Bringing together ancient wisdom, native herbs, spices, and modern wholistic nutrition

Beyond the Plate – a compassionate approach to food and health that nourishes body, mind, and soul.

Your relationship with food is about more than what you eat — it reflects how you live, feel, and care for yourself. I offer Nutritional Psychology and Mind-Body Nutrition Coaching to help you reconnect with your body, understand your eating patterns, and create sustainable wellbeing through nourishment rather than restriction. Together we explore the connections between stress, digestion, emotions, lifestyle, and health — discovering practical, supportive changes that truly work for you.

For more than 30 years, I have worked with food as a pathway to healing, balance, and self-understanding. I believe our eating challenges are not problems to fix but messages asking us to slow down and listen. Often, what happens around food reflects our stress, relationships, life rhythms, and deeper needs for nourishment. In our sessions, we gently explore these connections together. My role is to support you with practical tools, compassionate guidance, and nutrition wisdom so that food becomes a source of vitality, pleasure, and ease.

Nutritional Psychology Coaching may support you if you:
Feel confused about what or how to eat
Experience stress or emotional eating
Want a healthier relationship with food and your body
Struggle with digestion, energy, or lifestyle balance
Are tired of diets and want sustainable wellbeing
Wish to feel calmer, more connected, and nourished

Sessions integrate:
Mind–Body Nutrition Coaching
Stress and digestion awareness
Practical nutrition guidance
Breath and relaxation practices
Lifestyle and seasonal wellbeing principles
Gentle, personalised support

This work is collaborative, respectful, and tailored to your unique needs.

2026 Cooking Classes and Workshops for Seasonal Wellness

Seasonal fermentation and whole-food cuisine made practical, economical, and nourishing.
Learn how to plan food across the week, use the whole plant, and cook in rhythm with the seasons to support digestion, immunity, and mental clarity year-round.

Whether it’s enhancing hydration in the heat of summer, supporting immune function in the cooler months, or embracing renewal in the spring, holistic approaches provide a way to harmonise the body with nature’s rhythms.

A key focus of my work is making nourishing food simple, time-efficient, and economical. By planning meals that work across the week, saving time, money, and how to use the whole plant—including tops, outer cabbage and cauliflower leaves—we reduce cost and spend less time cooking while accessing deeper nourishment. These often-discarded parts of vegetables are rich in minerals, chlorophyll, and digestive support.

Fermenting & Pickling Class for the 5 Seasons

Elizabeth Bay
$179 pp
Saturday 7th March 2026 – 11.30am to 2.30pm
Saturday 18th April 2026 – 11.30am to 2.30pm

Wholefood Cooking Class Around the World

Elizabeth Bay
$169 pp
Saturday 13th June 2026 – 11.30am to 2.30pm

Dumpling & Fermented Mock Cocktail Workshop

Elizabeth Bay
$169 pp
Dates TBA

Fermenting & Pickling for the Seasons Course

Rozelle
$229 pp
Saturday 28th February 2026 – 11am to 2pm

Saturday 2nd May 2026 – 11.30am to 2pm

Festive Ferments Workshop

Rozelle
$199 pp
Dates TBA

Marcea Klein

My work is guided by the rhythm of the seasons and is a living practice that supports the body and mind through seasonal changes and challenges.

Rooted in traditional food wisdom and informed by Five Element and Ayurvedic principles, I encourage people to understand how seasonal whole food choices, taste, temperature, appropriate cooking techniques, and the use of warming and balancing spices and seasonings are  the basic elements for achieving wellness.

This supports better mental clarity, strengthens digestive fire, nourishes the gut–brain connection, builds immune resilience, and cultivates balance, mental focus, and wellbeing throughout the cycles of the year.

Luisa Manfredini
Amanda Sayan 

The Sweet Life: Natural-Food Dessert Book

Naturally Sweet & Sugar Free

Naturally Sweet Desserts

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Join Marcea’s Fermented Food Community

Unlock the world of fermented foods with expert guidance from Marcea Klein.

fermented cooking class