Hi, I’m Dana Notte!

I’m a non-diet, weight-inclusive Registered Dietitian, Certified Eating Disorder Specialist & Consultant, and Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor.

I help people heal from eating disorders, disordered eating, and chronic dieting. And I help fellow dietitians navigate the emotional and professional complexities of doing this work in a world that often pushes in the exact opposite direction.

I’m also a lover of travel, cats, and ice cream. A fan of nuance. And someone who believes deeply that your body is worthy—but not your worth.

My work is grounded in the belief that all humans, no matter their size or identity, deserve to feel at home in their bodies and at peace with food.

“Loving yourself in a world that profits from your self-hatred is a radical act.” — Sonya Renee Taylor

How I became a weight-inclusive Registered Dietitian

I didn’t set out to work with eating disorders. In fact, early on I was sure it wasn’t the path for me—mostly because my training didn’t prepare me for it. Like many health professionals, I was trained in a weight-centric healthcare model wherein achieving and maintaining thinness was positioned as top priority.

So naturally, that’s where I started. I worked in weight loss for three-ish years. I did the things I was taught. I gave the meal plans, tracked the numbers, monitored the progress. But it didn’t feel like progress.

Because what I started to see was that the way I was trained to promote health—i.e. pursuing weight loss—was actually fueling disordered eating. It was making people feel more broken, not less. And it certainly wasn’t improving their long-term health.

I realized I wasn’t helping. Worse, I was doing harm.

Cue: career crisis.

And then—Intuitive Eating.

I discovered the book Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch. It changed everything. It helped me make sense of what I had seen and felt, both in my clients and in myself. It offered a framework for healing that prioritized body trust over control, autonomy over rules.

It was the beginning of my unlearning—and my real education. I began to explore Intuitive Eating not just as a theory but as a practical, liberatory tool. I saw how our relationship to food could be different. More affirming. More joyful. More compassionate.

What I practice now:

Since then, I’ve committed to knowing more and doing better.

That has looked like:

  • Becoming a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and Certified Eating Disorder Specialist

  • Building a non-diet, weight-inclusive nutrition counseling practice where all bodies are welcomed and no bodies are ever shamed

  • Investing deeply in understanding weight bias, body liberation, intersectionality, Health at Every Size® (HAES), and body acceptance

  • Supporting other providers through eating disorder supervision and professional mentoring

  • Staying open to feedback and committed to ongoing learning, especially from those with lived experiences and identities that differ from mine

The Heart of My Work

Today, I specialize in working with individuals who are:

  • Healing from eating disorders or disordered eating

  • Unlearning diet culture and seeking more trust and ease with food

  • Struggling to make peace with their body in a world that tells them it's a problem

My therapeutic approach is collaborative and person-centered. I blend tools from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), the Intuitive Eating framework, and self-compassion work. I tailor all of this to each client’s needs, with deep respect for the ways that identity (race, gender, sexuality, size, ability, etc.) shapes our relationships with food and body.

Together, we untangle food rules and body shame. We restore body trust. We build sustainable and supportive nourishment patterns.

And we reclaim what diet culture has stolen: joy, connection, and self-trust.

The Work I Love Most Right Now

While I do still work with a small number of individual clients, the majority of my energy goes into the two offerings I believe have the most collective impact:

Break Free: How to Eat Intuitively & Obsess Less About Food

This 10-week group nutrition program is for anyone ready to unlearn diet culture and cultivate a more peaceful, intuitive relationship with food. It’s a powerful space of community care and shared experience, because this work isn’t meant to be done alone.

Break Free is rooted in principles of Intuitive Eating principles, body trust, and weight inclusivity. It’s a space where you’ll learn to reject diet culture, understand what actually drives your eating patterns, and begin to heal your relationship with food in community.

Break Free runs twice a year and includes live sessions, tools for self-reflection, and the kind of solidarity that helps you realize: it’s not you, it’s the system.

You can learn more about Break Free here.

Supervision for Dietitians Working in Disordered Eating

If you’re a registered dietitian doing eating disorder work, you know how heavy it can be. I offer professional consultation and eating disorder supervision for providers who want to deepen their skills, process the emotional toll of this work, and stay rooted in a weight-inclusive, anti-diet, anti-oppressive lens.

This work requires ongoing reflection and support. Whether you're new to this work or a seasoned provider, professional mentoring can be the difference between burnout and sustainability.

Because your care matters. Your boundaries matter. And you deserve support, too.

You can learn more about supervision here.

“Your body is not a problem to be solved.” — Virgie Tovar

Why It Matters

This isn’t just about helping people feel better about food. It’s about divesting from systems that uphold body oppression. It’s about dismantling the ladder of bodily hierarchy. It’s about helping people get free—and making space for collective liberation along the way.

I want to live in a world where no one has to ask, "What’s wrong with me?" because they ate past fullness. Or because they can’t shrink themselves to fit society’s expectations. I want to live in a world where people know they are enough as they are.

And I believe that kind of world is possible.

The frameworks I use—Intuitive Eating, Health at Every Size®, and non-diet nutrition counseling—aren’t just tools for individual healing. They’re tools for social change.

When we stop trying to "fix" our bodies, we stop reinforcing systems that profit from our self-doubt.

When we practice body liberation, we model another way forward. When we offer support for dietitians doing this work, we strengthen the broader movement.

A Few Things You Should Know

  • I see clients & supervisees both in-person in my South Burlington, VT office & virtually

  • I don’t believe in food rules or one-size-fits-all nutrition

  • I take a trauma-informed approach and continually work to unpack my own biases

  • I love sipping lattes, making lists, and listing to music that matches my mood

  • I believe this work is hard and brave and sacred

  • I’m committed to providing (and participating in) professional supervision for eating disorder dietitians because I know how much this work can take out of you

Ready to Connect?

If you’re curious about joining a future round of Break Free, learning more about Intuitive Eating, or exploring supervision & consultation for dietitians, I’d love to hear from you.

>> Join the Waitlist for Break Free <<
>> Schedule a Supervision Session <<

Or if you just want to poke around a bit more, feel free to explore my free resources or sign up for my email list. No pressure, no push.

FAQs

  • Yes, I do. I keep a small caseload of individual clients. Availability is limited, but feel free to reach out if you’re curious. My approach is grounded in Intuitive Eating and non-diet nutrition counseling principles.

  • Break Free is a 10-week intuitive eating group designed to help you unlearn diet culture, build body trust, and cultivate a more peaceful relationship with food.

    Break Free runs twice a year.

    You can join the waitlist [here] to be the first to know when registration opens.

  • Absolutely. I offer professional consultation and eating disorder supervision to dietitians and other providers doing this heavy, important work. You don’t have to do it alone. Learn more [here].

  • I offer both virtual and in-person sessions for individuals. All of my groups, including Break Free, are conducted virtually.

  • Yes! I am in-network with BCBS, Cigna, MVP Healthcare, and VT Medicaid. I’m happy to provide superbills for reimbursement if I am not in-network with your plan. And, I offer a discounted rate for individual sessions when paying entirely out-of-pocket.