Author  |   Nutrition Writer   |   Nutritionist   |   Recipe Developer

specialising in a non-diet and mindful eating approach

ANutr (Associate Nutritionist – The Nutrition Society of Australia), BAppSc(Hons), GCertHumNutr

I am an author, nutrition writer, recipe developer and university qualified nutritionist with a passion for inspiring people to enjoy eating to nourish their body and for the pure pleasure of it—because I believe that eating is one of life’s joys.

I believe that feeding ourselves shouldn’t be about deprivation, counting calories, portion control, which I believe do more to sabotage our health and happiness. It is my belief, through personal experience, exploration of the scientific literature and working with clients that when we relax our diet rules and focus on the experience of eating, we can nourish our bodies in an intuitive and joyful way.

My aim, through my writing and workshops, is to demystify diet and nutrition myths, dispel confusion and anxiety often associated with eating. I want to promote a  joyful attitude towards food, irrespective of a persons weight or size—because these aren’t accurate measures of health and happiness anyway!

I have experience providing one-on-one and group coaching, workshops, writing food and nutrition articles and recipe development. I incorporate a non-dieting approach, intuitive eating, mindful eating, eating psychology, a passion for cooking and a love of eating into my work. You can find me sipping a latte, drooling over cookbooks, tapping away at my laptop or chopping veggies in the kitchen—all are joys to me!​

I believe that to create behaviour change we require more than information. Changing habits requires an appreciation of the emotional, mental and physical connections that can cause us to persist with unhealthy or self-sabotaging behaviours.

I offer workshops that can be delivered in 15 minutes to 1.5 hours, depending on event and time availability. Workshop and cooking demonstrations can be modified to suit your event. However, here are a few examples of the types of workshops I can offer.

~ Intuitive Eating ~

With our busy lifestyles, it is all too easy to eat mindlessly. We may eat out of habit. We may eat because we are tempted by delicious foods. We may eat to distract ourselves from feelings of boredom or other emotions. When we eat in this way we can find ourselves drawn to foods that are convenient,  comforting and perceived as indulgent, and overeat, compulsively or emotionally eat. To end this destructive cycle, we can embrace intuitive eating. We can learn to tune into our hunger and fullness cues and eat what is nourishing to our body. Put an end to overwhelm and confusion regarding how to nourish your body and learn to trust your body’s internal cues.

~ Mindful Eating ~

In our busy lifestyles taking the time for a formal meditation practice can be challenging. Yet every day you eat, and this can be an opportunity to practice mindfulness through being fully present with the experience of eating. Discover the benefits of mindful eating for digestion, stress reduction, improving productivity, and increasing pleasure of food, while reducing overeating, compulsive eating, guilt and shame often associated with eating. This workshop will inspire you to take time out of a busy day to eat.

~ Why Diets Don’t Work ~

Discover why diets, whether those that require us to restrict calories and deprive ourselves of foods we enjoy or those that declare to be a lifestyle change don’t work. Taking care of your body doesn’t have to be dependent on weight loss. You can take steps to care for yourself, irrespective of your weight and without any expectation or desire for weight loss.

In this workshop, I will reinforce that there is no one diet fits all, and how each individual can forge their own way of eating that suits their body, preferences, beliefs and lifestyle. Depending on the time allotted may also address common diet myths including fad diets and/or a cooking demonstration.

~ Mindful Eating Practice ~

With the above workshops, there is the opportunity to incorporate a mindfulness meditation or mindful eating practice. This practice maybe a 15-30 minute session involving one or both:

•  Mindfulness meditation: heighten your awareness and slip into a deeper state of relaxation and connection with your body.
•  Mindful Eating: learn how to enliven your sense when eating and notice how your body responds to the food you eat.