Elle Mace
Wellbeing programmes increasingly skim the surface of what is actually breaking people at work. Stress, burnout and disengagement often sit on top of harder questions about food, body image and self-worth that almost no organisation is equipped to address. Without a credible clinical voice, wellbeing strategy stays at the perks layer and leaves the underlying drivers of absence, presenteeism and attrition untouched.
Elle Mace is a therapeutic coach, Master Practitioner in eating disorders and author of Food Freedom (Vermilion) who helps organisations address the psychological drivers behind workplace stress, body image and disordered relationships with food.
Full Profile
Why organisations work with Elle Mace
- Her clinical stack is unusually deep for a workplace wellbeing speaker: Master Practitioner via the National Centre for Eating Disorders, ICF accredited NLP Practitioner, Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapist, Level 4 CBT and ILM Level 5 Coach and Mentor.
- Food Freedom, published by Vermilion in August 2026, gives audiences a named, citable framework on food, body image and the rise of GLP-1 weight loss medications, a topic most wellbeing programmes are not yet equipped to discuss.
- She runs her own clinic and two CPD-accredited training courses for practitioners, so the workplace material is grounded in active clinical caseload rather than recycled keynote content.
- Her recovery from 17 years of eating disorders and body dysmorphia gives the room a level of trust and disclosure that pure clinicians rarely achieve, without sliding into testimonial territory.
- As Executive Partner at Strategic Wellbeing, she works inside an operating consultancy, which means her keynote sits alongside follow-on training and 1:1 support rather than ending at the stage.
Biography highlights
- Author of Food Freedom, Vermilion (Penguin Random House UK), August 2026
- Master Practitioner in eating disorders, obesity and nutrition, National Centre for Eating Disorders
- ICF accredited NLP Practitioner, Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapist, Level 4 CBT, ILM Level 5 Coach and Mentor
- Executive Partner at Strategic Wellbeing
- Founder of her own clinic, with two CPD-accredited training courses for practitioners
- Host of the More to Life podcast on food, body and growth
Biography
Workplace wellbeing strategy still defaults to perks and posters when the harder issues sit further down: how people relate to food, to their bodies and to their own self-worth. Those issues quietly drive absence, presenteeism and burnout, and they rarely show up in engagement data. Elle Mace works at that level, where most wellbeing programmes do not reach.
Her credentials are built for it. She trained as a Master Practitioner in eating disorders, obesity and nutrition through the National Centre for Eating Disorders, and holds qualifications as an ICF accredited NLP Practitioner, a Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapist, a Level 4 CBT practitioner and an ILM Level 5 Coach and Mentor. She runs her own clinic, hosts international retreats and has built two CPD-accredited training courses for other practitioners.
Food Freedom, published by Vermilion, an imprint of Penguin Random House UK, in August 2026, codifies the argument. It pairs positive psychology and cognitive behavioural tools with a direct reading of diet culture and the new wave of GLP-1 weight loss medications now entering the wellbeing conversation. As Executive Partner at Strategic Wellbeing, she takes that material into corporate environments through keynotes, workshops and training.
The lived backbone is 17 years of recovery from eating disorders and body dysmorphia. That experience is what allows her to talk about self-worth, body image and disordered eating in front of a corporate audience without losing either clinical authority or the room.
Key speaking topics
- Psychology of food, body image and self-worth at work
- Eating disorders, disordered eating and body dysmorphia
- Workplace wellbeing and mental health
- