Elyse Wagner

My journey to peace around food and my body started when I was 13 years old. Being called "Obese Elyse" sent me on a mission to change my food first.

🌿 Helping Health Coaches Lead, Heal & Thrive
🌟 The Nourished Path: Soul-Led Strategy + Sustainable Success
🗝️ Founder of ANBA®, A Nourished Life® + NOURISH Live™
🎓 NBHWC CE Provider | On a Mission to Impact 1 Billion
www.elysewagner.com What I realized is that it is SO much more than food and dieting and weighing yourself. I don't follow or endorse ANY specific diet plan, I'm a normal gal that had her own weight issue growing up and towards the journey to finding peace with "Obese Elyse" gained a dual masters in holsitic nutrition and clinical health psychology. It's been my journey and I want to share what I've learned with you. I searched for these key ingredients throughout my undergrad years getting my BS in Nutritional Science and then my graduate years getting a dual masters in holistic nutrition and health psychology. It wasn't until I created peace with my body and with food (and it wasn't that long ago) that I truly started flourishing. My mission in life is to help women just like myself, who make food or their bodies the enemy. I want to help you learn what I know and have been through in an accelerated way so you don't have to suffer and struggle any longer. I use my experience paired with my knowledge to create a safe space where women can expand in peace, love, awareness and success with their health around their food, attitude and body! I created a six-step Permission to Feel Fabulous program so that women could start to listen to their own internal guidance, find joy out of their body no matter what size jeans they are and send body shame and food guilt to the garbage! I dubbed the website and brand, My Kitchen Shrink, because I truly believe that every single person can be their own Kitchen Shrink, you have all the key ingredients to create a delicious recipe of health success. You have that secret sauce. All you need is a guide, I'll show you how! My goal is that once you are done with Permission To Feel Fabulous, you are your own 'Kitchen Shrink' and can begin to listen to your body and give it what it needs. Want even more tasty resources, recipes and tips? Get your sweet buns on over to www.mykitchenshrink.com and sign up for juicy food & attitude tips that I only serve in my weekly e-mail updates! www.mykitchenshrink.com

02/20/2026

Get this…

Most of the health coaches I work with were never actually taught what emotions are.

Or HOW to connect with their own feelings.

Or how to identify what they’re experiencing in the moment.

And because of that… they don’t always know how to hold an emotional/feelings container for clients either.

This is a HUGE gap in the field of well-being.

Not just in health coaching…
but across healthcare and provider trainings in general.

Feelings and emotions are not just for therapy sessions.

They are part of being human and part of your daily experience.

Maybe you were told things like:

“Don’t cry.”
“Calm down.”
“You’re too sensitive.”
“Stop overreacting.”

AKA: your feelings don’t matter… so don’t have them.

If you grew up in a home like this, you’re not alone. I did too.

So we grow up thinking emotions are problems. Or we are the problem.

But emotions are not flaws.

They’re signals.
Guidance signals from within.

They’re information.

Emotions are literally energy in motion, energy moving through your body and nervous system.

And whether we realize it or not… we can often feel emotions in other people.

In their tone.
Their posture.
Their presence.
Their energy.

Some people hide emotions well. Some don’t.

But they’re always there.

In psychology and consciousness research, including the Map of Consciousness developed by Dr. David Hawkins, emotions are associated with different energetic states that influence perception, behavior, and physiology.

Which means:

Understanding your emotions isn’t just “self-help.”

And helping someone identify what they’re feeling is one of the most regulating, empowering, and transformative experiences a human can have.

It changes how you experience life. How you relate to yourself.
How you show up with others.
And how you coach.

This is the beginning of a series where I break emotions down in a way you may have never seen before.

Save this if you want to deepen your self-awareness and the way you hold space for others ❤️

xx,
e,

02/19/2026

Health coaches… I’m curious 👀

If a client walked in with THIS order…(where the receipt is longer than the cup 😅courtesy of a barista on TikTok)

Where would you start?

Not with judgment. Not with “you should never drink that.”
Not with a lecture about sugar.

Because behavior like this is data. It’s information. It’s a doorway.

I’d be asking things like:

✨ What does this drink do for you in the moment?
✨ Energy? Comfort? Focus? Reward? Numbness?
✨ When do you crave it most?
✨ What was happening right before you ordered it?
✨ How do you feel 30–60 minutes after?

Most people don’t need restriction first. They need awareness, regulation, and replacement.

Health Coaching isn’t about taking something away, it’s about expanding capacity so the behavior naturally changes because THE CLIENT wants to change.

So tell me 👇 Health coaches, where would YOU begin?

And if you’re someone who orders drinks like this… no shame. Your nervous system is talking. There’s wisdom there.

Save this for coaching inspiration 💕

02/18/2026

Our well-being should never be put on hold.
Full stop.

And yet millions of people wait weeks… months… even years… just to start getting support. 🤨 This should be illegal.

According to a Consumer Choice Center report, the U.S. has some of the longest wait times for primary care appointments - often close to three weeks.

But here’s the truth:
You don’t have to pause your health.

Healthcare providers are doing their best inside an overwhelmed system.
I’m not taking about replacing doctors.

This is about expanding support between visits.

Because many of the things that create health happen between appointments.

Like…

✨ Waking up with energy instead of exhaustion
✨ Nourishing your body without guilt or restriction
✨ Calming your nervous system when life feels overwhelming
✨ Actually following through on what you say you will do
✨ Breaking patterns that have kept you stuck for years
✨ Support that keeps you moving when motivation drops

Not doing this alone anymore.

And this is exactly where health coaching lives. 🩷👏

You do not need to wait to start improving your well-being.

You can begin today. ☀️

Because health is not confined to the four walls of a clinic.

