Meet Elizabeth, your Body Mind Food Coach
As a behaviour change expert with lived experience, E empowers you to transform your relationship with food, your body, and yourself… even if you have ADHD! So you can feel confident in your body, capable of being your true self, and doing the things you keep saying you will, while feeling clearheaded around food - without the guilt or restriction.
She’s a certified Emotional Eating and Binge Eating Specialist and an award-winning neurodiversity-affirming PREKURE Master Holistic Health Coach with advanced training in mental health and metabolic nutrition. She provides a holistic approach to coaching (think life coaching alondside health science and mental health tools, ADHD support and Eating Recovery Coaching. She's also a facilitator and educator, mentor, writer and speaker, and chef – there’s not much she can’t do! E melds her compassionate coach approach with science and her lived experience supporting you to nourish your body, mind, and puku (belly) in a way that truly works for you.
E's story of becoming your award-winning Neurodiversity-Affirming Holistic Master Health Coach...
Before becoming an Emotional Eating and Binge Eating Specialist and Master Holistic Health Coach with a focus on mental health and nutrition for mental health, I cooked all over New Zealand, Australia, and the United States for the rich and famous, retreats and events as a personal and private chef. I was known for creating delicious real food, especially for those with food allergies, intolerances or specific dietary requirements. I also taught cooking, created recipes for brands and restaurants and was a food stylist for web/social media and TVCs.
It sounds rosy... it was hard work. There were times I wanted to give up. I navigated trauma, grief, anxiety and addiction, which exacerbated my ADHD and led to physical health issues. I cared for my clients but often neglected myself, using “healing” as an excuse to eat emotionally, binge eat and drink. Or I’d punish myself with food and negative self-talk when I couldn’t express my anger at others.
Dealing with challenges of disordered eating and addiction wasn’t new, but they had laid dormant for a while. Always a self-healer interested in the mind/body connection and the healing powers of nature, I decided to stop making excuses and do the work AND get help.
I started with mindfulness techniques, movement and writing. Then, following my psychologist’s advice (who I was seeing to cope with the trauma and grief of losing my dad in a swimming accident), I began using vitamin D, magnesium, Omega 3 and essential oils to support my mental health.
My mood improve and my anxiety lessened. I was amazed by the effectiveness which sparked a shift towards using food for mental fitness and medicine too. I even created an artisan food range to help boost mood and brain function: essential(E) - real food from me to you.
Using food to support myself and others felt amazing. It reconnected me to my passion for teaching, leading, spirituality and guiding people to live their best lives – nourishing body, mind and puku (belly).
Although the connection to food and mental health was a revelation, health and wellbeing wasn't new to me. Long before becoming a chef, I started my career in peer support counseling, leadership, fitness and recreation, coaching and corporate team-building and facilitation which led me into events management.
Through my own health and wellbeing journey, I decided it was time to combine all my passions and come full circle. I wanted to go back to coaching but wanted to use a holistic approach – movement, mental fitness and food.
I found the perfect opportunity to gain expertise in current health science through PREKURE’s Health Coaching program, focusing on nutrition and its connection to physical and mental health along with coaching and behavior change.
After completing my PREKURE Health Coaching certification, I became accredited through Health Coaching Australia New Zealand. My interest in, and personal experience with eating disorders, disordered eating and binge eating, led me to Redefined Coaching’s one-to-one Eating Disorder Recovery Coach training. I then delved deeper into advanced mental health and nutrition through PREKURE’s Master Holistic Health Coach pathway, which included the Health Coach Programme, Mental Health Coach Programme, and Metabolic Nutrition Coach Programme, with over 100 hours of coaching.
Before I completed my Master Health Coaching Certificate, I committed to another certification through Eating Freely™ to become an Emotional Eating and Binge Eating Disorder Specialist.
Now, I’m not only the Founder, Emotional Eating & Binge Eating Specialist and Master Holistic Health Coach at Elizabeth Marshall | Body Mind Food Coach, I was also invited to join the award winning PREKURE Health Coach Program faculty in 2024.
I'm also a co-founder of NeuroInclusion Aotearoa - providing neurodiversity-affirming education and training for health coaches and organisations so their neurodiverse clients and teams can thrive.
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Knowing what it’s like to go through trauma and challenging life events, I don’t want you or your loved ones to struggle alone. I want to empower you to you fall in love with taking care of yourself and your body. I hope to hear from you soon... you’re totally f*cking worth it.
What my clients have to say...
"Elizabeth has given me back my confidence and belief in myself that I can change and become heathier, physically, emotionally, and spiritually.
I certainly would recommend Elizabeth as an Emotional Eating and Binge Eating Specialist and Holistic Health Coach."
client love, NZ | Holistic Health Coaching
"I feel healthier, more confident, on track with my eating, enjoying life more, and happiness and contentment are a big part of my life now.
My favourite thing about Elizabeth is her amazing support, encouragement, sense of humour and incredible patience while listening and working with me."
Margaret, NZ | Holistic Health Coaching
“Working with E, I’ve flourished. I’ve had many break throughs.
Another thing that I like about you is I have to think… other coaches say here, here are the tools, do this, do that. With you, I get the opportunity to think for myself.”
