spirit™ Assessments, Tools & Techniques..……………………… …….. 23 Final Exam and Case Study Presentation…………………………………………24 Enrollment Process, Pricing, and Dates…………………………………………....25 Testimonials………………………………………………………………………..........26

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ABOUT FOOD & SPIRIT™ Food & Spirit™ was founded in 2000 by nutritionist, Dr. Deanna Minich, as a way to cultivate eating as a path to personal growth. Since we encounter food and the act of eating multiple times daily, she realized that this constant interface could become a conduit of understanding one’s inner self in relationship to their environment. Dr. Minich’s approach is to bring together the spectrum of potential in the eating experience as a means to fully experience its benefits, including focusing on:

• Science and Spirituality • Information and Inspiration

• Logic and Creativity • Practicality and Poetry

• Body and Soul You will find in the Food & Spirit™ teachings a wealth of current, scientific-based nutrition information with a complement of the deeper, psychosocial aspects of eating and the symbolic meaning of foods that often goes unrecognized.

The East Indian yogic tradition has categorized the seven dynamic parts (“chakras”) of the self as: Food & Spirit™ takes these seven themes into one’s relationship with food for greater insight into deeper personal issues.

•  Spirit

•  Insight

•  Truth

•  Love

•  Power

•  Flow

•  Root

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FOUNDER & PROGRAM INSTRUCTOR Deanna Minich, PhD, CFSP, FACN, CNS, RYT

Health Expert, Author, Artist, Yoga Practitioner Dr. Deanna Minich is an internationally-known nutritionist and author with more than twenty years of experience in nutrition, wellness, and healing. Her unique approach to health is derived from her study of ancient medical and spiritual practices combined with modern science. She developed Food & Spirit™ as a science-based approach to nutrition within a framework of spiritual traditions to assist individuals in experiencing greater personal growth through their relationship with food. Dr. Minich has Doctorate (Ph.D.) and Master’s Degrees (M.S.) in human nutrition, along with further training and certification through the American College of Nutrition (Certified Nutrition Specialist and Fellow) and the Institute of Functional Medicine. She has mentored with the founder of functional medicine, Dr. Jeffrey Bland, for the past decade and teaches at three different universities. Together with her academic training, she has had a variety of spiritual mentors to learn Shamanic healing practices, Reiki, (medical) intuitive assessment, and is a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) with a foundation of more than 20 years of yoga practice. A dynamic presenter, she has given her inspiring talks in person and on radio and television shows throughout North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia. She is very passionate about assisting others on their path to good health and balanced living.


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WHY BECOME A FOOD & SPIRIT™ PRACTITIONER?

Rather than focusing on a particular diet, the Food & Spirit™ approach encompasses a system of personalization of food choices and eating behaviors to seven unique areas. Diets have long been successful, but only for the short-term. Recent studies indicate that long-term weight maintenance and prevention of chronic disease is facilitated through group settings where there is an exchange of information within the broad context of one’s life. The idea of interconnection, or the spread of social behaviors and health, is a well-studied scientific phenomenon. When we apply the interconnection framework to that of food and eating, we potentially maximize the individual’s recognition of how food choices and eating behaviors are anchored into how one lives their life. As a result, they experience the benefit in their eating in addition to growing in aspects of their personal development.

•  Are you not feeling nourished in your practice?

•  Do you feel like you need a whole self approach to your patients that gives lasting results?

•  Are you looking for something new and revolutionary that combines the best of all healing arts?

•  Do you want to tap into inspiration as much as a wealth of information in addressing your patient’s issues?


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IS THIS PROGRAM FOR ME? This program is for all health practitioners who would like to help others find health and harmony, as well as deepen their own personal growth opportunities. Being a Certified Food & Spirit™ Practitioner will require that you do your best to: •  Walk the authentic talk with your own life •  Be grounded in your instinct, intellect, and intuition •  Be a conduit of heart-centered healing with patients

…In return, you will experience: •  A creative, inspiring practice •  An enriching personal life full of insights •  An eye-opening, cutting-edge health & healing system

for the 21st century

Are you a right fit for the Certified Food & Spirit Practitioner Program?

q  Do you have a keen

interest in food & eating?

q  Can you see that there is more to a meal than calories alone?

q  Do you realize the interconnection between our eating & our living?

q  Are you looking for the best of both information and inspiration to guide your patients?


