Michelle Livy

Accredited Practising Dietitian (APD)

Michelle has over twenty years’ experience working as a dietitian in both hospital & community-based care. In Melbourne, regional Victoria, the Northern Territory & the United Kingdom. She is currently on the Leadership Team for the Disability Interest Group, Dietitians Australia. Based in inner-Melbourne/Naarm, VIC.

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Background & style:

A consultation or workshop most often includes:

  • Nutrition assessment

  • Sharing of nutrition knowledge using your preferred learning style

  • Goal setting & an eating pattern plan. Along with consideration of resources, habits or routines which will support you. In a hands-on, active & visual way if suited.

Areas of interest:

  • Simple, enjoyable & practical eating patterns for wellbeing, daily fitness & good mood

  • Using more visual or creative methods to share nutrition knowledge or support behaviour change

  • Preventing malnutrition

Education:

  • Certificate in Initiatic Art Therapy & Certificate in Clay Field Therapy, Institute for Sensorimotor Art Therapy, Victoria.

  • Master of Nutrition and Dietetics, Deakin University, Melbourne

  • Bachelor of Science (Nutrition), La Trobe University, Melbourne

Other interests & study:

  • Supervision training for dietitians with Tara McGregor, APD.

  • Dancing & other arts. Completion of a ‘Dance Teaching Skill Set’ with AusDance Victoria.

  • Living and volunteering on farms, growing food and restoring land using sustainable principles. In Australia, Japan and the United Kingdom.

  • Completion of a Permaculture Design Certificate, Very Edible Gardens, Melbourne

Sustainability:

  • Ground & Gather aims to reduce its impact on the environment. Small measures include using recycled materials, minimising the use of printing & using ecology-friendly products.

Acknowledgment to the traditional custodians of this land

Sincere acknowledgement to the traditional custodians on the country we may meet. Gratitude to the respect & care they gave to the land. Acknowledging that sovereignty has never been ceded.