Just over a year ago, I invested in one-on-one coaching sessions with Elsa. At the time, I was
struggling with weight loss, lack of energy, and insomnia. Elsa’s guidance and support made a
significant difference in my life, and I am thrilled to share my positive experience.

We began by examining my overall diet and my relationship with food, delving into what triggered
my unhealthy eating habits. This was a revelation for me, as I had never engaged with this aspect of
my life before. I had been caught in a cycle of yo-yo dieting, losing weight only to gain it all back.
Elsa’s integrated approach was a game changer, and as a result, I lost weight and it has stayed off.

In summary, I have regained my love of cooking, lost weight—which has stayed off—and experienced improved sleep. The transformation in my health and well-being has been remarkable. I highly recommend Elsa as a mindful eating and wellbeing coach, her expertise, individualized approach,
and compassionate support is what made this work for me.

Coaching with Elsa has been great for me, it has been such a positive experience feeling heard, understood and supported. Rather than a dramatic unsustainable change in my lifestyle, Elsa has helped me reframe my goals and work on small but very doable changes that fit into my busy and challenging life. I don’t think these changes are something that I could have done alone because I don’t think it’s possible to have any real perspective on your own life.

I thoroughly enjoyed working with Elsa, both through one-on-one coaching and by attending her group coaching session online. She has a wonderful ‘way of being’ that makes you feel at ease and comfortable throughout the process.

Her holistic approach involved examining my food choices, my relationship with food, and my lifestyle – particularly the stresses and triggers that were influencing my unhealthy decisions.

With Elsa’s guidance, I have become much more mindful and intentional with my food choices. When I fall off the wagon, it’s not the end of the world, I just start again.

I went to Elsa to try and reduce my cholesterol and improve my wellbeing as she was recommended by my GP.  Her welcoming, encouraging, realistic and non-prescriptive style of coaching makes every appointment with her a pleasure. Her knowledge of her subject area is extensive, a knowledge which she willingly shares with her clients. If you are thinking of contacting Elsa, don’t hesitate.

Elsa, I found both you and your coaching course to be very inspiring and practical. The main thing was that it gave me hope when I needed it and a sense of empowerment.

I was referred to Elsa by my GP as I l needed an integrative mind-body approach to weight management  –  I have multiple health challenges so a ‘one size fits all’ approach doesn’t work for me. My first impression of Elsa was that she is thoughtful and kind and this has proven true throughout our months of working together. She introduced me to an integrative approach to self-care and weight management. This approach has helped me to make intentional choices around food and in other areas of my life which support my wellbeing. It’s also enabled me to offer myself grace, something I’d never allowed myself to feel before.

Elsa worked with me to reframe my negative self-talk and to let go of unkind thoughts and beliefs that I was holding onto about myself which were not serving me. Her kind and compassionate approach has helped lift the weight of shame off me. I can now comfortably hold space for all of my food choices without shame and self-recrimination.

I’m slowly losing weight without feeling like I am denying myself anything but moreover I’ve started changing the way I make decisions in my life, I am ating and thinking more intentionally in terms of what food I put in my body, how I spend my time what I choose to spend my money on . This has given me a sense of agency over my life and empowers me to choose the things that do serve me.

Elsa, your ‘Goodbye Sugar‘ book is absolutely wonderful. It is beautifully and thoughtfully written, with very clear illustrations and encouraging quotes throughout. Your expertise, understanding and compassion are evident on every page as you make ‘eating healthily’ a realistic goal for everyone. Throughout your book you demonstrate how cognitive behavioural principles (CBT) can be used to help people change patterns as you skilfully and gently guide your readers to become aware of the link between their thoughts, feelings and behaviour. Your explanation of ’emotional hunger’ as distinct from ‘physical hunger’ is so clear I know that it will help many people choose not to give in to sugar cravings. You know that I am a fan of your ‘power pancakes’ and I am now proud to say that I have tried and loved many more of your recipes. This is so much more than a cook book. It will enrich and transform people who implement what you suggest. Congratulations and I am delighted to continue to recommend ‘Goodbye Sugar’ to my clients, family and friends.

Dear Elsa, I just wanted to send my appreciation to you for your book ‘Goodbye Sugar’. I bought it in November of last year and am now four months into a sugar-free chapter in my life. I haven’t drank in over three years and this coupled with no sugar has brought a marked improvement to my health and well-being. My energy levels have increased, I’ve lost 7kgs and people are asking me what’s my secret.
Your book was the catalyst to it all and I just wanted to let you know that it was a really important piece of work for me. You should be extremely proud of what you’ve contributed to people’s health and well-being. My grandfather had two legs amputated due to diabetes. My mother is a diabetic now too. I’ve grown up with sweet things around me all my life. We live in a society cloaked in addiction and coming off chocolate was worse than alcohol. It really is everywhere!

I recommend your book to everyone who will listen. Some nod politely and reach for the jaffa cakes We can only ever walk with people and expand their choices! My daughter looks up curiously and declines hot chocolate now so I do believe that we lead by example. We’re all just planting seeds for the next generation!
I think your linking food and emotional eating is insightful. Whether it is food, drink, drugs or shopping, we all have to free ourselves from something. I think your book is an important piece of work for liberating people from one of those things; the bondage of sugar! It’s an eye-opener and I thank you for the enlightenment.