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THE GRANDER VISION & DEEPER PURPOSE OF A FOOD & SPIRIT™ PRACTITIONER

The vision for Food & Spirit™ Practitioners is to be the lifestyle educators of the 21st century - to provide solutions to people who are looking for health and wellness in body, mind, and spirit. There is no other approach that connects food and eating to aspects of life in this way. The goal for the Food & Spirit™ Practitioners is to be embedded into larger matrices of healers and health professionals to serve the need of going deeper with clients on their relationship with food. This aspect is not currently addressed to an adequate extent in healthcare settings. If we can help clients to understand their relationship with food, we help them to understand and discover aspects of their inner self and outer behaviors.

We need this type of practitioner to emerge, especially in the everyday climate of overeating, rampant emotional eating, undereating, stressful eating, and mindless eating. People are bombarded by information on how to eat, yet, they haven’t been taught that what and how they eat

CONNECTS TO EVERYTHING ELSE IN THEIR LIVES.

That is why diet books fail - they give the isolated “what and how” of eating without connection to one’s body, their emotions, sense of self, ability to love and speak their truth, be intuitive, and feel united with nature.


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QUALIFICATIONS, PROGRAM OVERVIEW & CERTIFICATION Do you have the qualifications to enter the program? •  A general foundation and knowledge of human

physiology and nutrition •  Your scope of practice should include providing

health education to patients. Successful completion of the Certified Food & Spirit Practitioner Program will involve: •  12 online webinars (18 hours) •  Case study presentation to instructor •  Final exam involving multiple choice questions,

short answer questions and case study analysis After certification, practitioners may use

the title: Certified Food & Spirit Practitioner™.

After certification, practitioners may use the title: Certified Food & Spirit Practitioner™.

12 Webinars

Case Study Presentation

Final Exam


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FOOD & SPIRIT™ PRACTITIONER BENEFITS •  Full Presentation Material To Host Your Own Seminars •  Practical Tools to Assist Your Patients Shift •  Stay UP TO DATE with Latest Science and Spiritual

Practices Through Notifications and Webinars by Dr. Deanna Minich

•  Authorization to Use the Food & Spirit Methodology, Materials & Logos

•  Access to Discounts on Resources & Products •  Access to Exclusive Practitioner Community •  Membership in Certified Practitioner Database for

Easy Searching by Patients •  Private Mentorship Opportunities with Dr. Deanna

Minich


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PROGRAM WEBINARS


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WEBINAR 1: The Food & Spirit™ System

TOPICS COVERED •  Introduction to the Food & Spirit Paradigm of

Bridging Opposites for Maximum Impact

•  Walk the Authentic Talk: Adopting a Congruent Lifestyle as a Food & Spirit Practitioner

•  Understanding the 7 Aspects of the Self – Endocrine Glands (Physiological) and Symbolic Themes (Psychological)

•  The Food & Spirit Process: CADIT (Collect, Analyze, Discuss, Initiate, Track)

OVERVIEW To understand the fundamentals of the Food & Spirit system – philosophy and process

OBJECTIVES 1.  To understand how to employ an approach

with patients that encompasses the therapeutic value of ‘opposites’: poetry & practicality, literal & symbolic, science & spirituality, body & soul

2. To develop a working familiarity with the 7

Aspects of the Self

3. To learn the Food & Spirit Process: CADIT


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TOPICS COVERED •  The Initial Food & Spirit Consultation •  How to Collect Information on Eating & Living

Behaviors from a Patient through the Food & Spirit Assessments:

(1) Food & Spirit Intake Form; (2) Whole Self Questionnaire; (3) Food & Spirit Daily Life Log

OVERVIEW To learn how to engage the patient in the initial consultation & to utilize Food & Spirit Assessment tools to collect information on eating & living behaviors

OBJECTIVES 1.  To exhibit competency in conducting the

initial Food & Spirit consultation with a patient

2. To develop familiarity with the use of Food

& Spirit assessment tools

3. To develop proficiency with collecting information on eating and living behaviors from a patient

WEBINAR 2: The Food & Spirit Consultation


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TOPICS COVERED •  How to Analyze Patient Information within the

