The HAES® Summit

Niamh is a Nutritionist, Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and Yoga Teacher. She has a degree in Nutritional Science from UCC and is currently studying Counselling & Psychotherapy at DBS. She runs a weight inclusive, online nutrition practice specializing in intuitive eating, disordered eating and body image and is passionate about helping people to leave dieting behind and rebuild a healthier relationship with food, movement and body image. She is also the co-founder of The HAES Summit.

Sinéad works as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Perinatal Mental Health. She is also trained in DBT and BFT. Sinéad completed a diploma in Nutrition, hoping that studying nutrition would give her the answers to her disordered eating behaviours. Although the nutrition education was paramount on her journey, she didn’t discover true food freedom until she stepped onto the intuitive eating path. With four kids, she is very passionate about empowering parents to raise intuitive eaters. Sinead is currently on the road to becoming a certified intuitive eating counselor and is the co-founder of the Intuitive Eating Ireland Instagram community and The HAES Summit.

Dr Margaret Steele has a PhD in philosophy from Marquette University in the USA, as well as an MSc in Obesity from NUI Galway, where she continues to research the relationship between health and weight. She teaches Ethics and Feminist Philosophy in the department of Philosophy at UCC. She is also a recovering dieter and binge eater learning to eat and live more intuitively.

Dr Éadaoin Butler holds a PhD in the prevention of childhood obesity from the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Éadaoin has had a long-standing interest in health and wellbeing, arising from completion of a health psychology module during her undergraduate psychology degree. Éadaoin went on to complete an MSc in Health Psychology, after which she left Ireland and worked in a variety of health promotion roles in New Zealand. She started her PhD studies in 2017 with a weight-centric approach to health, but over time came to question the validity of this perspective. Éadaoin now considers herself HAES-aligned and is particularly passionate about sharing easy-to-understand information about intuitive eating research.

June Lanigan MSc, BSC (Hons) Physio MISCP, CORU reg is a Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist and owner of Straffan Physiotherapy in County Kildare. She specialises in spine pain but has 20 years experience in both the public and private sector in all areas of musculoskeletal health. Her ethos is empowerment to feel your best. Her approach is to collaborate with her patients to improve their pain and health in an holistic way that’s meaningful to the individual.

Carly has spent the last two years working on repairing her relationship with food and body image through intuitive eating. She lives her life in a larger body and is passionate about educating others about diet culture, fatphobia, weight stigma and HAES. Carly loves empowering others to recognise their worth and find freedom in living life to the fullest, regardless of their body size.

Christine has a BA (Hons) degree in Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy and a BA (Hons) degree in Social Care, and runs a private counselling practice in Cork. Her own personal discovery of Intuitive Eating led her to the approach she now takes in her own practice. Christine is a mindfulness facilitator and a member of the IACP (Irish Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy). She is passionate about the discovery of self, the journey to self-acceptance, connection, inclusion and celebrating the difference that make us so beautifully unique.

Clare McKenna is a TV, radio and podcast presenter. With years of experience in broadcast journalism, she has presented a wide range of programmes including The Liffey Laugh on RTE and Midweek, The Elaine Show and Ireland AM for Virgin Media. In radio she has worked at Spin 1038 on their talk show, on The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show and The Anton Savage Show at Today FM and she currently presents Newstalk’s health and wellness show Alive and Kicking. Her podcast Changemakers with Clare McKenna was released with Acast in 2021.