As a Holistic Health Practitioner, I bring understanding, compassion, and a sensitive insight to my practice. Certifications from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and the Tom Monte Program for Healers, plus 21 years of passionate investigation of Traditional Chinese and Complimentary medicines and nutrition science, led to the creation of my wellness counseling service, Intuit Nutrition. Attentive listening skills, an amiable wit and a guiding spirit add a personal touch to client sessions. This innovative approach enables clients to make connections between their food choices and the results they have been experiencing in their life. As we proceed on these journeys of self-discovery together, clients begin to tap into their own innate wisdom and sense of self-worth, resulting in a program that is both specifically designed for and as individual as the person who created it.

For women or men who are serious about learning how what they eat—physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually—can bring and maintain balance to their health as well as their lives, I work hard to help you get where you need or want to be—starting with nutrition.

“My inner advisor is dying to heal me.”
~ Astrid Alauda

Karen Scanlon, owner of Intuit Nutrition, is a Holistic Health Practitioner, certified by the American Association of Drugless Practitioners (AADP) and a graduate and former teaching assistant of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition located in New York City. In 2008, Karen earned her three-year certification as a Compassion Integration Counselor (CIC), one of the first of 17 other amazing healers, with more yet to come, from Tom Monte Program for Healers.

CIC uses a non-judgmental approach and traditional diagnostic tools to identify the sources of physical disorders and emotional distress. A CI Counselor then applies natural healing methods—many of which are unique to my practice—that promote physical healing and spiritual integration, and thus restores clients to a greater state of health, wholeness and self love. (Click here for more detail information on CI Counseling.)

This healer's program trains people in the art and science of natural and complementary healing practices. These advanced courses provide graduates with a high level of competency in the use of an integrated system that include the following areas:

• Advanced traditional Asian, Energetic and Intuitive Diagnosis
• Healing the Body. Advanced, scientifically based, natural healing approaches for the most widespread illnesses we face today, including but not limited to: Type II diabetes, cardiovascular disease, the common cancers and many chronic and intractable illnesses
• A unique and unified approach to healing the heart, emotions and relationships
• Advanced counseling methods that hold each client in compassion and safety

… a set of powerful tools for emotional and psychological healing advanced by the program's creator, Tom Monte.

Other qualifications and services that contribute to my unique offering include:

• An Usui Reiki Mastership
• A certification as a LIFE Stress Management (biofeedback) Practitioner 
• A certification as a JourneyDance Guide

Karen's specialty is helping others overcome their addictions—to alcohol, food and sugar—and addictive behaviors and learn how to be "sweet" to themselves through more playful and nurturing ways than with food.