Deborah Murtagh has dedicated the past 20 years to researching whole foods nutrition and ancestral eating. Deborah is also a Strategic Interventionist having trained with the Robbins (Tony) Mandanes Training Institute in Life Coaching and Human Needs Psychology. She is passionate about educating clients to take a holistic approach; for wellness to occur she says, we must address the mental, emotional, spiritual and the physical.

After 20 years in clinical practice specializing in gut and bowel health and weight loss, Deborah concluded three things: We are not only what we eat, but what we think and feel as well.

A member of the New Zealand Guild of Food Writers, Deborah is a regular writer for Fitness Journal and Holistic Living Magazine. Deborah founded Healthy Kitchen Cooking School (recently rebranded as Whole Food Secrets) which is now based in the Waikato, New Zealand, and also The Body Coaches a weight loss company dedicated to the inner transformation of mind and body, taking a holistic approach to lasting weight loss.

Deborah has inspired thousands of patients and students to see that real healthy food is totally delicious and simple to prepare. She teaches students how to nourish the body with natural, traditional and whole foods with a focus on body ecology and is an avid promoter of ketogenic dietary protocols.