Hello,
my name is Margo

Hi, I’m Margo (she/her); proudly neurodivergent, mother of two, Certified Practicing Nutritionist and founder of Whole Body Nutrition.

My Story

My Story and why I started Whole Body Nutrition (TW: Disordered eating)

I started WBN after spending years feeling shame, guilt and broken by societal norms and diet culture.

Most of my life I have struggled with body image and disordered eating. Both stemming from childhood trauma, low self esteem and not understanding why I felt so different to my peers. Being late diagnosed neurodivergent meant that as a child I often felt “different, unlikeable” and very alone at times. When I realised I was AuDHD it was like a light bulb switched on and suddenly everything made sense. My diagnosis has allowed me to understand myself and my struggles and it has also taught me self compassion, self acceptance and further facilitated my recovery by allowing me to drop many neuronormative standards weighing me down.

I want you to know that I see you. As a parent that wants the best for my children and as someone with lived experience, I understand how hard feeding and eating can be.

My goal for Whole Body Nutrition is to utilise my lived experience and clinical expertise to educate and empower others. To spread the message that all bodies and brains are worthy and valuable.

I want to help Neurodivergent folk of all ages, genders and backgrounds to cultivate an emotionally healthy relationship with food. A relationship that understands, and accepts that there are different ways of eating, and that validates all sensory feeding differences. I want to support ND folk to strip away shame and guilt about eating differences, so they can move towards compassion and acceptance for themselves and their family members.

  • Eating & feeding differences & challenges for Autistic and ADHD folk

  • Eating disorders including Binge eating & ARFID

  • Food trauma

Areas of Interest

  • Anxiety & stress management

  • Digestive complaints

  • PDA

Qualifications/ training approaches Margo draws from

  • Non-diet approach

  • Neuro-affirming Nutritional Medicine Care

  • Kristy Forbes - PDA trainings

  • Kelly Mahler - Interoception trainings

  • Naureen Hunani RD’s for Neurodiversity trainings

  • Certified Nourished Gut Practitioner

  • The Mindful Dietician: Neurodiversity Affirming Dietetic Care & Eating Disorder Training for Dietitians

  • Bachelor of Health Science (BHSc) - Nutrition and dietetic Medicine (with Distinction)

  • AARPN Member PN00236U - Allied Health Professions Australia (AHPA) 

  • Australian First Aid

  • Working With Children Check

 Recipes written by me

Featured
Pearl Couscous salad
Pearl Couscous salad

This salad is for the sensory food seeker. It has a lot of different textures, ingredients and tastes.

Pasta salad
Pasta salad

This recipe can be adapted to your individual tastes. You can swap the vegetables for other ingredients like ham, tomatoes, chickpeas or cucumber etc. As long as you keep the pasta and dressing the rest can be swapped or left out.

Maple Bacon Pancakes
Maple Bacon Pancakes

It's was my sons 13 birthday recently and this was his breakfast request. Let me tell you they did not disappoint!!

Red Lentil Dahl
Red Lentil Dahl

Red lentil dahl

Fruity baked oats
Fruity baked oats

Perfect for a cold morning! Cook the night before and reheat in the morning in the microwave, oven or air fryer.

Ricotta Pancakes
Ricotta Pancakes

Ricotta Pancakes

Spinach & Ricotta Rolls
Spinach & Ricotta Rolls

Spinach and Ricotta Rolls

Spaghetti bolognese
Spaghetti bolognese

When I was a child I loathed Bolognese. When the rest of my family was eating it I would instead enjoy a bowl of spaghetti with cheese on its own. I was happy because I was fed and my parents were happy because I was fed.