Food & Spirit Assessment Form •  Assessment of Food & Spirit Aspects:

OVERVIEW To learn how to analyze patient information using the Food & Spirit Assessment Form and to determine the patient’s Food & Spirit Aspect imbalances

OBJECTIVES 1.  To analyze the information collected

in the Food & Spirit assessment forms 2. To develop familiarity with the use of

the Food & Spirit Assessment Form

3. To understand how patient imbalances manifest in one of 7 Food & Spirit Aspects Root

Flow

Fire

Love

Truth Insight

Spirit

WEBINAR 3: The Food & Spirit Assessment


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TOPICS COVERED •  How to Discuss Findings & Initiate Plan with

Patient

•  Overview of Food, Dietary Supplement & Lifestyle Plans – Tailoring to the Individual:

Root, Flow, Fire, Love, Truth, Insight, Spirit

•  Introduction to the Food & Spirit Nourish Your Whole Self Affirmation Cards and Patient Workbook

OVERVIEW To learn how to discuss findings and initiate tailored Food & Spirit Plan with patient

OBJECTIVES 1.  To understand how to move forward

in discussing findings with the patient using the Food & Spirit Assessment

2. To develop an individualized plan

using the Therapeutic Essentials

3. To learn how to use the Food & Spirit Nourish Your Whole Self Affirmation Cards and Workbook with patients

WEBINAR 4: The Food & Spirit Plans


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TOPICS COVERED •  The Root

•  Identifying Patterns Through Assessments

•  Subgroups

•  Case Study Presentation

•  Therapeutic Essentials: Food, Dietary Supplement & Lifestyle Plans

OVERVIEW To learn how to identify issues of the Root and apply Food & Spirit-designed tools, techniques, and therapeutic essentials

OBJECTIVES 1.  To understand the Root Aspect of

the Self, including the Subgroups

2.  To identify patient issues in the Root through Food & Spirit Tool Kit

3.  To employ therapeutic plans for the Root

WEBINAR 5: The Root


TOPICS COVERED •  The Flow


•  Subgroups



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OVERVIEW To learn how to identify issues of the Flow and apply Food & Spirit-designed tools, techniques, and therapeutic essentials

OBJECTIVES 1.  To understand the Flow Aspect of


2.  To identify patient issues in the Flow through Food & Spirit Tool Kit

3.  To employ therapeutic plans for the Flow

WEBINAR 6: The Flow


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TOPICS COVERED •  The Fire


•  Subgroups



OVERVIEW To learn how to identify issues of the Fire and apply Food & Spirit-designed tools, techniques, and therapeutic essentials

OBJECTIVES 1.  To understand the Fire Aspect of the

Self, including the Subgroups

2.  To identify patient issues in the Fire through Food & Spirit Tool Kit

3.  To employ therapeutic plans for the Fire

WEBINAR 7: The Fire


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TOPICS COVERED •  The Love


•  Subgroups



OVERVIEW To learn how to identify issues of the Love and apply Food & Spirit-designed tools, techniques, and therapeutic essentials

OBJECTIVES 1.  To understand the Love Aspect of


2.  To identify patient issues in the Love through Food & Spirit Tool Kit

3.  To employ therapeutic plans for the Love

WEBINAR 8: The Love


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TOPICS COVERED •  The Truth


•  Subgroups



OVERVIEW To learn how to identify issues of the Truth and apply Food & Spirit-designed tools, techniques, and therapeutic essentials

OBJECTIVES 1.  To understand the Truth Aspect of


2.  To identify patient issues in the Truth through Food & Spirit Tool Kit

3.  To employ therapeutic plans for the Truth

WEBINAR 9: The Truth


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TOPICS COVERED •  The Insight


•  Subgroups



OVERVIEW To learn how to identify issues of the Insight and apply Food & Spirit-designed tools, techniques, and therapeutic essentials

OBJECTIVES 1.  To understand the Insight Aspect of


2.  To identify patient issues in the Insight through Food & Spirit Tool Kit

3.  To employ therapeutic plans for the Insight

WEBINAR 10: The Insight


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TOPICS COVERED •  The Spirit


