Health Coaching

As your guide on the side I will facilitate your transformation, not just bombard you with information!

Diets don’t work for 90% of people – that’s because providing generic information is simply not enough.  Considering bio-individuality is pivotal, as your nutritional and emotional needs are unique to you.

When signed up to my health coaching program I’m your partner in health for the long haul.  It’s not just one consult and then you are on your own to make it all happen, I will walk your road with you and am available to support you on your journey.

Together we will explore the root of your problem and move you forward towards achieving your goals in a way that suits you.

Contact me now to find out how small, simple changes can transform your life.

Why Me?

My approach is holistic, we will:

  • Explore what works for your unique body.
  • Consider emotional eating and deconstruct cravings.
  • Crowd out foods that do not serve you with nutrient-dense options.
  • Incorporate lifestyle factors that nourish you.

I have had personal exposure to:

  • Transitioning school age children to a gluten free, dairy free and refined sugar free diet.
  • Transitioning to salicylate free / low salicylate diet.
  • Transitioning to a diet free of artificial colours/flavours and preservatives.
  • Gut healing principals.
  • Toxic heavy metals, essential elements & bio-screen testing (and detox of toxic heavy metals).
  • Genetic pathway analysis (via Yasko protocol).
  • Occupational therapy for sensory issues (SPD – sound & skin desensitization).
  • Scotopic sensitivity syndrome (Irlens).
  • Dyspraxia/retained reflexes.
  • Thyroid dysfunction.
  • Adrenal fatigue.
  • Hormone imbalance and perimenopause.
  • Cleaning up environmental toxins.

Contact me now to find out how small, simple changes can transform your life.

Why Now?

  • Do you feel like you can’t get off the treadmill, or even slow it down?
  • Are you sick of failed attempts to lose excess weight or increase your energy?
  • Do you find yourself exhausted by just thinking about it, or by life itself?

I hear you …

  • Have you strived unsuccessfully to make positive lifestyle change?
  • Are you disillusioned by short term results?
  • Have you been left with a deflated sense of self worth?

I too have been where you are now and as your mentor, I will empower you to move forward in small, simple steps which are manageable and sustainable long term.

How does this sound?  My client’s report:

  • “Restful sleep”
  • “Greater focus and concentration”
  • “Increased strength and energy”
  • “Lost weight”
  • “No more stiff, achy joints”
  • “Less mood swings”


Are you ready to be the very best version of you that you can be?

Are you read to accomplish your wellness goals in a manner that’s stress free and empowering?

Schedule your FREE 30 minute consult with me now and let me show you how simple being healthy can be.

About Me

Hi, I’m Sarah Martin and I’m here to help you achieve your goals in health and happiness.  As an Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, wife and mother of two ‘spirited’ children, I’m passionate about helping others transition as we have, to happier, healthier versions of themselves.

Sometimes a nightmare of frightening proportions is a catalyst for change.

My journey to clean living began when our 18 month old son began experimenting with finger foods.  With no family history of allergies, we encouraged him to try a myriad of new flavours.

One morning he developed 3 small spots on his body and by midday he was covered head to toe in a rash which began to turn a deep, dark purple colour.  No less than three trips to our GP that day resulted in a diagnosis of hives, a reaction to perhaps an insect bite or something he’d eaten.

You can imagine our extreme distress at the sight of our baby boy covered in this nasty looking rash, and if that wasn’t enough, over the weeks that followed, the stares and unkind comments we received were heartbreaking.

After numerous visits to an allergy specialist and dietician, undergoing food eliminations and challenges, the verdict was narrowed down to an intolerance of salicylates and artificial colours and flavours. He also suffered from cold urticaria (hives from being wet and cold) and mild skin angioedema (swelling of the skin).

The surprise factor was that although he did have some commonly consumed toddler’s first foods that were certainly not ideal, such as muesli bars, crackers and cocktail sausages – often loaded with artificial colours, flavours and preservatives that our body doesn’t know how to process. He was, and still is, a huge fan of fruit and vegetables, many of which however contain salicylates as a naturally occurring preservative. This is a perfect example of how one person’s food can be another person’s poison and there are many, many children out there whose health, learning and behaviour is affected by food and additives.

Those years are now a blur. Thankfully, once the irritating foods were removed from his diet and we worked on healing the damage to his gut, he has thrived and is now a boisterous nine year old that craves nutritious food and only occasionally reacts to an offending artificial ingredient.

Identifying and removing foods that don’t serve you is pivotal to having your body functioning optimally.

As a holistic health coach it is my passion to help clients make sustainable changes through developing a deeper understanding of the food and lifestyle choices that work for them.

My Training

I graduated from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition where I learned innovative coaching methods, practical lifestyle management techniques, and was exposed to over 100 dietary theories – Ayurveda, gluten-free, Paleo, raw, vegan, macrobiotics, and everything in between.

I studied with the world’s top health and wellness experts including:

  • Joshua Rosenthal, founder and director of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition
  • Deepak Chopra, MD leader in the field of mind-body medicine
  • David Katz, MD, MPH, director of Yale University’s Prevention Research Center
  • Walter Willett, MD, DrPH, chair of nutrition at Harvard University
  • Andrew Weil, MD, director of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine
  • Gabrielle Bernstein, bestselling author and life coach
  • Susan Blum, MD, MPH, assistant clinical professor at Mount Sinai School of Medicine
  • Mark Hyman, MD, founder of The Ultra Wellness Center
  • Geneen Roth, bestselling author and expert on emotional eating
  • David Wolfe, raw food leader and nutrition expert
  • Marion Nestle, PhD, MPH, professor at New York University’s Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health
  • Mark Bittman, food writer for The New York Times and bestselling author
  • Joel Fuhrman, MD, family physician and leading expert on nutritional healing

My education has equipped me with extensive knowledge in holistic nutrition and health coaching.

I also study under Dr Helen Smith of Auckland Holistic Centre.

What is a Health Coach?

Still confused about how a health coach can transform your life, check out this short video clip.

If you’ve thought of training as a health coach yourself, either to improve your own health and that of your loved ones, or to create a business for yourself, I can’t rate IIN highly enough. Let me know if you are keen to know more.