HOLISTIC HEALTH COACHING DESIGNED TO EDUCATE, BUILD SKILLS AND INSPIRE.
Melissa Halpern
Holistic Wellness & Culinary Coach, AADP
Melissa obtained her certification from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and studied at The Institute of Culinary Education in Manhattan.
Her mission is to help clients become healthier, confident cooks by offering health coaching and culinary training.
Whether you're looking for health coaching, culinary coaching or just wanting to be more confident and competent in the kitchen, you're in the right place.
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We work together to:
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Establish your health goals and create an actionable plan to achieve them.
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Discover how to eat intuitively and choose the right food for your unique body.
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Develop new eating and lifestyle habits that eliminate the need to diet or count calories.
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Reset your cravings and shift your mindset by understanding how food makes you feel.
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Support your immune system by learning about digestion and the root causes of inflammation.
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Overcome common health problems by changing your diet to what works specifically for you.
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Determine what is standing in the way of accomplishing your goals and treat the cause versus just the symptoms.
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Some of the skills you will gain:​
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Time-saving meal planning
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Efficient meal preparation
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Shopping for high a quality pantry and fresh ingredients
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Knife and culinary skills
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Portion control
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Recipe mastering ​
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Coaching is offered in-person or virtually.
Choose from the services below to get started:
I hired Melissa to help my daughter learn to prepare her own meals (having door dash and grub hub on a revolving door to her apartment was getting ridiculous). My daughter didn't want to learn from me and this is where Melissa stepped in to break it all down into easy steps and give her the confidence she needed to learn how to plan and prepare meals on her own. She now comes home and cooks amazing dinners for us! Not only did she gain culinary skills, she also learned to use healthy ingredients, balance her meals, repurpose leftovers, plan soups and salads ahead for lunches, and find inspiration online. We made a very good decision in hiring Melissa... money well spent and skills to last a lifetime.
— Jennifer
Melissa is smart, fun and engaging; from the moment you meet her, you want to be her friend. She is chock full of information and encourages questions, so everyone in her workshop felt comfortable asking her anything. Little did I know that the lunch Melissa prepared would be so delicious, innovative, and filling! We each made wraps using greens and sprouted seed spreads, sampled her rich West African Peanut Soup, raved about the coconut "bacon bits," and moaned over the raw chocolate desserts. She also shared celebrity food and nutrition bloggers to follow for health trends but, while I love FoodBabe and Oh She Glows, my favorite wellness educator is Melissa Halpern!
— Carol
Thank you for inviting us to participate in Melissa's program. We thoroughly enjoyed the experience. We thought she presented a very balanced and practical approach and we are massively more well versed on matters of healthful living and nutrition. The food that we prepared was magnificent. We will increasingly incorporate this type of healthful cuisine into our diet. I believe the attendees learned and benefited greatly from the program.
— Diane & John
Melissa, you were incredible and I enjoyed every drop of information you delivered. You are a very dynamic speaker and made the subject of gut flora totally fun (who knew?!?!)! Learning about fermentating kombucha and kimchi was so interesting! Congratulations on an OVERFLOWING house!
— Annie
