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How will I know if I am making progress?

9/1/2025

 

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What does a peaceful relationship with food even look like?

8/1/2025

 

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A few reminders this new years season

8/1/2025

 
​New years can be a tricky time for food and body worries.  The hangover of dealing with diet chat and setting boundaries over the holidays, followed by the yearly barrage of new years dieting marketing can have a big impact if you have been struggling with your relationship with food or body confidence.

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Preparing for your first online dietitian appointment

7/11/2024

 
​If you are feeling a little nervous about your first online dietitian appointment, I’ve included a few tips that you might like to try out to support yourself before we catch up. 

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How can an Eating Disorder Dietitian help me?

31/10/2024

 
​Curious about how adding an Eating Disorder dietitian to your healthcare team could be helpful?

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How to cope when the 'diet-y' voice gets  loud

28/5/2021

 
​Have you ever felt like you have two sides of yourself fighting over what the ‘right’ choice is before you eat?  It could sound something like this:

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Is perfectionism creeping into healing your relationship with food?

25/8/2020

 
I thought I’d post today to provide some insight into something that has been a common issue for many of my clients when beginning to let go of dieting: perfectionism.

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Coping with comfort eating

20/5/2020

 
I thought now would be a good time to re-visit comfort eating, since struggles with emotional eating or to manage stress has been coming up a lot more in my conversations with not only my clients, but with friends and family as well.

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What to expect when working with this non-diet dietitian

26/4/2019

 
Putting your hand up for help with your food and body image concerns can sometimes be a little scary, particularly if you have never seen a non-diet dietitian before and have no idea what to expect.  ​So for today's post, I thought I'd take the time to give you a bit more of an idea of how we might work together in healing your relationship with food and your body, by going through some of the values I hold on to during our sessions.

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How to manage emotional eating

12/1/2019

 
If eating provides comfort for you in times of stress, you feel like you can't 'control' yourself​ around food or you feel guilty for eating emotionally, you are not alone.  And you know what?  It’s ok.  It’s all ok.  You are doing your best.  We all are.
Emotions, comfort and food are inherently entwined and eating to soothe uncomfortable emotions in the moment is nothing to feel guilty about.  However, if it is bothering you, you may find the below helpful in learning to manage your emotional eating.

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0466 333 016
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​706 Sturt Street, Ballarat VIC 3350

​Melissa O'Loughlan is an Accredited Practicing Dietitian and Credentialed Eating Disorder Clinician based in Ballarat, Victoria.  She supports people via online dietitian appointments to find a more peaceful relationship with food using intuitive eating and HAES-aligned approaches.

​Hours:
Wednesday 9am-5pm
Thursday 9am-5pm
Friday 9am-5pm
Saturday 9am - 12pm by appointment

I acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which I live and work, the Wadawurrung people of the Kulin nation.  I pay my respects to elders past, present and emerging, and extend this to all traditional owners of country throughout Australia.  I recognise that sovereignty was never ceded.

I celebrate, value and include people of all backgrounds, genders, sexualities, cultures, bodies and abilities.

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  • Home
  • About
  • Work With Me
    • Services >
      • Eating Disorders
      • ARFID
      • Binge Eating
      • Chronic Dieting
      • Health Conditions
      • Nutrition and Mental Health
      • Nutrition and Neurodivergence
    • Fees and Rebates
    • Online Dietitian Appointments
  • FAQs
  • Blog
  • Referrers
  • Contact