About Me
Hi! I’m Michelle Kester Ho — a Health Coach and Certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner. I help people break free from cycles of binge eating, emotional eating, and dieting so they can create a loving, sustainable relationship with food and their body.
My Recovery Story:
Binge Eating to Food Freedom
When I became a fitness trainer in 2016, it was because I loved how exercise and nutrition had enhanced my life — and I wanted to share that joy. But behind the scenes, things weren’t as healthy as they looked…
Although I “looked healthy” on the outside, I was secretly struggling with binge eating, food guilt, and body shame. I could eat “perfectly” all day, only to end up eating until I felt sick at night. I tried everything to stop — diets, gut health protocols, books on addiction, group coaching programs — but nothing worked. Many times, I threw away my binge foods, only to buy them back later when my willpower ran out…
But my willpower wasn’t the problem. The problem was that I was undernourished, ignoring my body’s signals, and stuck in a restrictive mindset.
In 2018, after more than eight years of trying to fix this on my own, I hired a 1:1 coach who finally helped me break free. Over the next three years, I learned to:
Listen to my body’s cues instead of ignoring them
Eat enough to support my energy and mood
Let go of food guilt
Build a way of eating healthy that I could actually enjoy for life
That transformation not only restored my health and self-trust — it gave me my life back.
Since then, I’ve made it my mission to help others experience that same freedom.
I teach what I WISH I WOULD HAVE KNOWN as a teen and young adult struggling with disordered eating and a plethora of other health problems.
I’ve now helped dozens of clients from age 13 to 72 break free from years - or even decades - of binge eating and yo-yo dieting.
It doesn’t matter if you’ve tried every diet or weight loss program out there; You CAN break free and build LASTING healthy habits that you truly love and want to do.
I believe you can break free, and you are welcome to ‘borrow my belief’ until you believe in yourself, too.
Trust the process, keep winning and learning, and you will get there.
Warmly,
Coach Michelle Ho
My Values
Compassion & Curiosity (not judgement)
Food-first nutrition (not supplements first)
Root-cause solutions (not quick fixes)
Health At Every Size (HAES) aligned
Individualized care (not cookie cutter)
Nervous System-informed coaching
Body-Led & Behavior Change Focused Recovery (not focused on healing traumas or fixing emotional problems)
My Tools & Training
Credentials & Training:
Certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner
Binge Eating, Bulimia, & Emotional Eating Recovery Coach
Multiple Certifications and continued education in nervous system regulation and Polyvagal Theory
Functional Fitness Trainer & Health Coach
Specialized Tools:
Functional Nutritional Analysis & Recommendations
Motivational interviewing
Habit-change coaching
Somatic nervous system regulation exercises
Sleep and stress management coaching
Blood sugar regulation strategies
If you’re ready to build trust with food, find freedom from binge eating, and create a way of nourishing your body that feels good for you — I’d be honored to walk alongside you.
My Professional Journey
I didn’t just recover — I committed to learning everything I could to help others do the same. Over the past decade, I’ve combined personal experience with professional training in fitness, nutrition, and nervous system regulation.
Timeline of My Path:
2016–2024 – Functional Fitness Trainer
Helped clients move without pain, get stronger, run long distances, pass physical tests, and keep up with their kids.2017 – My Personal Recovery From Binge Eating
Began self-educating on nutrition for binge eating recovery.2018 – Breathwork & Qigong Certification
Learned tools to support stress reduction, body awareness, and nervous system regulation.2018 – Binge Eating Recovery
Fully recovered through 1:1 coaching, ending 10+ years of food struggles.2021 – Created my Four-Key Approach to Recovery
Began coaching clients 1:1 using my unique method; helped dozens break free from binge eating.2023 – Certified Safe and Sound Practitioner
Learned advanced nervous system regulation strategies for chronic issues (including long COVID) through collaboration with a psychologist.2024 – Certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner
Expanded my practice to help clients with sleep issues, stress, digestive health, blood sugar regulation, and more through functional, individualized nutrition.
My Mission
My mission is to replace the shame and fear-mongering of the health industry with compassion and curiosity.
You deserve a safe space to learn about your body without judgment — to discover how to care for it with respect and to find joy in being alive. When we deeply care for our bodies, we don’t just get healthier; we gain more energy and compassion to share with others, and that makes the world a better place.
I believe healthy food and healthy habits should be fun and delicious — because if they aren’t, they’re not worth doing (and they’re probably not helping your health either!). When we nourish our bodies in ways that truly feel good to us, we naturally want to keep it up — no shame or force needed, just genuine desire.
200+
clients coached
30+
recovery clients free from binge eating & emotional eating
10
04
years coaching health & fitness
years since Michelle Ho Wellness was established
Want to connect with me?
If you resonate with my work and my mission, I’d love to connect with you. Follow me on social, send me a message, or shoot me an email or text. Whether you hire me or not, I’d love to hear your story and share resources with you.
