Advanced Certifications
Certified Eating Disorder Registered Dietitians (CEDRD)
Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES)
Certified Nutrition Support Clinician (CNSC)
Certificated Lactation Educator Counselor (CLEC)
Our Training
Lindsay Stenovec, MS, RD, CEDRD-S, CLEC
OWNER & PRINCIPAL REGISTERED DIETITIAN
Hello! I’m Lindsay Stenovec and I’m the Principal Registered Dietitian and owner of Nutrition Instincts® San Diego Nutrition Therapy. My team and I provide nutrition counseling in the areas of eating disorders, intuitive eating, prenatal and postpartum wellness, diabetes, and family feeding coaching (including ARFID). We run a weight inclusive practice in alignment with Health at Every Size® principles. As a Certified Eating Disorder Registered Dietitian (CEDRD) and Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor I strive to provide San Diego residents with evidence-informed, weight inclusive care for those suffering from eating disorders and various levels of disordered eating due to dieting. In 2015, I founded an online nutrition resource and coaching program for moms – Intuitive Eating Moms, which includes a body positive podcast, Embodied and Well Mom Show, and a wellness membership that cultivates body confidence, self-care and a healthy relationship with food for moms and families. I received my undergraduate Bachelor of Science degree in Nutritional Science at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, completed my dietetic internship at California State University, Long Beach and completed my Master’s in Science degree in Nutritional Science at San Diego State University.
I speak regularly to professionals and parents on the topics of eating disorders, intuitive eating, child feeding, maternal self-care, pregnancy and eating disorders, and postpartum wellness. As an approved supervisor (CEDRD-S) with the International Association for Eating Disorder Professionals (iaedp), I offer professional supervision to Registered Dietitians and perinatal professionals.
My previous roles that continue to inform my current work included providing medical nutrition therapy for gestational diabetes, consulting for the government Head Start Preschool Program, teaching as an adjunct professor at a community college and being the lead dietitian for a PHP and IOP adult and adolescent eating disorder program. I provide trauma-informed care and have counseling training in motivational interviewing, somatic nutrition therapy, internal family systems, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, and acceptance and commitment therapy – which are therapy modalities that inform the care I provide and adapt for nutrition therapy purposes while remaining within a dietitian’s scope of practice. I thoroughly enjoy living in San Diego with my husband and 3 sweet and wild boys!
Professional Credentials and Certifications
Certified Eating Disorder Registered Dietitian (CEDRD)
Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RD/RDN), # 1007650
Master of Science in Nutrition Sciences (MS)
Bachelor of Science in Nutritional Sciences (BS)
Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor
Certificated Lactation Educator Counselor (CLEC)
Madeleine (Maddie) McLean, RDN, CDCES (formerly Maddie White)
ASSOCIATE REGISTERED DIETITIAN
Hey there! I’m Maddie McLean, an eating disorder and clinical dietitian passionate about helping others restore relationships with food, body, and mind. As a Health At Every Size® provider, I strive to provide inclusive, compassionate care to each and every client – regardless of weight, shape, color, size, orientation, disability, or disease. I believe Intuitive Eating holds a space for everyone. By taking an individual approach with each client, together we learn the best way to navigate your journey to food and body freedom. I attended San Diego State University, earning a Bachelor of Science in Foods and Nutrition. I went on to complete the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics Internship with Iowa State University, where I continued my experience in eating disorders as well as clinical nutrition. In between, I spent a year living in Rome, Italy. It was here where I began to see how clearly our American culture distorts our relationships with food and body. Upon my return, I began working with the American Diabetes Association, where I managed youth programming for San Diegans living with type 1 diabetes in addition to bringing awareness to those living with all types of diabetes through policy activism and community education and outreach. After transitioning to work in a San Diego eating disorder facility, I realized how fulfilling it was to be a part of someone’s recovery. Spending time with clients of all ages, I’ve completed training and adopted skills in adult-centered learning, multiple therapy modalities, and parent coaching for pediatrics and adolescents with ARFID or other eating disorders. While a little unconventional, these experiences have made me the dietitian I am today. San Diego has been home my entire life. When I’m not traveling the globe with my husband, we love to explore everything home has to offer!
Maddie’s Professional Credentials & Certifications
Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES)
Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RD/RDN), #86066423
Bachelor of Science in Food and Nutrition, San Diego State University
Training in Weight Neutral for Diabetes Care
Andrea Kent, MPH, RDN, CNSC
ASSOCIATE REGISTERED DIETITIAN
Hello! I’m Andrea Kent, a registered dietitian that loves providing nutrition counseling to my clients that bridges the gap between evidence-based research and making peace with food and their bodies. With the inundation of nutrition messages, I strive to support my clients navigate what works for them as individuals, while making sure to separate fact from fiction.
