The connection between mind and body is getting more attention now than ever. Through our own experience, we can observe the interconnectedness of our whole being: mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual. Awakening and refining this connection is key to optimizing our well-being. Befriending our emotions, understanding our stressors, moving our bodies, and feeding ourselves kindly and intentionally, all have the power to transform who we are and how we experience the world. Exploring ways that we can move through life gently, yet powerfully attuned to our values, can provide a clear path to a more easeful existence. The coaching process is a very powerful tool used to assist individuals with the discoveries of what best serves them. By better understanding who we are, where we are, and who we wish to become, the coaching process guides individuals through their limiting beliefs, misaligned actions, and brings them closer to what it is they truly long for. The coaching process can help individuals discover and work from their strengths while learning to dance with perceived weaknesses. By tapping into a compelling vision, coaching helps explore and define sources of motivation that can be used to change habits and patterns that are getting in the way of easeful living. When the mind-body-spirit is aligned, what we desire and long for is also aligned. It is not magic, it is a practice. A practice that can positively transform your life.

Charlie holds a certification in both integrative health & wellness coaching and life & spirituality coaching. Both institutions she received her certifications from are recognized by ICF for coaching competencies and ethics. This training, paired with her health-supportive culinary training, allows a depth of both range and style she can bring into the coaching session.

Clientele: Ideally, these programs are designed for women aged 30-50 but can be modified to support women of any adult age.

Currently, she is providing three coaching programs as well as chef services:

GENERAL HEALTH & WELLNESS: This coaching program is designed to support women in any areas of health or wellness that they are seeking. Women who are seeking health & wellness coaching may be looking to break out of old, powerful habits they believe no longer serves them, or they may wish to incorporate a more mindful approach to the life they currently live. This program is not limited to women who have been diagnosed with medical conditions, although it can be used to support your physical healing. It can also be used as a preventative program, for women who want to move towards healthful habits before they enter later stages of life.

CONTINUITY: This coaching program is designed for women who want to work towards continuity in their self-care and expand on their awareness practice, easing towards a life of stable mindfulness. Women who may already have a mindfulness practice, but notice it is “spotty” at best, and want to focus on increasing their level of awareness will benefit from this program.

MAKING PEACE: This coaching program is designed for women who are struggling with finding peace in their life. This will look like many things, to many people. Women who are finding that life hasn’t turned out as they expected, are going through major transitions, feeling like they lost their purpose, want to free themselves from “gray area drinking”, and, women who find they are ready to make peace with themselves after decades of exhausting their heart from an unloving mother figure. Making Peace is just that… a program that helps women find peace and acceptance (at last!) in their current situation. A gentle reminder: coaching is not therapy. Making Peace is designed to help women look forward in their lives by taking action steps to bring them closer to what they truly value.

Chef Services: Retreat Cooking / Private Cooking Consults, Lessons
With 12+ years of professional cooking experience, Charlie provides chef services on retreats as well as individual cooking consults for clients working to transform their relationship with food.

Saybrook University / M.S. in Mind-Body Medicine Program
January 2021 - Present (graduating Dec 2022)
Pasadena, CA

IIN 2.0 / Advanced Health Coaching Intensive for NBHWC 
October 2021 - January 2022
New York, NY

Life Purpose Institute  / Life and Spiritual Coaching Certification
January 2021 – July 2021
San Diego, CA

Natural Epicurean Academy of Culinary Arts / Plant Based Culinary Program
October 2012 – March 2013
Austin, TX

Institute of Integrative Nutrition / Holistic Health and Wellness Coaching Certification
July 2012 - April 2013
New York, NY

University of Minnesota / B.A. degrees in Socio-Cultural Anthropology and  Near-Eastern Archaeology
August, 2000 - May, 2005
Minneapolis, MN

Charlie Ritter (owner/coach/chef)
512-534-1183
hello@nourisherwellness.com