Healthy Yu

Accredited Practicing Dietitian and Counsellor Nutrition and Exercise Counsellor

Integrating the body and the mind to improve wellbeing.

Based at MAPrc, Lvl 4, 607 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, Vic 3004

21/09/2025

Life being a mum has been the most incredible, rewarding and hardest thing I’ve ever done. The smiles that fill your heart, the cries that break it, all the learning and teaching and bonding that is irreplaceable. It was nothing like I expected, more wild, more challenging and more heart fulfilling than I ever dreamt of.

But SO. MUCH. LEARNING. Learnings I’d love to share as a mum, and as a health professional. Finding how connected mums are to one another is like I’ve unlocked a secret level in life. The mum community is so incredibly special. And I want to foster those connections, help other mums thrive, and therefore their babies thrive.

Having gone through quite a few complications in pregnancy and in the newborn phase myself I’d love to help anyone that goes through challenges that impact on their eating, physical activity and lifestyle. If you have:
• gestational diabetes
• pre-eclampsia
• complications during pregnancy that require lots of bedrest such as cervical incompetency or pelvic girdle pain
• trouble with milk supply
• babies with allergies / intolerances that impact the mums diet
• struggling with your post partum body
• and anything else that impacts a mum’s mental health such as postnatal depression, DMER symptoms, etc.
and you’d like to feel lighter, brighter and more yourself again.. Please get in touch! I’d love to connect with you!

As for all my existing clients, I am back in action (part time) and you may have received an email from me if you were due for an appointment over the past month or so. Please check your junk mail as I believe some of them got filtered there. I hope to reconnect with you all really soon.

Thanks for your patience whilst I was on maternity leave and for all your support always. I truly love learning about you all and helping you feel lighter, brighter and more energised from inside out.

Health begins within you.

Cindy x

08/03/2024

What a great day celebrating women! 💕💕💕

28/10/2023

D E A D L Y T U K K A 🦘✨

An exciting announcement that I’ve been holding onto for the past 4 months!

After my community placement with the Ngarrang Gulinjal Boordup team at EACH, I just wanted more! I wanted to part of their team and their amazing mission to reach and nurture all indigenous kids in our community.

Vanessa, their health promotion officer, so kindly took me on and we collaborated to design this Deadly Tukka Nutritional Program. We launched in July this year and this week we just started our 3rd school program!!!

I am so grateful to be a part of this amazing program and seeing the impact it has on the community including learning, connection and nourishment. To see kids flourishing and trying their cultural foods and spices truly warms my heart!

Thank you thank you so much to Vanessa, the team at EACH, Knox Council and the schools for having me. I can’t WAIT to see where this takes off to and spreading knowledge and awareness around nutrition and health to all indigenous people. Stay tuned! ❤️💛🖤

07/09/2023

🌟Yesterday I went down to to speak about all things nutrition, health and wellbeing 🌟

We discussed the Healthy Yu approach and how we look at the person as a whole, especially the relationship between mind and body, how to get back to intuitive eating and tips for having balanced meals and setting goals 🥊

Thank you to all those that stayed after training or came early to join in. Thanks for welcoming me, participating and asking lots of awesome questions! I also had fun working out in the training afterwards and got a good sweat on! 💪🏼

If you or your organisation are ready to kick some health goals and are interested in having a presentation like this, please get in touch now! 💬

17/08/2023

🙏🏼✨ What are you doing to show yourself love and compassion?

When we think of ourselves highly and love ourselves deeply, we are more likely to take care of ourselves. This includes providing our bodies with nourishing foods, moving our bodies, taking ourselves on a nice date, doing something creative and pampering ourselves.

Providing yourself with wholesome nourishing foods can be one of the biggest acts of self love. And as a byproduct it can improve our energy levels, our sleep, our mental wellbeing, our physical health and so much more!

Nourishing our bodies means eating enough food to supply energy to all our cells, it means providing all the essential vitamins and minerals so our bodies can build and repair itself, sometimes it might even mean eating for comfort. It is about listening to our hunger cues and fullness cues, and most of all it’s to fuel our minds and bodies for optimal function.

So what are you going to do for yourself this week? ⬇️⬇️⬇️

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P.S. If you want to learn how to truly nourish your body from the inside out, DM me now or book an appointment through my website.

Hurry, appointments are limited so get in now! ✨

26/07/2023

Throw-together-whatever-is-available-in-the-kitchen salads are my favourite! 😍

To be honest, they usually work. Sometimes they don’t. But I’ve learnt to develop an intuition with what tastes I like and what basics go together. And if I’m unsure I’ll search up some inspo online.

The main thing is I always try and balance out my meal with protein, carbs and veggies plus some healthy fat to keep me feeling fuller for longer.

