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Eat in Peace

Nutrition counselling and Dietetic Professional Supervision.

Nutrition and eating behaviour counselling providing a safe space to find peace with food, eating and your body. Providing individual support for:
- Eating disorders and disordered eating
- Diet recovery and ending chronic dieting
- Non-Diet Approach and intuitive eating counselling
- Mindful eating skill building

05/04/2026

Want to know what we don’t do?

Because, understandably, many people wonder this when they reach out to me.

A lot of people are expecting to be judged, “told off”, handed a meal plan to follow strictly, or made to feel like they’re “doing it wrong”.

Because that’s what has happened before.

So, I wanted to be clear that this is not a space where:
- I judge what you’re eating
- I give you a strict plan and send you on your way
- I tell you to “try harder”
- your body gets picked apart or treated like a problem
- we rush into change before actually understanding what’s going on for you

You don’t need to have the right words, goals, or any clue where to start.

We just start with you, where you’re at, what’s been hard and what you need.

And we go from there, at your pace.

If you’ve had a tricky experience before, it makes sense you’d be cautious…
but it doesn’t have to feel that way again 🌱

Feel free to reach out if you’ve been thinking about accessing support 🤍

21/03/2026

It is so common for clients to tell me that they're unsure whether they're ready or want to to make any changes to their eating behaviors.

If you’ve ever felt this way about your relationship with food, you’re so not alone. Many people feel pulled in different directions.

This might feel like wanting relief from the stress around eating while also feeling comfortable in your current behaviours.

Eating patterns and behaviours often develop for important reasons. They may have helped you cope, feel safe, or get through really difficult times.

So it makes absolute sense that letting go of them can feel frightening.

You don’t have to be completely ready for change to talk about it.

Exploring the uncertainty can create more space for change to occur, or for things to feel different.

If you'd like a space to unpack this, my door is open 🌱

03/03/2026

✨ Nutrition Counselling Melbourne (in person) & Australia-wide via Telehealth ✨

I support you to gently heal your relationship with food — whether that looks like restriction, binge eating, constant food thoughts, difficulty feeding yourself, confusion about hunger, or feeling disconnected from your body’s needs.

Your relationship with food is shaped by so much: trauma, neurodivergence 🧠, dieting history, weight stigma, mental health, ableism, lived experience and so many more co-occurring experiences

We focus on nervous system safety, building trust with food, and creating ways of nourishing that actually make sense for you and your life 💗

You don’t need a diagnosis or be in crisis to deserve support 🤍🤍🤍

🪷 To book, visit the link in my bio or send me a DM.

15/02/2026

When food and eating have been hard for a long time, support doesn’t always need to start with doing more or making changes.

Sometimes it starts with slowing down, and taking our time, intentionally.

It might look like: – Talking and exploring before changing anything – Making sense of what’s actually feeling hard – Supporting emotions and your nervous system alongside eating – Working together, instead of being directed

Change doesn’t have to begin with action. Often it begins with feeling safe and steady enough to even consider it.

If this kind of support feels like it might fit where you’re at right now, you can find out more — or book an appointment or enquiry call — via the link in my bio 🤍

02/02/2026

Something I notice when supporting other dietitians, is that they think they need to bring something big to supervision.

Like a really tricky or complex case. A major event or experience. Something that went wrong.

It’s not that these things aren’t important- of course they are. And supervision is a perfect place to talk about them.

But most of what actually comes into supervision is much softer than that.

It’s about a feeling, a sensation that you’re unsure about.

Or a moment that stuck with you after a session or event.

Maybe something a client said that you keep thinking about.

Or just a sense of “I don’t know if I handled that well” or “that felt ok- but did I miss something?”.

Supervision isn’t about turning up only when things are hard or with unique or impressive scenarios.

It’s about having a place where it feels safe enough to talk those things through (often with vulnerability, always with courage).

In my experience as a supervisor and a supervisee, that’s often where the most useful reflection happens.

13/01/2026

Hi dietitians! I’m opening a second Supervision Group for recent graduate dietitians, starting in February.

This group is for Dietitians who want support with the human side of practice:
• counselling skills
• client engagement
• navigating uncertainty
• reflective practice

You don’t need to be working specifically with eating disorders or mental health, but wanting a thoughtful, supportive space to be brave, open and grow confidence.

If you’re unsure whether this is what you need, feel free to reach out!

👉 Details and expression of interest via the link in my bio.

01/01/2026

As we begin the new year, I am thankful for:

🪷 To everyone who has shown me support in social media land and in clinic — it means the world to me.
🌟 To my amazing supervisees — thank you for trusting me with your learning, unlearning and growth. I’m so lucky to work with you.
💕 To my nutrition counselling clients — thank you for letting me sit with you in the hard, honest, vulnerable stuff. It’s a privilege, always.

