A vibrant brain and healthy body are, without a doubt, 2024 new form of wealth – so how do you grow yours? The evidence and research on how we nourish ourselves and how it affects our immune system, motivation, mental health, and mental resilience have always been significant, especially when we are under stress or in challenging times. There has never been a time that we need complete well-being more than now, as we transition into new forms of viruses, additional workload, and new work environments and avoid burnout. 

This presentation provides key learnings & takeaways on:

❖ Discover what we can add to your daily nutrition to improve your mental well-being. Yes, – ADD IN, not take away. Nourishment, not Deprivation. 

❖ Identify the connection between lifestyle habits (eating, sleeping, exercise, stress hacking), leadership skills, performance habits, and professional achievement. 

❖ Understand the three  “S”s that sneak up on busy employees  – Sugar, Sleep, Stress – what should be your wellness prevention and personal performance optimisation toolkit. 

❖ Provide the latest research on food, sleep and stress that impact your mental health and brain cognitive functions. 

❖ Focus on your “new normal” and how to navigate junk food addictions ;-), erratic eating, and how to prevent cravings. Increase energy, productivity, and mental clarity. 

❖ Create an optimum “Day in the Life of You” – a plan with tiny hacks that lead to a lifetime of habits. 

❖ Warning! This Nutritionist likes a bit of coffee and chocolate.

Have you ever met anyone who says my sleep and stress levels are at an all-time 10 out of 10? I do not think I know anyone who has ever said this – before covid, during covid, and now settling with covid. In fact, we have seen a significant upsurge in burnout. This presentation has been crafted with evidence-based research, humour and I invite you to sit back take a big expansive breath and get inspired about your wellbeing and then understand sometimes the world between brain fog and a positive mindset is sleep and stress management.

Key Learning Objectives

• Explain what, why and how is sleep affecting your wellbeing and brain function and clarity.
• Understand what, why, and who is stress affecting your wellbeing, energy, communication skills, cognitive function and more. 
• Create a tangible, do-able plan of tiny health habits to incorporate daily to improve your risk of burnout, improve your sleep and manage your stress.

The Science of what to eat and its influence on your brain function as well as your mental wellbeing and behavior is paramount in the workplace as well as your home life.  Michele brings the intersection of nutrition, science and improvements together in one enjoyable, inspiring session.

Learning Objectives 

• Identify and discuss the current evidence on diet and nutrition in managing mental health disorders. 
• Consider how optimal mental health and cognitive function can enhance an employee's ability to perform workplace tasks with a high level of ability. 
• Understand and explore the physiological mechanisms by which diet influences mental and brain (cognitive) health. 
• Gain practical skills and knowledge on the implementation of dietary changes for the management of mental health and optimum brain function.
• Reflect and review your current lifestyle behaviours and identify opportunities for quality improvement that can enhance your workplace well-being and high performance. 

Life is busy… building a career, juggling family, working long hours, trying to stay fit, and it is even tricky fitting in a social life! Everyone wants to be healthy but they do not want an extreme diet, a costly approach, or to be preached at. Interesting research is unveiling how quality nutrition can not only improve our physical body, energy and sleep but also our brain function, memory, and moods.

Michele, explores NON extreme, sustainable changes in our eating habits. Michele is formerly a Microsoft Marketing Manager and understand life a working, travelling employee who likes a bit of wine and coffee. Michele will discuss current health issues and serious topics in a light, humorous fashion. Michele speaks on behalf of the World Health Organisation, Jamie Oliver Food Ambassador, Cure Cancer Ambassador, Heart Research Ambassador, and was recently announced as practitioner of the Year by her industry body, The Australian Traditional Medicine Society.

At the conclusion of this presentation attendees will be able to:

• Understand the relationship between food, mood, energy and sleep and its impact on productivity.
• Identify the key nutritional factors in a person’s daily routine than impact their physical and mental health-brain clarity, hormones, moods, immune system, weight, energy to exercise.
• Identify how stress – even without sugar, can manifest the same physical symptoms on the body and how to modify their risk factors.

Anxiety, depression, mood disorders and simply poor brain fitness is everywhere and it is often invisible and silent. What we do know about it, is that is scary and has many causes but it is cripple 1 out of 4 Australians. We want to be productive, energised, and have top mental fitness not just in our careers but also when we get home our families. Let Michele share with you her evidence based research on nutrition, mental health, wellbeing and its connection to food. It is a serious topic and Michele delivers it in a light fashion with real achievable take home messages.

Michele is formerly a Microsoft Marketing Manager and understand life a working, travelling employee who likes a bit of wine and coffee. Michele will discuss current health issues and serious topics in a light, humorous fashion. Michele speaks on behalf of the World Health Organisation, Jamie Oliver Food Ambassador, Cure Cancer Ambassador, Heart Research Ambassador, and was recently announced as practitioner of the Year by her industry body, The Australian Traditional Medicine Society. Michele has been nominated three years consecutively by her peers and clients for the Australian Mental Health Awards.

Mental Health has many causes and it is scary, silent and often leads to low self esteem, low productivity, self harm, alcohol abuse and more. It is difficult to control many of the causes such as genetics, virus, grief, and excess stress. BUT what we now know to be true is that nutrition is one factor that has evidence based research on improving and minimising risk factors for this disease. Nutrition and what we eat is fortunately something we can control.

At the conclusion of this presentation attendees will be able to:

• Understand the relationship between food, mood, energy and sleep and its impact on anxiety, depression, and mood disorders. This will include case studies from Michele’s clients as well as evidence based medicine research.
• Identify the key nutritional factors in a person’s daily routine than impact their mental health-brain clarity, hormones, moods, immune system, weight, and neuro chemicals with create happiness.
• Identify how 6 key nutrients may act like ‘mental health hijackers" – and can manifest the same symptoms on the body and the brain and how to modify their risk factors.

Please email michele@ahealthyview.com about her bespoke retreats and keynotes for Leaders around the world.

All male or female audience? This allows us to take a deep dive on topics like hormones, sex, and more. This 60 minute session discusses the top health conditions effecting women’s health and men’s health:

• Weight and Slow Metabolism
• Rapid Ageing and Oxidation
• Damaging Inflammation

Find out how you can eat your way to:

• Ageing gracefully inside and out
• Balancing stress hormones
• Dampening inflammation
• Increasing your metabolism
• Restoring energy and vitality at work and at play
• Sex and Health
• Hormonal Balancing