•  Subgroups



OVERVIEW To learn how to identify issues of the Spirit and apply Food & Spirit-designed tools, techniques, and therapeutic essentials

OBJECTIVES 1.  To understand the Spirit Aspect of


2.  To identify patient issues in the Spirit through Food & Spirit Tool Kit

3.  To employ therapeutic plans for the Spirit

WEBINAR 11: The Spirit


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TOPICS COVERED •  How to Continue to Track Progress and

Continue to Catalyze Change in Your Patient

•  Practice Management: Building Your Food & Spirit Practice

OVERVIEW To learn how to continue and track progress and change in your patient and how to build your Food & Spirit practice

OBJECTIVES 1.  To understand how to promote

ongoing support and inspire change in your patient

2. To learn how to track your patient’s

progress: how often to meet, guideposts at every visit

3. To develop ways to build your Food & Spirit clinical practice

WEBINAR 12: Progress in Patient & Practice


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FOOD & SPIRIT ASSESSMENTS, TOOLS & TECHNIQUES

Food & Spirit Assessment

Form

Daily Life Log

Whole Self Questionnaire

Food & Spirit Patient Workbook

CADIT Process

Personalized Plans

Food & Spirit Intake Form

The Food & Spirit Practitioner Program contains a number of proprietary, unique forms to help you assess your patients’ imbalances. You will be guided through the process of how to use these tools along with

individualizing the intervention with Food & Spirit plans.


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CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS


10 CEUs for Traditional Naturopaths through the American Naturopathic Certification Board

Apply for non-contact credit hours with Yoga Alliance

18 Major Session Hours for RDs and DTRs

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FINAL EXAM & CASE STUDY PRESENTATION

FINAL EXAM • Must complete within 90 days after

completion of the webinar series• Includes multiple choice, short answer,

and case study presentations• Must receive a passing grade (greater

than 70%) to be certified

CASE STUDY PRESENTATION

• Turn in all materials as requested to the instructor90 days within completion of the webinar series

• Feature an actual patient in which you have utilizedthe Food & Spirit system

• Demonstrate proficiency in the CADIT process• Demonstrate effective utilization and competency

in the Food & Spirit Assessment Tools• Provide therapeutic strategy and outcome, if

available

The “Certified Food & Spirit Practitioner” qualification involves three aspects:

12 Webinars Final Exam Case Study Presentation

ONGOING CERTIFICATION To maintain certification status as a Food & Spirit Practitioner, individuals must take 5 CEUs of qualified Food & Spirit webinars every year they want to remain certified.


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TESTIMONIALS FROM GRADUATES OF THE CERTIFIED FOOD & SPIRIT™ PROGRAM

“As a nutri+on educator, I am on many email lists and get inundated with offers of special training. I have been very judicious about the trainings I actually take part in, looking for courses that offer solid nutri+on science. When I read about this training, I liked the rigor if it -‐-‐ it felt like a substan+ve course of study. I also knew immediately that it could help many of my clients, who are struggling with their rela+onship to food. The Food & Spirit Cer+fica+on Program was everything I had hoped it would be – enlightening, challenging, transforma+ve. It was fun, too, with so many visually stunning images – I hadn’t expected that, and loved geLng a bonus! Most important, the program has changed the way I think about my private nutri+on prac+ce by broadening and deepening my understanding of “nutri+on” – I now think in terms of “nourishment.” On a personal note, I made some lifestyle changes of my own during the program, like doing a brief seated medita+on daily. I have already recommended this wonderful program to numerous colleagues, and plan to con+nue being part of the F&S community!" -‐ Paula Mar*nac, MA, MS, Board Cer*fied in Holis*c Nutri*on (cand.)

