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

11/21/2025

Here’s a truth I wish more health coaches understood 👉🏼

Your calling will never get louder than your conditioning… until you choose it.

Most of us wake up and immediately answer the same things that keep us small:

📥 the inbox

🔥 the fires

🧠 the self-doubt

😩 the “I should…” conditioning you never consented to

But here’s the shift:

Answer your calling before you answer your conditioning.

Even if your voice shakes.
Even if your brain says “Who am I to do this?”
Even if the old programming tries to drag you back into the familiar.

Your calling is the quiet, steady part of you that already knows:

You’re here to lead.
You’re here to help people heal.
You’re here to build a nourished, soul-led business that changes lives.

Not to stay trapped in someone else’s expectations.

So before you tend to the world…
tend to the work you were born to do.

That’s not selfish, that’s sacred.
That’s nourishment.
That’s leadership.

Share this with a health coach who needs to hear this today. 🙏

🩷,
E

P.S. If you’re a health coach ready to build your business from your calling instead of your conditioning, I’m cooking up something just for you! 💛

11/12/2025

The future of healthcare just got more collaborative 🤝

Healthcare is evolving and health coaches are at the center of that transformation. 🌿

I’m thrilled to share that Elyse Wagner International (EWI) is now an Interprofessional Organization Member of The Institute for Functional Medicine ( ) - the global leader in root-cause, systems-based healthcare.

For over 30 years, IFM has set the gold standard in functional medicine education - training practitioners around the world to uncover why illness occurs and to create care that’s personal, preventative, and whole.

This partnership represents a shared mission: to bridge functional medicine and health coaching so we can build a healthcare model rooted in collaboration, compassion, and curiosity. 💜

Here’s why this matters for health coaches:

👁️ It recognizes coaches as vital members of the care team.

🚪 It opens doors to science-based education, connection, and collaboration.

📚 It provides access and savings on IFM’s world-class learning from gut and environmental health to immune, hormonal, and cardiometabolic systems.

🤝 And it empowers you to integrate functional medicine principles into your coaching practice with confidence.

From the very beginning, my purpose has been to make sure health coaches are seen, valued, and supported, and this is one more step toward that vision. 💫

Curious to learn more about how functional medicine and health coaching are shaping the future of care?

💌 Drop a “💚” below to learn more + share this post with a coach friend who’s helping lead the change.

With all my love + belief in you health coaches!

Elyse

11/11/2025

Holy tzatziki-tomatoes-and-meatballs, 🤍🍅🧆 friends…

I’m standing in my kitchen mixing together the most delicious Green Goddess bowl I’ve ever created and in the swirl of sweet potatoes, herbs, and sauce…

I almost forgot to tell you something massive.

Like… years-in-the-making, heart-thumping, oh-my-goodness-is-this-real massive.

And no, I’m not just talking about this meal. 😉

I’m talking about big news dropping tomorrow in the world of:

✨ Functional Medicine
✨ Health Coaching
✨ Root-cause healing
✨ Human-centered care
✨ …and where healthcare is headed next

If you want me to spill the sweet potatoes and the sauce… 🍠
(aka the story behind what’s about to reshape our entire field)

You’re going to want to be on tomorrow’s newsletter.
That’s where I’m sharing everything first, before socials, before announcements, before anything goes public.

Drop a 💚 below and I’ll make sure you’re added so you don’t miss the moment this all unfolds.

Trust me… tomorrow’s reveal is worth pulling up a cozy seat at my kitchen table for.
My heart, my soul and my bowl are SO full. ☺️✨

Can’t wait to share this moment with you, health coaches.

Xx,
Elyse

11/05/2025

Can I share something kinda big?

There’s ONE simple thing we do at home that’s shaped my daughter (and us) more than anything else… and it’s not supplements, routines, meditation apps, or more activities.

It’s this:

Family meals. 🍽️🩷
Simple.
Old-school.
Shockingly powerful.

Harvard, Columbia, and the Journal of Adolescent Health all agree - family meals support kids’:

💗 emotional well-being
💗 confidence
💗 communication
💗 resilience
💗 academics + athletics
💗 and their nervous system

At our table it looks like:
candles, tiny pumpkins, warm food,
phones away, TV off, 🙅🏻‍♀️📲📺
and actual connection.

Because emotional intelligence isn’t learned from a screen, it’s learned at the table.

Try ONE thing this week:
Light a candle.
Ask “what went well today?”
Make it a phones-off 20 minutes.
Take a breath together.

Tiny rituals = BIG medicine.
What’s one thing you’ll try at your next meal? 💗

11/05/2025

Hey! 👋 I’m back from hot yoga + did my 🍑 get kicked! Now I’ve got pasture-raised chicken sizzling in the cast iron + a veggie medley doing its thing. My whole house smells like an inhale of nourishment.

And while dinner cooks, I’m putting the final touches on tomorrow’s newsletter - the one EVERY health coach and parent needs to read.

Because this one simple home practice that we’ve implemented since Shay was born has been a game changer for her…

💗 emotional well-being
💗 communication skills
💗 imagination
💗 bravery + perseverance
💗 immunity
💗 academics
💗 self-trust

And here’s the part that makes my coach-heart melt 👇

This ONE thing is something you can bring into your coaching sessions or into your home.

