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Michelle Lall BSc (Hons), BEd, CNP

Certified Holistic Nutritionist Specializing in Emotional Eating

ABOUT

Michelle Lall is a Toronto based Certified Holistic Nutritionist who works with women who are experiencing emotional eating and body issues. She founded LALL Nutrition as a way to support women to reclaim their relationship to themselves, their body and health in a holistic way.

Michelle helps her clients to get to the root cause of their emotional issues so that they can finally feel at ease, free and confident in their body and around food.

Michelle combines her solid grasp of biological chemistry, experience as a certified high school teacher, background training in holistic nutrition + somatic psychotherapy to support her clients in developing a sustainable way to achieve health on all levels; physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.

From a young age Michelle wanted to cure HIV and Cancer. She pursued a specialist degree in biological chemistry in an effort to go down this path. At the same time she struggled with poor body image, low confidence, emotional eating, acne and weight gain. She spent the better part of high school and into her early 20’s yo yo dieting, overly exercising, having disordered eating + emotional eating issues.

At some point she hit rock bottom – all the restrictions and mental anguish had reached a peak and she had to find a better way. 

At the peak of her health issues she was on a path to finding more purpose and passion in her career. She worked as a chemistry TA, an analytical chemist, taught in Korea, worked in administrative research at the hospital and pursued a teaching degree. When all career paths seemed to miss that passion she wanted she followed the next intuition she had. 

Her personal and professional paths merged when she started to heal her relationship to food, her body and her emotional eating. She was inspired and wanted to share what she had experienced in a more profound way. She decided to enrol into Holistic Nutrition school to help others do the same. 

While a holistic nutrition covers emotions to a degree, Michelle has continued expanding her understanding of trauma and resolving emotions from the root in a 2 year program in somatic psychotherapy to further help clients get to the root of their emotional eating.

All of her education, training and trial and error experience lead her to this career path and the creation of her signature program The Emotional Eating Evolution Program.

Fun Facts About Michelle

She has travelled to over 30 countries to date. She has lived or spent a significant amount of time in the following countries: Canada, Trinidad, South Korea, France and Puerto Rico.

She has a special fondness for the French and their relationship to food. She spent a significant amount of time in France having done 2 summer language exchanges in Tours, France for her Minor in French as a Second Language. She is also a certified High School teacher for French (Chemistry and Biology as well).

Michelle is a mom to an amazing 8 year old boy named Parker. She strives to raise him in a conscious way and uses her experience as a mom to inform her work with clients. 

CLIENT TESTIMONIAL

CLIENT TESTIMONIAL
 
I’m so grateful to have found Michelle and her program. Before learning about Michelle’s work, I was caught in a spiral of diets, books, programs and methods that failed to place value on the many aspects that contributed to my emotional eating.
 
Michelle’s program skillfully combines her knowledge of nutrition, meditation, somatic psychotherapy, trauma, body acceptance and self care to help teach me how to identify and meet my own needs emotionally, nutritionally and mentally.
 
Michelle’s program has a great deal of information but doesn’t overwhelm. It is presented with warmth, kindness and understanding, which instantly made me feel at ease from the very fist lesson.
 
Michelle’s gentle guidance and compassion helped me to reconnect with my body, process the emotions and judgements that I held onto for many years and to truly evolve in my relationship with food. I am feeling the nutritional benefits of food again, and have replaced using food to numb emotions with enjoying food for its vitality and vibrancy. I know that the skills and wisdom gained from Michelle’s program will continue to help me evolve on my journey of self care.
 
Y.R.
Vancouver, B.C.

CLIENT TESTIMONIAL

Working with Michelle came at a great time for me. I was feeling very discouraged with my health concerns and was lacking the motivation to make any real strides to solve them.

Right after our first call I knew I wanted to work with Michelle. She is so easy to talk to and I felt so comfortable with her from the beginning.

Since working with Michelle I am much more in tune with myself and my body, and my relationship with food. Her guided meditations were invaluable to me and opened me up to feelings I had let go and ignored – allowing me to face them in a positive way.

I got so much more out of this 12-week program than I could’ve imagined and I’m super grateful that I got to work with her.

I would highly recommend her services if you’re looking to begin your self-care and self-love journey. I will be practicing what Michelle taught me for the rest of my life.

Sam L. | Graphic Designer, Toronto, ON

CLIENT TESTIMONIAL
 
I’m so glad that I decided to work with Michelle.  I originally just wanted to make some simple dietary changes to feel more energetic during the day but what I ended up getting by the end of the 12 week program was so much more than that.
 
My skin cleared up, I lost weight and I was able to create really healthy habits that will serve me for the rest of my life.
 
I used to hate cooking but now I’ve learned to make a few really simple and healthy meals on sunday nights so that I always have nutritious and tasty options available throughout the week.
 
Michelle also helped me so much with my emotional eating. 
 
She really helped me see what feelings were beneath my food cravings and supported me in facing those emotions and finding healthier ways to handle them.
 
While I was working with Michelle I was going through a difficult breakup and she was so supportive and encouraging.  Her energy is so warm and uplifting and I always felt better after a call with her.
 
I highly recommend working with Michelle!  Not only is she super knowledgeable and fun but she can help you through the tough emotions that prevent you from reaching your health goals.
 
Thank you Michelle for all of your help!!

Alanna L. | HR Specialist, Toronto, ON

CLIENT TESTIMONIAL
 
“This program has saved my life. The education/meditation approach was invaluable – after decades of struggling with body image, self-loathing, obsessive behaviour and feeling out of control- I am calm, accepting, have tools that are practical and am free from all-consuming thoughts of food that have kept me stuck for years.
 
Michelle has my deepest gratitude.“
 
L.B.
Vice-President, Toronto, ON

EDUCATION + EXPERIENCE

Since 2013  Michelle has been helping clients ditch dieting and emotional eating. She has pivoted roles from various industries and pursues her dream career as a certified holistic nutritionist + emotional eating expert. As a former biological chemist and certified teacher, she has a unique lens of creating health holistically for women.

 

  • Lifespace Institute Transformational Counsellor Training (Trauma Informed Somatic Psychotherapy, please note this is a deeper integrative process than other trauma modalities like EMDR) 2019 – 2021
  • BSc (Hons) Specialist in Biological Chemistry + Minor in French as a Second Language from the University of Toronto (St. George Campus)
  • BEd High School Chemistry, Biology, French from OISE at the University of Toronto 2011-2012
  • CNP (Certified Nutritional Practitioner) – Institute of Holistic Nutrition in Toronto 2012-2013
  • Internship in Living Foods Lifestyle – Ann Wigmore Institute, Puerto Rico (1 month)
  • Raw Foods Lifestyle Program -Ann Wigmore Institue, Puerto Rico
  • Elementary Teacher, Peel Board in Mississauga 2011
  • Research Admin Assistant, Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto 2008 – 2010
  • English Teacher, South Korea 2007 – 2008
  • Analytical Chemist 2005-2007 
  • Chemistry TA  2005