"Dr. Deanna Minich is a wealth of knowledge and even if you have read every single one of her books, each week you will learn at least one new bit of informa+on that will educate you to higher levels. This is an emo+onally safe community in which to bare your soul, explore your personal modus operandi, challenge your comfort levels, and grow. Sign up already!" -‐ Jen Bruno, Cer*fied Personal Trainer ACE, Cer*fied Health Coach INN

“I highly recommend every die++an out there to take this course. It helped me to really see the full picture of what nutri+on is all about. It is impossible to prac+ce integra+ve nutri+on without incorpora+ng this great valuable informa+on to your consul+ng sessions. On a personal level, this course really strengthened me. I feel much more in balance in my personal and my professional life. The speaker is definitely not to be missed…what a great source of knowledge, endless support, and highly compassionate person. This course is truly a blessing. Already integrated some of the material with pa+ents, and I can see great result. A must to every health prac++oner.” – Vered Kantor, M.S., R.D., L.D., IC

"I feel that this course will be essen+al to move and evolve my prac+ce. I believe it’s important to provide the tools to clients that resonate with oneself. The teachings of Food & Spirit have helped make me whole and it is important for me to bring it to my prac+ce." -‐ Sabine Weber, MS, RD, CDN

“Being a scien+st as well as a yoga and medita+on teacher with a strong sense of myself and others as spirit, I’ve encountered difficulty marrying the two realms of science and spirituality in a way that is acceptable to my peers in diete+cs. This training is a wonderful blend of the two. I’ve found other courses to be heavily weighted in one or the other, but not well blended. I want to deepened my understanding of nutri+on in the way I love most – a mul+-‐faceted, integra+ve and leV brain/right brain “balanced” way! I think this marriage is the future of health care!” -‐ Casey Conroy, MNutrDiet, BVSc(Hons), MACNEM


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TESTIMONIALS FROM OTHER PROGRAMS USING THE FOOD & SPIRIT™ APPROACH

"Food & Spirit offers something unique: a framework to work with clients in a way that lets prac++oners embrace complexity rather than having to reduce it; it gives us a mul+-‐dimensional “window” through which to address clients in a holis+c, yet manageable, way. I have found Food & Spirit to be, at the same +me, intellectually rigorous, inspira+onally crea+ve and down-‐to-‐earth prac+cal. Not least, it is flexible enough to be integrated into any exis+ng prac+ce; just select from the “buffet” of tools and therapeu+c interven+ons which best fit each client’s needs.” -‐ Romilly Hodges, Cer*fied Food & Spirit Prac**oner "What a joy it has been to be a part of this program. The Food & Spirit system has really put it all together for me. We are such beau+ful & complex beings! This program has been invaluable. I am so grateful for the discovery, depth and illumina+on of the past 3 months and the confidence it has given me. Dr. Minich is brilliant! She is a giVed teacher and clinician who presents the material in a meaningful way so we really take it "into our bones." Since taking this program I have felt a subtle guidance to focus my prac+ce on women's empowerment, disordered ea+ng, body image issues and mental, emo+onal, spiritual health. Thank you to the Food & Spirit team from the bo_om of my heart for aligning me with my true path." -‐-‐Caitlyn Robson, RHN Holis*c Nutri*onist & Wellness Coach

“I highly recommend every die++an out there to take this course. It helped me to really see the full picture of what nutri+on is all about. It is impossible to prac+ce integra+ve nutri+on without incorpora+ng this great valuable informa+on to your consul+ng sessions. On a personal level, this course really strengthened me. I feel much more in balance in my personal and my professional life. The speaker is definitely not to be missed…what a great source of knowledge, endless support, and highly compassionate person. This course is truly a blessing. Already integrated some of the material with pa+ents, and I can see great result. A must to every health prac++oner.” – Vered Kantor, M.S., R.D., L.D., IC "Thank you for this opportunity to share the meaningful and life-‐changing journey we have just experienced through the Food & Spirit Prac++oner Program. Now, how to put into words the insights, heart-‐felt transforma+ons, and understandings gained from this program? Dr. Minich's Food & Spirit program guided my progression into 'nourishing the whole self' just as she promised. The material, format, exchanges, and support provided with this cer+fica+on experience have more than met my expecta+ons and have given me a sense of renewal, rejuvena+on, and dedica+on to the possibili+es present in our day to day lives for transforma+onal change and sacred living-‐-‐thank you Deanna and all associated with CFSPP. You are the amazing one-‐-‐the crea+ons you have made with your ideas for nourishing and educa+ng others are fantas+c! I feel so blessed and honored to have been involved with your program. Thank you for being our Food & Spirit guide, mentor, leader, and champion." -‐-‐ Susan Stockton, Chiropractor


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“We are indeed much more than what we eat, but what we eat can nevertheless help us to be much more than what we are.”

– Adelle Davis


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