It lives in:

Your daily choices
Your habits
Your nervous system
Your environment
Your support

And YOU matter in that equation.

Health happens in daily life, not just inside appointments.

So, Health coaches 👋 Drop a 🩷 if you are accepting new clients right now.

Because here’s the thing…
Health coaches change lives.
Lives change families.
Families change communities.

That ripple matters more than you know.

Save this for a reminder that you don’t have to wait to take ownership of your health.

02/18/2026

𝗜 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝘆 𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱… 𝗪𝗔𝗜𝗧. 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧?! 🤯

𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗔𝗡𝗕𝗔 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗹𝘆…

…𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝟮 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝟯 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗱. 👏👏👏

This health coach has…

𝗡𝗼 𝘄𝗲𝗯𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲.
𝗦𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲.
𝗡𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.

Myths busted! 🔥💥

𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲 and she did! 🩷🐎

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿.

𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 and impact…

Please know this…
𝗬𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱.

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✨ 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗡𝗕𝗔 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁
𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗔𝗡𝗕𝗔 𝗼𝗿 𝗗𝗠 𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲’𝗹𝗹 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘁. 💕

02/12/2026

🔥 𝗛𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲: A profession without shared language will always struggle to be taken seriously.

And I just learned something that genuinely stopped me in my tracks.

A colleague doing research in the health coaching field said she’s found a wide range of definitions of “health coaching”… with no clear consensus. 😳

Let that sink in.

We’re operating in a growing profession… without a shared definition of what health coaches actually are or do.

And suddenly everything makes sense:

– Why brilliant health coaches second-guess themselves
– Why providers don’t know how to refer
– Why clients struggle to articulate the value
– Why compensation is inconsistent

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 is beyond 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲. 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗮 𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲.

And I’m not okay with it.

I want “health coach” to be just as known and clear as when you say doctor. 🩺

Because behavior change, accountability, and sustainable transformation belong in the center of modern healthcare.

📌 The definition I created (the one coaches kept sharing saying, “THIS IS WHAT I DO.”) is in the comments for you to screenshot and share.

I genuinely want to hear what definition of health coach are you currently using, and where did it come from?

𝗟𝗲𝘁’𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲.

𝗟𝗲𝘁’𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗱.

So when someone says “health coach,” everyone knows exactly what that means.

02/10/2026

AI in health is officially off the races and it’s happening at warp speed 🚀🐎

In just the past few weeks…

rolled out AI-powered health support inside One Medical
launched ChatGPT Health, integrating labs, records, wearables & wellness apps
introduced Claude for Healthcare embedding AI directly into clinical and payer workflows

More data. More dashboards. More “answers.”

And yet…
Data doesn’t create change. Humans do.

AI can surface signals, it’s like a check engine light… but it can’t
👉regulate your nervous system.
👉sit with resistance.
👉Internally motivate
👉walk habits into real life.

That gap between insight → action?
Is where health coaching becomes irreplaceable.

As AI accelerates, vague coaches fade.

Listen, clear, embodied, human coaches who can hold capacity become indispensable, but only when they stop making these mistakes.

Don’t think of it as competing with AI, it’s really about becoming the human layer it can’t replace.

Want to be indispensable, not replaceable as AI shapes healthcare??

I created a short playbook to help coaches stop shrinking stop going vague and clearly claim their role as AI shapes healthcare.

👉 Comment HUMAN and I’ll send it your way.

02/09/2026

Behavior always follows belief. 🤍 You want the stats to change, look upstream.

02/06/2026

Friendly Friday reminder 💗

02/05/2026

Migraines are complex and they’re not just “in someone’s head.”

They can be disruptive, exhausting, and life-altering, showing up as light sensitivity, nausea, throbbing pain, aura, brain fog, and fatigue.

For some people they happen occasionally. For others, they’re frequent and persistent.

Migraines are also influenced by many different lifestyle and behavior factors — how someone eats, sleeps, manages stress, moves their body, and recovers day to day.

This is where health coaching comes in.

Health coaching focuses on behavior change, not diagnosis or treatment.

It supports people in noticing patterns, stabilizing daily rhythms, reducing nervous system overload, and turning insights or medical recommendations into habits that can be sustained in real life.

And for many people, the drivers of migraines aren’t found in a single test or trigger, but in the accumulation of daily behaviors, stressors, and routines over time.

Health coaching doesn’t replace medical care.
It helps make care livable, consistent, and sustainable.

And for people living with migraines, that integration can make all the difference.

What ways as a health coach do you support your clients? 👇

02/04/2026

If healthy changes were about information, most people would already be well.

They’re not — and it’s not because they’re failing or you’re failing as a health coach.

Real change doesn’t happen in environments that feel unsafe, even when the guidance, support, accountability, information is “right.”

This is why clients can:
• understand everything intellectually
• try all the tools
• and still feel frozen, stuck, or disconnected

Change happens when the nervous system feels safe enough to move.

Not through fixing, but through presence.

Health coaches aren’t meant to rush solutions.

They’re trained to hold the container where safety makes change possible.

And that container can be assessed.

If you want a simple way to assess the safety you’re creating before every session, DM me CHECKLIST and I’ll send it straight to you. 👇

02/03/2026

Sound familiar?

“Give it 60 days.”
“Don’t miss a day.”
“Stay consistent or you failed.”

That’s not habit change.
That’s diet culture in better branding. 👹

Sustainable habits don’t come from pressure or punishment. ♻️

They come from meaning, pleasure, values alignment, and support.

If it only works when you’re “perfect”
it was never sustainable to begin with.

👉 Save this if you’re helping others create health from nourishment not depletion.

👉 Share it with someone who needs permission to create health differently.

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