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MeNu - Centre for Mindful eating and Nutrition

Caroline Baerten, MA, RD
                                                                                                          
Founder of Centre MeNu. Brussels, Europe

 

  • Integrative psychotherapist (member EAIP) and CE in Clinical Psychology (VUB Brussels)
  • EMDR therapist (member EMDR Belgium)
  • Nutritionist - Registered Dietitian - Nutritional Therapist (E.A. Antwerpen)
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  • Certified Mindful Eating, Conscious Living teacher (Dr. J. Chozen Bays - C. Wilkins, USA)
  • Mindfulness-Based Eating Awareness teacher (Dr. Jean Kristeller, USA)
  • MBSR teacher (Dr. J. Kabat-Zinn, CFM, UMass, USA)
  • Compassion-Focused Therapist (Dr. P. Gilbert, Dr. K. Goss, UK)
  • Mindful Self Compassion teacher (Dr. K. Neff, Dr. C. Germer, UK)
  • Functional Yin yoga teacher (J. Phee)
  • Cleaning the House retreat (Marina Abramovich, Greece)

 

  • Qualified chef and sommelière (WSET level 2)
  • Food Forestry (Martin Crawford, UK)

 

Background
Initially working in the field of arts (University of Louvain and Madrid), later her culinary curiosity was professionalized by a training as a chef and nutritionist/RD (Ter Duinen, EhBrussel). 

Caroline Baerten is a psycho and traumatherapist, nutritionist and chef-sommelier.

Since 2008, she has been actively involved in raising awareness of what, why and how we eat for public health. She is among the first mindfulness and mindful eating trainers worldwide and serves on the advisory board of The Center for Mindful Eating in United States.

 

In a clinical one-to-one setting, she offer skills for those who struggle with food (and mood) issues, all kinds of addiction and stress-related behaviour.
Her background as a nutritionist/registered dietician, qualified chef-sommelière, psychotherapist and mindfulness teacher makes her approach multi-faceted and holistic.

 

Her mission is to introduce people to the wealth of tastfull and nutritious foods originated from respectful and regenerative agriculture.

Health starts with caring for our precious soils, foods and bodies.

Besides this work she also wants to raise awareness for mental health issues within hospitality. Studies in the UK show that within hospitality 4 out of 5 experience a period of poor mental health within their lifetime due to the stress and pressures that working within this industry can cause. Her aim is to break the stigma and offer solutions through specialized programs. 

 


Her meditation background encompasses a wide field of experiences in both Burmese Vipassana tradition, Japanese Zen Buddhism (Great Vow Zen led by Chozen and Hogen, Roshi. Portland, OR) and Tibetan Buddhism (under guidance of Daniel Brown, PhD). For years she was also a student of zenteacher Thich Nhat Hanh. Her last 5-day retreat 'Cleaning the House' was developed by long durational performer Marina Abramovich to master the beauty of life.

 

 

 

 



Caroline serves at the Advisory Council at The Center for Mindful Eating in United States and Louvain Mindfulness Center
One of her pleasures is writing blog posts about conscious eating, food justice and ecology for the ME-CL website and TCME
She also member of The European Association of Integrative Psychotherapy (EIAP).