From Eating Struggles to Food Freedom
Lived Experience Support for Food & Eating Difficulties
Alexandra van Essche is Eating Free’s Founder & Lead Coach. Her personal journey of recovery from her eating battles and then an eating disorder is the foundation of the Eating Free Coaching Programme.
She is dedicated to helping anyone that is struggling with food, eating, body image and/or an eating disorder.
Alex first began providing guidance to people who were struggling informally. Having completed counselling and nutrition certificates, she then launched Eating Free – a structured, personalised coaching programme.
If you are battling, you deserve understanding, support and hope. Your eating and body image difficulties are not your fault.
I will work with you to build a new approach to food and eating and empower your journey away from your difficulties towards your Eating Free life.
– Alexandra van Essche –
Eating Free’s Founder & Lead Coach
Qualifications & Experience
Alex is a health communications specialist who provides writing and communication services to health organisations and companies.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English as well as Certiicates in:
Healthy Eating and Nutrition (Harvard Health Publishing, a division of Havard Medical School) and
Diabetes Counselling and Empowerment (Diabetes UK and The Open University).
Alex serves on the Boards of both the South African Diabetes Alliance and the University of Pretoria’s Diabetes Research Centre.