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Certification, Training & Experience

Every action, thought, and feeling is motivated by an intention, and that intention is a cause that exists as one with an effect… In this most profound way, we are held responsible for every action, thought, and feeling, which is to say, for our every intention.      
​Gary Zukav, Seat of the Soul.
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Annalee is a certified Integrative Nutrition Personal Health Coach for women & their families, specialising in the support of women during the perinatal period. She is also a Producer and a founding member of PBB Media and is currently the National President of Maternity Choices Australia. 

Annalee is trained in Coaching and Integrative Nutrition with the Institute of Integrative Nutrition; complementing her nutrition studies through Functional Nutrition training with Andrea Nakayama. She has completed extensive pregnancy, birth and postpartum complimentary training with the following: Dr Sarah J Buckley on Un-disturbing Birth; relationship-based care and a close look at the latest in evidence-based research in maternity with Griffith Uni's online Maternity Care course. She also has a deeper understanding of the role of microbes in overall health including during birth and breastfeeding through further study with the University of Colorado, Boulder with their groundbreaking course Gut Check: Exploring Your Microbiome and Microbirth courses. Annalee has further studied with Anna Watts, founder of Celebration of Birth Doula Academy.

With a continued commitment to ongoing education in the area of childbirth and maternal health, she regularly attends conferences and seminars and takes courses in her areas of interests.
Recent conferences & trainings attended:
  • PBB Talks with Dr Andrew Bisits: Breech of Confidence (on breech birth), November 2019
  • PBB Talks with Dr Rachel Reed - Why Induction Matters (talk with Q&A), Aug 2019 + Feb 2020
  • Stillbirth CRE 2019 Conference, Brisbane (2 day conference), August 2019
  • FLOURISH Midwifery Conference 2019, Ballina (8 hours), August 2019
  • Dealthwalker Training - Natural Death Care and Dying Centre with Zenith Virago (3 day training), June 2019
  • Doula Conference Retreat, March 2019
  • SheBirths with Nadine Richardson Byron Bay (2 day training & support to Nadine), May 2019
  • TRANSFORMERS III - Planning & Contributing Together, two day conference on building Alliances in Healthcare, November 2018
  • Northern NSW Community Engagement Conference, November 2018
  • Southern Cross University Midwifery Society's IDM all day conference, May 2017
  • Respectful Maternity Care, Lismore (all day conference), April 2017 
  • Evolution of Medicine with James Maskell (US) in Sydney - an all day AIMA conference, 2017
Currently enrolled in the following online courses:
  • The Lancet Maternal Health Series: Global Research and Evidence offered by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
  • Various courses with MicroBirth on the infant microbiome and childbirth and the microbiome.

In 2017 & 2018, completing WomanSpeak Leader training with internationally acclaimed public speaking expert KC Baker including two in person intensives in Australia and ongoing online training. Annalee is dedicated to the profound work of bringing Women's Voices and Choices to the forefront of the conversation. She teaches the WomanSpeak Public Speaking and Leadership curriculum to women in her community with her dear friend Tamar Ben Hur.

Her work with Maternity Choices Australia as a Broadcaster on award winning local radio station 99.9 BayFM, producer and host for the internationally popular Pregnancy, Birth & Beyond radio program and co-founder of PBB Media, a nonprofit community media and journalism project have equipped her with further insight into the current themes women and families are facing during these important years. Annalee has been a Maternity Consumer Advocate and Representative in NSW, Australia since 2014, you can see some of her work in this are here, she is now the National President of Maternity Choices Australia. Above all Annalee is a mother of two home and naturally birthed and raised children and her experience supporting mothers is extended by several years of pregnancy support group facilitation.

Before training as a Health Coach, Annalee spent several years working as a freelance producer, tour manager in events, music, film & tv with the main purpose of adding positive content; working globally with some of the world's top producers & artists.  Find out more about her work as a producer here.

Training as a Vegetarian cook at a young age alongside her father in his two restaurants she spent many years cooking delicious healthy food servicing thousands of people. Studying two years of a Health Science combined degree with Traditional Chinese Medicine & Acupuncture, her passion for whole being wellness ignited a newfound understanding of health. Annalee opened her first business, Open Table, creating a health conscious Catering & Events company (now also a cooking school), now run by Ronit Robbaz and still operating today out of the beautiful Byron Shire. For many years Annalee continued to service the local and global community working as a freelance Producer in the arts and entertainment industry, bringing people together through positive content. Her experience, passion and deeper understanding of the importance of music, the arts, eating together, fostering positive connections, building healthy communities and families informs her work today. 

