Are you unsure of how to approach conversations with your students about food/health/nutrition? Do you worry about their ability to build a healthy relationship now with food, body, and mind to instill good habits that they can carry into adulthood?  ​

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Lauren Dorman, Registered Dietitian and Body Image Expert, provides inspirational presentations that will shift the way your school district supports both their staff and students total well-being.

 

Presentations for:

• Teachers
• Support Staff
• Students
• Parents

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Staff Professional Development

 

Pouring From a Full Cup: Optimize Your Educator Brain to Master Self-Care Strategies

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Setting self-care goals is the easy part, achieving them is not. Imagine, you’re consistently feeling engaged and excited to meet your goals for long-term mental, physical, and emotional health.

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This is not your typical nutrition workshop! Lauren Dorman, a Mental Health Registered Dietitian cracked the code to unlock one’s potential through a neuroscience approach. You can rewire your brain to achieve any health goal, at any age. She changes the way you think, feel, and act. She will hand you the exact science & strategies so that you can master meaningful and lasting change in your habits and actions. This will allow you to increase your productivity, energy, focus, and mood!

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What’s covered? Why reaching your health goals has been so hard, the impact of stress on the brain, mastering supportive thoughts to fill our cup, implementing an effortless self-care daily routine, and the Recipe Rewire, 9 key ingredients to recharging one’s relationship with food, body, and mind.

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All participants will receive my guidebook, Nine to Nourished: A Recipe Roadmap and my Nourished Daily Habit Tracker for optimal well-being.
 

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What’s Eating Our Students And What To Do About It: Let’s Untangle Food and Feelings

 

The statistics are in, and they are concerning! There is a huge lack of training, education, support, and general awareness when it comes to disordered eating and body dissatisfaction. 

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Lauren Dorman, leading Mental Health Registered Dietitian supporting New Jersey Schools is going to help you to shift the narrative and relearn to create change! Topics discussed include: An enhanced awareness of eating disorders, myth busting, social media’s impact, common and overlooked signs and symptoms, supportive conversations in the classroom (what to say and what not to say), and practical skills for teaching health and nutrition in the most effective way 2025 and beyond. You will leave with a strong understanding of how your students can develop a healthy relationship with food, body, and mind. Prevention, early identification, and training save lives.

 

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Beyond the Mirror: Body Bullying, Resilience, and Nourishing Habits

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Body bullying, also known as body shaming, can have severe and long-lasting effects on a child's mental and physical health, self-esteem, and overall well-being. Studies reveal 60% of children report experiencing body bullying, increasing the risk of anxiety, disordered eating, and body dissatisfaction. Integrate science-backed, safe, and inclusive body image lessons. You will gain the necessary skills to teach children resilience and coping strategies in order to improve their nutrition habits, mental, and physical well-being.

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What's covered? Media literacy and unrealistic beauty standards, Weight Stigma, The impact of body bullying on mental and physical health, Negative self-talk patterns, Body image and a body-positive environment, A positive and healthy relationship with food, body, and mind, Integrating safe and inclusive lessons in health curriculum, Self-compassion and acceptance strategies, Teaching resilience, coping skills, and self-care strategies.

 

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Social Media's Impact on Students Nutrition, Emotional, and Physical Health

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So much misinformation exists on social media about both nutrition and health, which can be damaging to young minds both physically and mentally. Skewed information has the potential to negatively impact one's thoughts, behaviors, and emotions. While we certainly cannot completely shield adolescents from these dangerous messages, we can provide them with the knowledge and resources that they need to become media-literate and recognize the potential harm they can cause.

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Through the presentation, schools will gain direction and receive guidance to navigate conversations surrounding nutrition, social media, emotional well-being, and physical health. This "digital wellness" knowledge has been shown to be effective in influencing healthier behaviors. Together, we can redefine and rethink health education in schools, creating lasting behavior changes for future generations.

