Helping women 40+ lose weight by ending binge & emotional eating without dieting. DM “STUCK” for a mindset shift that lasts. Together we will improve your life!
As a Nutrition + Mindset Coach, I will be there by your side to assist, guide, inspire and really motivate you to live the happy and healthy life you deserve.
25/11/2025
Real change doesn’t always look glamorous.
It’s messy. Emotional. Uncomfortable. But healing isn’t about perfection it’s about progress.
✅Still emotionally eating? That’s okay.
✅Feeling like you failed? You didn’t you’re just not finished.
✅Think you’re behind? You’re rebuilding and that takes time.
In the Life Upgrade, we focus on change that lasts. So give yourself grace. Keep going. You’re doing better than you think.
It’s messy. Emotional. Uncomfortable. But healing isn’t about perfection it’s about progress.
✅Still emotionally eating? That’s okay.
✅Feeling like you failed? You didn’t you’re just not finished.
✅Think you’re behind? You’re rebuilding and that takes time.
In the Life Upgrade, we focus on change that lasts. So give yourself grace. Keep going. You’re doing better than you think.
25/11/2025
It’s not about willpower.
It’s about what you’re avoiding, suppressing or escaping.
Bingeing is a coping mechanism not a character flaw.
You’re not crazy. You just haven’t been taught how to feel your feelings safely.
That’s exactly what we do in Life Upgrade.
What are you avoiding when you eat?
24/11/2025
Why am I so exhausted all the time… even when I’m doing everything ‘right’?
This is why so many women over 40 feel burnt out
👉 You’re doing everything for everyone else.
👉 Your nervous system is in constant overdrive.
👉 You’re running on caffeine and survival mode.
👉 You’re ignoring your body’s whispers until they scream.
👉 You were never taught how to actually rest.
This isn’t sustainable.
But it is fixable.
💛 Want support slowing down and finally getting results?
DM me “GUIDE.
Why am I so exhausted all the time… even when I’m doing everything ‘right’?
This is why so many women over 40 feel burnt out
👉 You’re doing everything for everyone else.
👉 Your nervous system is in constant overdrive.
👉 You’re running on caffeine and survival mode.
👉 You’re ignoring your body’s whispers until they scream.
👉 You were never taught how to actually rest.
This isn’t sustainable.
But it is fixable.
💛 Want support slowing down and finally getting results?
DM me “GUIDE.
19/11/2025
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1hour to learn How to Rewire the Brain for Weightloss + Free Resources! Comment MASTERCLASS for link to join
16/11/2025
I used to be SO good at controlling food.
Meal prepped. Weighed everything.
Avoided sugar like it was poison.
But I was also scared of meals out.
Anxious if I didn’t know what was in the dressing.
Panicking if I ate something “off plan.”
It looked like discipline.
But it felt like fear. Obsession. Exhaustion.
Being healthy is amazing.
But if your “healthy” habits leave you anxious, isolated and bingeing
behind closed doors.. it’s not health. It’s a prison.
Food freedom isn’t about giving up.
It’s about letting go of control so you can finally feel calm around food
again.
Secret eating usually shows up when we feel like we’re “doing something wrong.”
Like eating that chocolate, or having a second slice, means we’ve failed.
So we hide it. We rush it. We eat in the car, in the pantry, when the kids aren’t looking.
But here’s the thing:
You don’t hide things you feel neutral about.
You hide things you feel ashamed of.
Secret eating isn’t about food.
It’s a reflection of how harshly you’ve been taught to judge yourself around food.
And until that part is healed the guilt, the rules, the “I should know better” food will keep feeling like something you have to hide from.
The goal isn’t to control the food harder.
It’s to change the relationship you have with it.
Here are 5 questions to ask yourself to understand your relationship with food:
Do I eat differently when I’m alone compared to when others are around?Do I feel guilty or anxious after eating something “off plan”?Is food my go-to when I’m stressed, bored, or overwhelmed?Have I labelled certain foods as “bad” or “naughty”?Am I eating to nourish my body or to fix how I feel?These questions aren’t about judgment they’re about awareness.
And with awareness, you can start making gentle, lasting shifts.
The solution isn’t another diet or stricter rules.
It’s learning how to rewire your thoughts, calm your nervous system, and build a kinder relationship with food and your body.
This is exactly what I help women do inside Life Upgrade and it’s where the real change begins.
Not just with what you eat… but how you feel when you eat.
You’re allowed to feel safe around food again.
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Improve your mind, improve your health, improve your life
Having someone who has – been there, done that – to assist you in your health and wellness journey creates a partnership for success!
Navigating this crazy and hectic life of ours is often so much easier with guidance and support…that’s where Melissa’s accountability coaching work comes in. She is more than equipped and qualified to support you on this journey of health and wellness. Melissa combines the latest science and over 100 dietary and nutritional theories, with ancient wisdom & eastern philosophies.
Finding an integrated way through dietary change and considerations in the ways you move through daily life, awareness practices and the timings of your routines can help alleviate negative cycles of bad eating habits, moving your body and your way of thinking. It’s important that she find what works best for the individual person and your specific needs and goals.
Freedom, ease and happiness can be prioritised for true quality of life. Being able to enjoy work, family and fun.
I am here to support you to start living your life, happier and healthier!
~Health Coaching one on one or online
~Programs specifically tailored to you
~Women’s Health + Mindset Programs
~Family healthy programs
~Cooking and Recipe coaching
~Pantry makeover
~Food shopping coaching & tours
~Understanding food labels
Melissa is an Integrative Nutrition + Health Coach, Women’s Health Sessions Organiser, Women’s Retreat Facilitator, as well as a mother of 3 amazing kids,happy wife, lover of the outdoors, movement, a yoga enthusiast and a huge passion lies in motivating women to improve themselves so they can really enjoy what life has to offer.
Melissa lives in Perth, WA, Australia, and is available in person, by phone, or online.
Melissa 0412257016