My partner also loves my experimental salads. And if we both like it I always jot it down in a note on my phone so I can remake it in future.

What have you randomly created in the kitchen lately? I would love to try it! ⬇️⬇️⬇️

05/04/2023

🚨 FINAL REMINDER!! 🚨

Giveaway ends in just over 24 hours time! With over 300 entries already, all those bonus entries are going to count! Check out the previous giveaway post for more details on how to enter. Giveaway closes at 11.59pm on Thursday 6th of April Winner will be announced on Friday! GOOD LUCK! 😍

22/02/2023

We had some leftover chicken skewers from dinner last night so I thought I’d throw together a nutritious, filling salad for lunch today. Recipe below.

Salad:
• Kale destalked and chopped
• Avocado 1/2 sliced
• Chicken skewers chopped into pieces
• Red onion 1/2 finely sliced
• A few cubes of feta (marinated in oil)
• Handful of crushed walnuts
• Sprinkle of pepita seeds
• Chilli flakes, paprika and salt to taste

Sauce:
• Lemon juice
• Mayonnaise
• Mustard
• Olive oil
• Vinegar

Mix altogether and serve!

Let me know if you make a leftover bbq food salad! 💛

18/01/2023

Have some left over roast veggies? 🤷🏼‍♀️
Turn it into a quick throw together lunch!
I used ready cooked black and white rice, sautéed some greens and pan fried up some chickpeas in spices (paprika, turmeric, cumin, garam masala, chilli flakes, garlic powder and some salt). Toss together with roast veggies and serve!
100% delicious and nutritious!
🌟🌟🌟

09/01/2023

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: new website, I repeat, new website!!! ✨✨✨

Something that I’ve been wanting to do for a while now. Making the website feel more like me. Less about me, but more about me…. If you’re catching on.

This cover photo on the website was taken by me in 2016, when I embarked on my first solo trip overseas. It was after an emotionally exhausting time in my life, where I felt like I had completely lost myself and who I was as a person. This trip, and more significantly, this location allowed me to find myself again. For the first time in a long time I felt like I could breathe again. Be me. Truly me. And I felt so alive!

The quote ‘rise above’ is a tribute to my late Aunty, who spoke to me about climbing the mountain (of life) on her death bed. That the view on top would be worth all the hardships and struggles she went through. To this day I honour her with the phrase rise above, because in every challenging moment, I tell myself to rise above that challenge, to rise above the negative energy infront of me. To remind myself I am elevating to the top of the mountain every time I let go of fear, judgement, anger and ego.

And this is my oath to my clients. To help each other rise above it all. Above the pain and the negativity. To elevate our minds, bodies and most importantly, our souls to reach emotional freedom. To be the truest, healthiest YU!

#1111

31/12/2022

The year is coming to an end. A year of retreating, regenerating, learning, experiencing and transforming. This year I became a dietitian. I travelled the world and got engaged. I continued my journey of finding myself as I enter into a new era of my life.

This year my confidence as a professional hit rock bottom. I graduated mid year and there was no more excuses. It was time to launch into the real world. But I was scared. I procrastinated. I distracted myself with life things. I took the necessary time to rekindle my energy. Find who I am. Do this authentically. I could’ve relaunched too early, found any job that I would eventually be miserable in. But I chose to wait. Because my passion, my vision and my dreams are ahead of me. I just have to show up.

So here I am. The new year coming. And I’m ready to show up. Hair and makeup not done, no worries. Not basing everything on science but sometimes intuition, no worries. I’m just going to show up. On the good days and the bad. To share what’s real for me and therefore most likely what’s real for you. I’m here to build a safe space for sharing, for authenticity and connection. Because that’s all I need. Connection with you all, and us all helping each other to be kinder, filled with love and showing up for ourselves.

It starts here. The new era for Healthy Yu. It’s time and I’m ready…!

19/12/2022

Roasted pumpkin, capsicum and pesto pasta 🌟 say no more 🤤🤤

What’s on the Christmas menu for everyone? 🎄

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2 Minona Street
Hawthorn, VIC
3000

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http://www.healthyyu.com.au/

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About Me

Nutrition and Lifestyle Counsellor

Cindy Yu is an accredited counsellor of the Australian Counselling Association. She has completed a Bachelor of Health Sciences, majoring in nutrition, physical health and activity, a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in psychology, and a Graduate Diploma in Coaching and Counselling, all at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia.

The training Cindy has undertaken has been extensive, this includes several psychological approaches; Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Positive Psychology (including mindfulness and strength based approaches), Motivational Interviewing and Solution Focused Therapy.

While currently studying to become an accredited dietitian, Cindy complements her studies with her involvement in the fitness and basketball communities, both locally and nationally. This allows her to practically express her strong interest in nutrition and exercise.