MaryDonna Whyte

I believe that a happy, healthy, and fulfilled life is our birthright. It is possible! My own journey….more here

At the heart of my work is deep listening, and compassion: supporting each client in identifying what they truly need to find peace and freedom with food, and to live their best life.

Using a variety of holistic and science-backed modalities, I guide clients through personalized nutritional, lifestyle, mindset, changes that support optimal metabolic health and overall well-being. And assist them to understand and honor their unique bio-individual needs. We explore the impact that dietary choices have on metabolism, brain health, psychiatric conditions, mental health, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, fatty liver disease, autoimmune conditions and more.

My services include 1:1 coaching for sugar addiction detox; low carbohydrate, moderate protein and high fat nutritional therapies for mental and metabolic health. And helping to destigmatize the many decades long narrative that fat is bad for you, and red meat is taboo

Continuous Glucose (CGM) and Keto-Mojo Monitors are used to track glucose and ketone levels to integrate the science of nutrition to support metabolic balance. I emphasize and cultivate simple daily practices that align with our natural circadian biology, promote healing, and restore nervous system regulation.

My clients benefit from trauma-informed care, exploring the emotional roots of sugar addiction, and pattern interruption techniques that help reduce cravings and rewire the brain for long-term success. Incorporating meditation, breath work, vagus nerve exercises, Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), journaling, nature connection, movement, and creative self-expression encourages clients to establish a daily self-care routine rooted in self-love, grace and resilience.

My Story

I am a Nurse and a Certified Family Nurse Practitioner with a broad background that includes faculty teaching positions in universities, and clinical experience that includes ICU, family practice, and, for the last 16 years, behavioral health consultation in skilled nursing facilities. I am also a Health Coach via the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and a Sugar Detoxification and Addiction Coach. I currently lead weekly peer support meetings in a sugar freedom community, and I also do one to one coaching. I helped to create a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) meeting for the community and I teach about metabolic health and the use of CGM. Currently, I work three days per week in the skilled nursing facilities with my behavioral health consulting position and I am expanding my regular coaching practice.

I took Dr Georgia Ede’s Metabolic Therapies for Mental Health Course almost 2 years ago. And I have been immersed in study of circadian health, and incorporating the practices in to my daily life. Both have been game changers!  I for sure was not taught this stuff in my training as a nurse or a nurse practitioner many decades ago! I’m very grateful to people like Phil, Anthony, Georgia, Dr Max, and so many others who are leading the way in this paradigm shift of what true health and healing really is.

MORE ON My Personal Journey with Sugar Addiction (coming soon)

Most important is my lived experience of being off of sugar, flour and junk food for almost 2.5 years. Truly a miracle. I started moving towards more meat and less plants over a year and a half ago and I have been full carnivore since December 2024. My irritable bowel syndrome is gone, brain fog, anxiety, depression have lifted. And I am reversing type two diabetes.

I am deeply grateful. My life now looks so different than it did 2 1/2 years ago.

Qualifications

Board-Certified Family Nurse Practitioner, Registered Nurse with over 40 years of experience in diverse settings, including undergraduate and graduate teaching, Family Practice, Health Care for the Homeless, and Behavioral Health Consultation in skilled nursing facilities

Sugar Detox Addiction Coach

Institute for Integrative Nutrition certified Health Coach

Peer Support Leader and 1:1 Coach in an online sugar freedom community

Ketogenic Therapies for Mental Health clinician training with Dr. Georgia Ede

Nutrition Network Carnivore course certificate

Certified Nature and Forest Therapy Guide (Association for Nature and Forest Therapy)

Reiki Master/Energy Medicine Practitioner

Certified Clinical Aromatherapist

Nature Photographer and Artist