I look forward to connecting more with you all this year 💫

– Nicole xx

22/12/2025

☀️🍹🌳 Out of office 🧘‍♀️😎🪴

I’m currently on leave and will return to work with my lovely nutrition counselling clients and supervisees on Jan 12th, 2026.

In the meantime, I might pop up here if I feel called to, and replies will be slower than usual while I enjoy time with the fam 🙋‍♀️🐒🙉🐵🦍

See you soon xx

08/12/2025

If you’ve been feeling a bit out of your depth lately, just know you’re not alone. And it doesn’t mean you’re doing a bad job, or are a bad dietitian!

Feeling “out of your depth” often comes from things like:
🌱Working with humans who are a little more human than you were trained for
🌱 feeling the emotional toll of said humans without much space to process, or even being taught how to
🌱Trying to do the human side, but feeling like you’re not doing enough of the clinical side, or vise versa
🌱Caring deeply about your clients and your practice, and not feeling like you’re doing “enough”

Feeling like you’re out of your depth can be a sign that you’re actually growing - you know there’s more to lean in to ✨

I’ve found it’s important to move at your own pace, slow down and reflect, without judgement. That’s part of our work as dietitians. And it’s also what supervision can offer you.

Leave a 🤍 below if this resonated - and know you’re not alone!

01/12/2025

If your uni experience was anything like mine, your counselling skills training was basically:

✨ Build rapport
✨ Ask open-ended questions
…anddd that was kind of it 🤷‍♀️

The truth? Counselling skills are so much more layered, relational, and human than what most of us were taught.

(some are taught heaps betters than others!)

If you’ve ever felt like you graduated with the MNT knowledge but very few practical tools to support humans, you’re not alone.

The human, relational stuff comes with practice and intentionality — and that’s totally okay. You’re doing it now, right when you need to 💕

29/11/2025

I’d love to support you!

✨ Nutrition Counselling ✨

I work with you to heal your relationship with food and eating — whether that feels like restriction, binge eating, confusion, worry, difficulty feeding yourself, constant food noise, or not feeling in sync with what your body’s needs are.

Your relationship with food is shaped by so much: trauma, neurodivergence 🧠, dieting history, weight stigma, mental health, ableism, lived experience and so many more co-occurring experiences

We unpack this together, and I support you to put the pieces back together in a way that truly makes sense for you 💗

✨Meal Support✨

For those moments when eating feels overwhelming, lonely or too hard to do on your own — I offer gentle meal and snack support sessions either in person or in an online group space.
Practice regulation, feel accompanied and build trust and safety with food again.

🌱 Individual & Group Supervision for Dietitians 🌱

I offer reflective, confidential and trauma-aware supervision for dietitians working in eating disorders, mental health, neurodivergence and weight-inclusive practice.

I also offer supervision to new/early grads from various areas of Dietetics focusing on counselling skills, relationships and engagement in addition to clinical topics through a reflective practice.

Whether you’re wanting individual support or to learn and grow alongside others in group supervision, I’m happy to support you.

🤔 To work with me, you can send me a DM, or visit the link in my bio 💕

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27/11/2025

🤗 Hello! I’m Nicole — Dietitian, Professional Supervisor, and Credentialled Eating Disorder Clinician. I support both clients and fellow dietitians through a gentle, reflective, trauma-aware lens.

✨ I run a solo private practice in Melbourne. I may grow one day, but for now I’m exactly where I need to be.

🙃 My nutrition counselling is weight-inclusive, trauma-aware and fat-positive. I support people with:
• Eating difficulties and (“eating disorders”)
• Nourishing in ways that honour your neurotype, nervous system & mental health
• Body image concerns
• Recovery from chronic/lifelong dieting
• Relearning body-led, intuitive eating whatever that looks like for you

🫶 I’ve recently expanded into Professional Supervision for Dietitians wanting to deepen their skills in non-diet, trauma-informed practice. I love supporting Dietitians to grow confidence, clarity and capacity in this work and themselves.

🧐 A note on my values:
I recognise the privileges I hold and the ways they shape my experiences in the world. It matters to me that I do my best to understand, centre and learn from my clients’ lived experiences. I make mistakes and I’m committed to doing better 💗

🤗 Outside of work I’m a mum of three (all at different stages of chaos!), a wannabe gardener and plant-parent, i try to move my body in fun ways, I watch TV shows, and listen to 90s grunge/rock/metal while I clean and contemplate life.

😌 Thanks for being here.
I’d love to know — what would you like to see or hear more about?

👇🏻 Say hello below
💌 or reach out via DM anytime.

Address

439 Riversdale Road
Hawthorn East, VIC
3123

Opening Hours

Monday	10am - 5pm
Tuesday	10am - 5pm
Saturday	9am - 5pm

Website

https://linktr.ee/nicolekopel.eatinpeace, http://eatinpeace.com.au/, http://eatinpeace.com.au/supervision-for-dietitians

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