I am grateful to have worn many hats as a Registered Dietitian. I have a strong clinical background, completing my dietetic internship at Stanford Healthcare. I have also worked in both the inpatient and outpatient setting providing medical nutrition therapy to a range of patients, from pediatrics to oncology. In addition, I spent many years working in nutrition research at Stanford Prevention Research Center. From these experiences, I have come to value how extremely personal nutrition and eating is to all of us.
In addition, I also spent time designing a nutrition program and providing nutrition counseling for adolescents with eating disorders in the Bay Area. Here I was able to help my clients find their own recovery via an Intuitive Eating and HAES lens. As a self-appointed lifelong student, I am continually adding to my skillset as a nutrition counselor to help support clients in finding recovery.
I received my undergraduate Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication Research at UC Santa Barbara, completed my didactic program of dietetics internship at California State University, Long Beach, my dietetic internship at Stanford Healthcare through San Francisco State University and completed my Masters of Public Health degree at UC Berkeley.
I am a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor which means I’ve engaged in 6 weeks of trainings and supervision with Evelyn Tribole, co-author of the book Intuitive Eating. I’m also fulfilling hours to become a CEDRD (Certified Eating Disorder Registered Dietitian). In addition to my time at Nutrition Instincts, I also work in providing nutrition counseling in a corporate setting, working with high-level individuals to incorporate intuitive eating principles to find balance with nutrition and support their busy lives. With all of life’s stressors, I aim to support all of my clients in making nutrition something that supports their lives, vs. another stressor.
After living up and down the coast of California, I am thrilled to have settled in San Diego with my husband and 1-year old son.
Professional Credentials and Certifications
Certified Nutrition Support Clinician (CNSC)
Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RD/RDN), # 86023311
Bachelor of Arts in Communication Research (BA) UC Santa Barbara
Masters of Public Health (MPH), UC Berkeley
Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor
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Kennedy Johnston, RDN, LDN
ASSOCIATE REGISTERED DIETITIAN
Licensed in the State of Oregon (in addition to California)
Hey, my name is Kennedy (She/Her), I’m a registered dietitian living in Los Angeles where I grew up and spent most of my life with friends and family. I attended California State University, Northridge where I studied nutrition and dietetics. Shortly after graduating, I went on to my dietetic internship in Bozeman, Montana where I completed 1200+ hours of supervised practice learning from and working with many different nutrition professionals while exploring the intersection of nutrition and sustainability in my field.
I worked in a residential eating disorder and substance use treatment facility making, serving and having meals with clients almost daily. I feel strongly that this experience changed the trajectory of my career path and introduced me to the experience of working with people struggling with eating disorders and disordered eating. It encouraged me to dive deeper into learning what it might look like to cultivate a positive, respectful or neutral relationship with food, body image and activity.
I recently moved back to LA to be closer to family and friends after working in a critical access hospital in eastern Oregon. During my time in Oregon, I worked with people in the hospital as well as those who came to see me in the outpatient clinic. Using my knowledge of counseling and medical nutrition therapy, we explored their relationship with food, nutrition, and their personal wellness goals.
I practice through the lenses/frameworks of intuitive eating, health at every size and social justice. I work with people knowing that there are some things in our lives we are in control of, but in many aspects of life there are individual, systemic, environmental, social and cultural factors that affect our relationship with food, how we feed ourselves, how we view our bodies and their movement through this world.
I do want to acknowledge the privileges I hold as a white, mid-size, cisgender, heterosexual practitioner. My goals as a dietitian are to continue to educate myself, work on reducing harm in my practice, and understanding important issues that face those that I work with such as implicit/explicit bias, discrimination, racism, fat phobia, ableism and healthism.
I am so looking forward to working with you, getting to know you, and learning how I can support your journey through recovery, making peace with and navigating challenges surrounding food, body image and activity.
Professional Credentials and Certifications
Bachelor of Science in Family and Consumer Sciences with a focus on Nutrition and Dietetics from California State University, Northridge.
Registered Dietitian (RD) by Commission on Dietetic Registration (#86145657)
Member, Association for Size Diversity and Health (ASDAH)
Member, EDRD Pro.
- Completed 12+ hour training – ARFID for Dietitians: A Responsive Feeding Approach
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