She helps busy leaders, teams and athletes improve cognitive performance, reduce stress and burnout, build resilience, manage weight and sustain energy. Her approach focuses on enjoyable, flavour-filled food and lifestyle habits that work in real life. No restriction. No overwhelm. Just practical, evidence-based changes that support long-term results.

Vanessa’s work is grounded in the fact that health fuels performance and resilience. She brings together nutrition science, real-world experience and cultural food knowledge to help people thrive under pressure. In the UK, poor staff health and lost productivity cost businesses over £100 billion every year. She equips organisations with the tools to improve focus, stamina and consistency across their teams.

Her inclusive, practical approach is shaped by her recovery from teenage binge eating, her experience as a person of colour raised by an immigrant mother who taught her the value of food, budgeting and waste reduction, and her professional background as a Sustainability and Behaviour Change Consultant. She shows how small habits can be simple, culturally relevant, good for the planet and a powerful tool for long-term success.

Educated at Cambridge University in Social and Biological Anthropology, Vanessa is also a published plant-based recipe developer and respected 1:1 coach. Her clients include Fulham Football Club, Cambridge University, Brooks Macdonald and Octopus Energy. She is a Health Expert for BBC Radio Oxfordshire and has won two prestigious awards, from The Speaker Awards, for her engaging, high-impact delivery speaking.

Vanessa delivers keynotes, workshops and panel sessions on leadership, small habit change and adaptability under pressure, even within diverse food cultures. She also runs energising team cooking sessions and is regularly booked for Mental Health Awareness events and corporate wellbeing weeks.

Book in a free Healthy Eating Discovery call here

See Vanessa’s website here

Free Facebook group with recipes and health advice within the busy lifestyle: How To Go Plant Based
Instagram: energiseandthriveplantbased

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