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About

About the Practice 

Bodacious Nutrition LLC was founded by Joanna Pustilnik MS RDN CDCES CIEC in 2017. It is a virtual private practice located in Arlington, VA, and it serves clients all over the United States (these are the states we serve for nutrition therapy). We provide Intuitive Eating coaching in all 50 states. 

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We are unique in that we specialize in food relationship and body image healing for those clients who also have health-related goals such as:

  • heart health

  • women's health (PCOS and Perimenopause/Menopause)

  • IBS or digestion

  • Diabetes Mellitus 

  • metabolic health

  • mental health concerns

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Using evidenced-based nutrition, body image, and somatic tools within a collaborative and empathetic coaching container, we help clients get back in touch with their bodies and body cues, sense of understanding and safety with food, and awaken their inner wisdom and joy around self-care. 

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At Bodacious Nutrition, we want you to understand your health, release any shame or guilt around it, and come to a place of acceptance, understanding, and confidence in your self-care ability. 

 

We are also a practice that also has expertise in embodiment, and we utilize somatic tools in our coaching and nutrition therapy as needed. This might include drop-ins to your body or getting in greater touch with your internal felt senses to guide certain decisions or desires within your journey around food, body, or changing behaviors.

 

We use a HIPPA-compliant video platform, and we offer follow up via handouts and tools to continue healing and learning as well as the use of an app (Recovery Record) to support connection over food, thought, habit, and emotional tracking as needed (which is not always needed). ​​​

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Any questions? We'd love to chat. 

Joanna Pustilnik MS RDN CDCES CIEC

Joanna has worked as a nutrition counselor since 2011. She has a Master's in Nutrition Science from the University of Cincinnati and completed her dietetic internship at the Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center. ​She earned her Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist credential in 2016, and her Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor credential in 2019. She is currently pursuing her Certified Feminine Embodiment Coach credential.

 

She is a Health At Every Size® -aligned clinician who rejects restrictive dieting and promotes a mindful acceptance of our here and now bodies, but she also believes we can work toward health-related and value-symmetric goals through a non-diet and weight neutral lens. Read more about her philosophy here. ​

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She has expertise and training in motivational interviewing (MI), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), Internal Family Systems (IFS) and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). She is a supporter of positive psychology and believes we should all work to focus on what is going well. She believes in meeting clients where they are and collaborating to work toward self-compassion and food peace. 

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Speaking at Bloom Summit about fertility nutrition, 2022

Personally, she believes we should unapologetically take up space, be bold, and give ourselves all the self-compassion we need. She is a PCOS-er as well as an ADHD-momma who knows the importance of self-care and having systems in place to optimize overall well-being and decrease unwanted physical or mental health symptoms. In her free time, she loves to draw, cook yummy plant-forward meals, spend time with her family and friends, do yoga, and attend as many concerts as possible. She lives in Arlington, VA with her husband, 3 young kids, and little Chorkie, Lady. 

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Any questions? Let's chat!

Education and Training

  • Master's in Nutrition Science from University of Cincinnati 

  • Dietetic Internship at Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, 2011

  • Working in eating disorders and the food relationship since 2017

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Certifications 

  • Nationally Registered Dietitian (RD/RDN), 2011

  • Washington DC and Maryland Licensed Dietitian 

  • Nationally Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES), 2016

  • Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, 2019

  • Certified LEAP Therapist

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Continuing Advanced Trainings

  • Ongoing professional supervision for eating disorders

  • PCOS Training Course for Dietitians with Angela Grassi

  • Body Image Training 2.0 with Marci Evans

  • Rouxbe Plant-based Nutrition course

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy training for dietitians

  • Binge Eating Disorder Treatment Course for Dietitians

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Areas of Focus

  • Eating disorders 

    • ​Binge eating disorder***

    • ​Bulimia

    • ​OSFED

    • ​Anorexia

    • ​Orthorexia

    • ARFID

  • Heart & Metabolic Health

  • Diabetes Mellitus

  • Intuitive Eating Coaching

  • Hormone Health​

    • Perimenopause and Menopause

    • PCOS (polycystic ovary syndrome)

  • Body image coaching

  • Embodiment and Somatic Coaching

Values

Vulnerability

Willingness to come in contact with our pain and shame, honoring the feminine depth necessary for healing.

Connection

Fostering healing and growth through virtual support groups and 1 on 1 collaborative relationships

Inclusion

Offering inclusive pricing, rejecting all forms of oppression, acknowledging our own privilege, and valuing diversity in all forms

Sustainability

Offering a virtual, zero-waste model of sustainable care, and working to support plant-forward, environmentally-friendly dietary patterns

Collaborative

Working with clients to optimize care and collaborating with client to access own body wisdom and lived experiences to guide treatment process

Curiousity

Offering kind, non-judgemental and transparent care with openness to whatever comes up

Uniqueness

Honoring the individual histories and the essence that makes us the one and only of our kind. We are all experts of our own needs and desires.

Values
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