Maxine Dave BSc MA
Couple and Family Therapist
Ayurveda Lifestyle Counsellor
Diplomas in Exercise Science, Master Coaching and Nutritional Psychology
My aim is to guide and mentor people to have vibrant health and vital lives throughout their lifespan through good nutrition, movement, healthy relationships, coping with life changes, discovering what their gifts are and how to share them.

I’ve been involved in the fitness industry in one way or another since i was 15 years old (now 39) and professionally since i was 26. The most frustrating thing for me was that I could help clients to lose weight, improve their quality of energy & life; but sustaining it was a whole other story. With my ever-growing frustration, i jumped online to search for more answers and this is when I found The Institute for the Psychology of Eating; the missing piece of the puzzle! Now the way I work with clients has a whole new approach which is fresh & unique.

Melanie is a Fertility Coach and Clinical Hypnotherapist who helps driven women get pregnant and enjoy stress-free pregnancies and calm births. Her specialty is teaching women how to eliminate subconscious fertility blocks, reduce stress, and prime their mind, body and spirit for pregnancy. Melanie has appeared on SBS TV programs, Insight and The Feed, and in various print and online media including Cosmopolitan Magazine and news.com.au and has been privately trained and mentored by Lynsi Eastburn, the world’s leading expert in HypnoFertility. She uses her unique blend of training, experience and intuition to tailor her programs and coaching packages to suit each individual’s needs and priorities.

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After many years working in the corporate sector, Michelle Green decided to follow her true purpose and became a certified Mind Body Eating Coach.

She is passionate about working with people to achieve peace and freedom around their relationships with food and their body.

Michelle is also a qualified personal trainer.

Michelle Powell is an Eating Psychology Coach, Health & Wellness Coach and Life Coach who specializes in helping women who experience body image issues and a distorted relationship with food. Having recovered from Bulimia, Body Dysmorphic Disorder and food-based Social Anxiety Disorder, she has intimate experience in the gradual but incredibly rewarding journey of healing. Following her passion for health, wellbeing, and alternative medicine, Michelle obtained a Masters of Wellness from RMIT University and qualifications from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, Institute for the Psychology of Eating and the Beautiful You Life Coaching Academy. She is also an Alumni of Gabrielle Bernstein’s Spirit Junkie Masterclass and a Reiki 1 Practitioner. It is her mission to support women around the world to live and enjoy the best life possible. By helping women to resolve deeply held ‘nutritional toxic beliefs’, Michelle’s clients have reported enjoying greater peace and harmony within themselves, improved health and vitality, and freedom from the behaviors associated with disordered eating and body image issues.

I have personally gone from being compelled to finish two Big Macs, Large Fries, and Thick Shake, followed by a whole large tub of caramel ribbon ice cream on white bread… to learning that quality food = quality cells/body, to gaining skills to hear my body wisdom, to maintaining a natural healthy weight without always obsessing about food.

If you are in that place now, and sick and tired of the mean girl in your head, fighting with your food and not sure what to do to gain food freedom – I can guide you to where I’ve been for the past 10 years through sound functional nutrition knowledge and mind-body nutrition distinctions.

I live in Queensland Australia in the beautiful Sunshine Coast and take clients from all over the world. DM me on Instagram @Toko.Nourished if you want to have a feel for what working with me feels like!

My formal qualifications in Functional Nutrition and Mind Body Eating Coaching allow me to tailor 1 one 1 coaching to your unique journey in order to find and live as your best self.

Neil Forsey, Head Coach and founder of Hungry Coach, is a passionate Weight Loss Coach/Consultant. A mid-life-health-crisis in 2010 was the incentive for Neil to finally do something about his health and his weight. The result was shedding 27kg over the next 6-7 months. No longer Diabetic, Neil has maintained his healthy weight, and has enjoyed dramatic improvements in his overall health & wellness. Since his Health Crisis, Neil has been on a journey to learn about health, wellness and mindset. Neil has also gained certification as a Life Coach and an Integrative Nutrition Health Coach.

Did the real you got lost while you were putting everyone else first? That’s how I felt when I was widowed in 2010. Slowly I began an amazing journey of self discovery plus formal study. My experience of that journey allows me to help other women find themselves. In 2016 I found the Body Image Movement & so inspired, I applied to become a Global Ambassador. When I saw the “Embrace” documentary I realised that it was time to stop being ashamed of my body. What I have to share with others is far more important than what I look like. Working with Body Image includes Self Care, Stress Management & Eating Concerns. Through coaching, workshops, and retreats, I help women Embrace Who They Are & Who They Can Become. Please don’t wait for a major trauma to change your life – You can find yourself right now!

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My Story

I am originally from California, grew up in Asia and Europe and now live in Lennox Head, Australia.

I graduated from U.C. Santa Barbara with a BA in Business and Linguistics. After working in the corporate world for several years, I found myself fatigued and slowly gaining weight. As I made positive changes in my lifestyle, I started to share what I was learning with friends and colleagues. Over the last 25 years I have been involved in preventative healthcare coaching, giving family nutrition lectures at playgroups, churches, school,s and corporations. I created a wellness program, numerous seminars & workshops and have completed a BS in Holistic Nutrition in 2010.

My hope is to encourage people to take an active role in their health. My focus has been working with people who have an interest in improving not only their diet, but lifestyle as well, using a holistic approach. I strive to do my best for each unique human by educating, encouraging, and supporting them to use their own wisdom to be well. I look forward to being a part of your journey.

My passion for natural and holistic health developed from a young age after struggling with my own health concerns including digestive, skin, and debilitating PMS symptoms. I was determined to find the link between what I was eating and the health expressions I was experiencing. I then went on a rollercoaster journey developing a disordered relationship towards food and my body; from restrictive diets to binge and overeating, combined with overwhelming negative thoughts, stress and anxiety over my body. These personal challenges and my interest in health are what inspired me to become a qualified Mind Body Eating and Holistic Health Coach, training with the Institute for the Psychology of Eating. Through implementing the tools and techniques from my study, combined with my personal research, I have been able to heal my health symptoms, unwanted food habits and obsessive relationship towards my body and how it looks. Our challenges are often our greatest teachers in this life. I am ultimately grateful for my personal challenges with food, body and health, as they have brought me to where I am today. Our life journey is ever-evolving, let’s make it an enriching, abundant and empowering one together!