Working locally and globally in person and online she provides unique and continuous support as a coach and consultant. Specialising in caring for Mothers during Pregnancy & Breastfeeding, Natural Birth Planning and Preparation her coaching and support during these phases are immensely beneficial in maintaining overall health & wellbeing. Caring for Mothers & their Families is an integral part of her practice.
Graduating from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in 2014, Annalee learned innovative coaching methods, practical lifestyle management techniques and over 100 dietary theories; from Ayurveda, gluten-free and Paleo, to raw, vegan and macrobiotics and, everything in between.

Through studies at IIN, learning from the world's top health and wellness experts including: 
  • Joshua Rosenthal, MScEd, founder and director of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition
  • Deepak Chopra, MD World Leader in Mind-Body Medicine, Director of Education at The Chopra Center, Bestselling Author
  • David Katz, MD, MPH, Authority on Preventive Medicine and Weight Management, Director of the Yale Prevention Research Center
  • Walter Willett, MD, DrPH, Chair of the Department of Nutrition at Harvard’s School of Public Health and Bestselling Author
  • Andrew Weil, MD, Bestselling Author and Expert on Integrative Medicine and Mind-Body Interactions
  • Gabrielle Bernstein, Motivational Speaker, Life Coach, Bestselling Author
  • Susan Blum, MD, MPH, Functional Medicine Doctor, Founder of Blum Center for Health
  • Mark Hyman, MD, Founder and Medical Director of The UltraWellness Center, Bestselling Author
  • Geneen Roth, Pioneer of Emotional Eating and Empowerment, Bestselling Author
  • David Wolfe, recognized Expert and Bestselling Author on Superfoods and Raw Nutrition
  • Marion Nestle, PhD, MPH, Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies and Public Health at New York University
  • Mark Bittman, New York Times Columnist, Bestselling Author ​

Her education has equipped her with extensive, cutting-edge knowledge in holistic nutrition, health coaching, and prevention. Drawing on her expertise, she work's with clients to help make lifestyle changes and choose health-promoting ways that produce real and lasting results. You will develop a deeper understanding of food and lifestyle choices that work best for you, improving your energy, balance, health, and happiness.
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Over the past 8 years Annalee has been formally and informally training in the areas of Natural Pregnancy, Birth and Early Parenting methods in order support her clients in the best possible way. Areas of focus include enhancing and maximising nutrition during Pregnancy & Breastfeeding; wellness practices such as mindfulness training & gratitude practice, movement and appropriate activity during pregnancy and postnatally; un-disturbing birth information and techniques and respectful maternity care - all to support you to have the best possible birthing experience. 

She has extended her study into natural early parenting methods including EC (elimination communication or nappy-free), Co-sleeping, Baby-wearing, Attachment parenting, Nutrition & Cooking for children and more - all of which she has practiced successfully with her own family.


Each session will leave you feeling inspired and motivated. You will talk about things beyond the surface, seeking to bring a new rhythm to important elements of your life such as love and relationship, career and money, health, your purpose and calling and more. Annalee will personally and carefully guide you to make simple and powerful changes that transform your life.
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UPLIFT Health Birth Panel. From right: Pioneer midwife Mira Stannard, Annalee Atia, Sally Cusack and Dr Oscar Serralach

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Certified Member with the International Institute for Complementary Therapists
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Functional Nutrition training via Andrea Nakayama's Functional Nutrition Lab
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Feminine-Centric Public Speaking and Leadership training for Women
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INHC training program with The Institute for Integrative Nutrition
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'Un-disturbing Birth' Intensive all day training with Dr Sarah J Buckley
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Broadcaster, producer and presenter on the Pregnancy, Birth & Beyond Radio Program
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Maternity Consumer Representative and Advocate for women in NSW Independently and with Maternity Choices Australia.
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At the Respectful Maternity Care all day seminar in Murwillumbah, 2017
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IDM 2017 Southern Cross University's Midwifery Society Conference
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An ongoing commitment to providing quality information to the public and health care providers on important topics to mothers. Here with Consumer Advocate and PBB Media producer Sally Cusack, Professor Jenny Fenwick, Milli Hill - founder of the Positive Birth Movement, Midwife Sunae Reilly and fellow PBB Media producer Lara Martin.
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