 

What’s covered? The Great Rewiring 2010-2015, Navigating Through Nutrition Misinformation on Social Media, The Rise in Disordered Eating and Body Dissatisfaction, The 4 Harms of Social Media, The Alarming Research, Building a Healthy Relationship with Social Media, Effective strategies for physical, emotional, and mental well-being, and Developing a healthy and strong relationship with food.

 

Student Workshop

 

Nutrition Trends: Think Again! 

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There are so many questionable and dangerous nutrition and wellness posts on social media platforms. Students often turn to such sources for nutrition advice and much of it is not quality and evidence based. One study actually found that only 2.1 % of TikTok content is accurate compared to public health guidelines. Lauren Dorman, Registered Dietitian will sift through the nutrition non-sense and uncover the most common red flags. The students will gain the necessary skills to become critical of health media messages. She will teach her STRONG Student method, an effective way for middle school students to prioritize their total well-being. In fact, they may very well be surprised by what is fact versus fiction!

STRONG stands for Spot social media scams, Think about your why, Respect your body, Overcoming obstacles, Nutrition, not restriction, Goal Achieving Essentials.

 

Parent Evening Workshop

 

Food for Thought: A Parent’s Guide to Navigating Healthy Eating 

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Parents, I know that navigating food-related challenges with children can sometimes feel overwhelming, but Lauren Dorman, Registered Dietitian is here to make that process easier through her bite-sized lessons. In this workshop, she shares expert strategies for guiding your child to develop positive, lasting healthy habits. Learn how to communicate about nutrition and body image in a way that is empowering, setting the stage for healthy routines that support both mental and physical well-being. Discover the impact of structured self-care, ways to help children tune into hunger and fullness cues, and five essential phrases that encourage balanced, nutritious choices. You’ll finally have the support and guidance you’ve been hungry for! This session will equip you with the tools, insights, and steps to support your child's journey toward a strong body, mind, and future.

 

Outcomes from Schools, Master Food + Mood Presentations:

 

• Balanced, nourishing, and flexible meal/snack patterns 

• Eating with ease and confidence 

• Enhanced energy, focus, and mood

• Better academic and athletic performance

• Body confidence, kindness, and respect

• Significant improvement in blood work: lipid profile, glucose, Hgba1c

• Acquired skills to implement healthier behavior changes and mindset shifts

• Internally motivated to create helpful habits 

• Better able to focus a vision vs. immediate gratification and comfort 

• Awareness and mindful eating (less boredom, binge and emotional eating)

• Refined emotional coping skills 

• Fewer self-critical thought patterns (increasing self-worth and confidence)

• Easily navigate social media and any of its harmful diet culture messages

• Finding fulfillment, joy, and ease throughout a process of health and nutrition behavior change 

 

"I attended a workshop that I found quite phenomenal regarding how we approach nutrition education. This eye-opening workshop will guide teachers to view health and nutrition in a whole new way!"

 

 

 

About Lauren

 

A Mental Health Registered Dietitian, Lauren Dorman is a Nutrition Therapist and Body Image Expert who has 22 years of experience working alongside children and adults struggling with food anxiety, body image, and self-esteem, as well as disordered and emotional eating. She is also a certified diabetes educator.

After graduating from Pennsylvania State University, where she earned a Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition, she obtained a Master’s degree in Nutrition from Rutgers University. 

Lauren is the owner of Schools, Master Food and Mood, presenting regularly to school districts (both professional development and student lessons) and at webinars, conferences(NJSSNA, ASAP-NJ, NJEA, NJAHPERD, NJCEC) and wellness events. She is also a frequent podcast guest.

Lauren is known as a change leader, devoted to strengthening the next generation's mental, physical, and emotional well-being. She believes that everyone deserves to have access to education from a Registered Dietitian -- an expert in nutrition science who can help navigate nutrition misinformation, teach sustainable health habits, enhance brain health, and focus on a self-care behavioral approach toward developing a strong relationship with food, mind, and body.