
Melanie White, Biologist, Health & Wellness Coach
FOUR QUICK QUESTIONS
What are your 3 most important daily wellness habits?
In keeping with my natural curiosity and rebellious spirit, I like to mix things up! Variety and creativity are essential for me to stay on track with healthy habits.
My top 3 cornerstone habits are reading (to relieve anxiety), exercise (for the fun, achievement and endorphins) and eating right for my body type (for gut health, and to avoid getting hangry, bloated or anxious).
What do you love most about working as a Health and Wellness coach?
Honestly, I just LOVE it when a powerful woman realises her potential and takes the opportunities that come with good health. I meet so many women around who have incredible strength and the ability to make a real, tangible difference in the world. With an understanding of how to get the best out of themselves – with the right mindset and food – they can step up and transform the world around them more effectively.
How do you know when your client isn’t eating right for her body type?
Most of my clients tick at least three of these boxes:
- They struggle with anxiety
- They feel scattered, frustrated and unable to focus at work
- They crave crunchy, salty or chocolatey snacks, mid-afternoon
- They can’t let themselves have fun, because they’re not getting enough things done!
- Their monkey-mind is churning all night long.
What are your priorities when working with achievement-focused women?
Two big parts of being a “successful achiever” are letting go of perfection, and having realistic expectations of yourself. In my coaching sessions, clients usually need to work
- Having a plan and feeling prepared
- Recognising and feeling good about what they achieve each day
- Creating a more realistic approach to “being productive”
- Taming their monkey mind
- Feeling good (instead of fixated) about food
POWER RANKINGS
- Belief that it CAN be done 100%
- Top personal strengths – tenacious. non-judgemental 83%
- Need to do her own thing 72%
- % of time that she keeps her phone with her 11%
4 CORNERSTONE WELLNESS HABITS
