18: Melissa Finlay on feeling energised through nutrition

In this episode, Helen chats with Melissa Finlay.

Melissa is a women's health nutritionist, Pilates instructor, and strength coach.

Mel spent around 15 years working in the corporate world and during that time, she picked up a host of unhelpful habits and adopted an almost sedentary lifestyle… something many of us can relate to!

Finding herself burnt out and lacking in energy, she knew things were just not right and that she needed to make some changes. Numerous health professionals were unable to help her feel much better, so she decided to take matters into her own hands.

She started researching the impact of food and nutrition on her health, and once her energy returned, she really wanted to help others make the same positive changes. 

In this conversation, Melissa shares her personal experience with burnout and health issues, and how self-education on nutrition and movement helped transform her life and career.

Highlights:

• From corporate cubicle to women’s health: Mel outlines the steps she took to changing her career when she was burnt out and unhappy.
• The turning point: How the benefits of implementing regular exercise and nutritional changes in her own life led Melissa to want to help others.
• A series of small steps: Reducing the overwhelm of making a big change by taking small, achievable steps.
• Addressing women’s health: Mel explains the common reasons and challenges women experience that leads to unhelpful habits in mid-life.
• A simple strategy for better health: The holistic approach Mel applies to supporting women to implement a step-by-step plan to achieve their individual health goals.

 

More about Melissa

If you’d like more information about Melissa and her work, you can find it here:

Mel’s website: melissafinlaynutritionist.com

Get Mel’s perimenopause online workshop

Connect with Mel on -

Instagram - @melfinlay_nutritionist

 

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