Kids or no kids… it strengthens YOU, your relationships, and everyone who sits across from you.

And nope - it’s not:
❌ a supplement
❌ a meditation app
❌ a chore chart
❌ a tutor
❌ more screen time

It’s something much simpler.
Much more intentional.
And almost no one is talking about it.

I’m sharing all of it inside tomorrow’s newsletter.

If you’re a health coach, parent, or grandparent who wants to nourish yourself, your relationships, and your clients on a deeper level… you’ll want to read this one.

Drop NEWSLETTER or 💌 below and I’ll add you before it goes out.

See you in your inbox,
Elyse 🩷

10/31/2025

The scariest part of Halloween isn’t the sugar...it’s the emotional aftermath. 👀

When we don’t know how to cope with the guilt, shame, or “I blew it” thoughts,
those emotions get locked inside, like the boogie monster under the bed,
and come back as stress, cravings, or self-judgment.

🍫 Here’s what I do:
I eat a full meal with protein, greens, and healthy fats,
then choose 1–2 pieces of candy I’ll decide to fully enjoy ahead of time... sans guilt, sans rules.

That’s real nourishment (from the inside out).

It’s not about perfection.
It’s about presence and giving yourself permission to enjoy it.

Curious to hear from you, coaches, how do you help clients navigate the treats, triggers, and all the feels that come with Halloween? 👻👇

10/27/2025

Alright… I just got off an A Nourished Business Academy mentorship call and jaw. on. the. floor. 😲

Full-body “wait – WHAT just happened?!” kind of moment.

Let me tell you about AD.
She’s an esthetician and a certified health coach. 💆‍♀️🤝

For over a year, she tried to “fix” her business -
new offers, new promos, new prices, but nothing clicked.

She was tired. Frustrated. Wondering if this whole thing was ever going to work.

Then something shifted inside her.
Instead of trying to fix her business, she started to nourish herself. 🌿

She joined A Nourished Life and A Nourished Life Coach,and began living what she wanted to teach-
rest, alignment, self-trust.

Fast-forward to today’s call…

She casually drops,

“I’m fully booked this week and it’s about to be a $3,000 week.” 🤯

And then, calm as ever:

“Oh, and I finally have time to do my admin work and plan how I’ll bring my health coaching in, without the pressure.”

LIKE… WHAT?!

She’s coming off being sick, had just raised her rates
and suddenly, everything’s aligning.

Here’s the magical-unicorn-sparkles part 👇🦄✨
It didn’t happen because she pushed harder.
It happened because she finally slowed down enough to receive.

If she can do it after months of doubt and depletion, so can you. 💫

This is the real nourishment most health coaches never give themselves and were never taught to embody.

Because the truth is, you’re not stuck because you’re not capable.

You’ve just been building from depletion instead of nourishment.

If your gut’s whispering yes, I need this…drop a 🌿 below and I’ll send you the details early.

With so much 💖,
Elyse

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10/22/2025

Be honest… have you ever looked down at the empty ice cream 🍦 pint like, “Umm… did I really just eat that whole thing?”

Or told yourself “just one more scroll” at midnight… and then dragged through the next day like a zombie? 😅

Here’s the truth: research shows we make about 35,000 choices a day. 🤯

Most are so tiny we barely notice, what you snack on in the grocery line, whether you eat standing at the counter, when you finally crawl into bed.

And all those little choices add up. They shape your mood, your energy, your health… and your life.

The catch? By the end of the day, your brain gets tired. It’s called decision fatigue, when the sheer number of choices leaves you defaulting to habits that don’t always serve you (like late-night scrolling or eating the whole pint 🍦).

👉That’s where health coaches come in. Not to hand you rules or meal plans, but to help you slow down, notice, and align your daily choices with the life you actually want to create.

Different choices = different results.

And that’s how you build a nourished life you love.

Now, I’d love to hear from you! What’s one small choice you’d love to shift today? Drop it below. 👇

10/21/2025

Be honest… have you ever looked down at the empty ice cream 🍦 pint like, “Umm… did I really just eat that whole thing?”

Or told yourself “just one more scroll” at midnight… and then dragged through the next day like a zombie? 😅🧟‍♀️

Here’s the truth: research shows we make about 35,000 choices a day. 🤯

Most are so tiny we barely notice, what you snack on in the grocery line, whether you eat standing at the counter, when you finally crawl into bed, what you think about as you’re heading to your desk…

And all those little choices add up. They shape your mood, your energy, your health… and your life.

The catch? By the end of the day, your brain gets tired. It’s called decision fatigue, when the sheer number of choices leaves you defaulting to habits that don’t always serve you (like late-night scrolling or eating the whole pint 🍦).

That’s where health coaches come in. Not to hand you rules or meal plans, but to help you slow down, notice, and align your daily choices with the life you actually want to create.

Different choices = different results.

And that’s how you build a nourished life you love.

Now, I’d love to hear from you! What’s one small choice you’d love to shift today? Drop it below. 👇

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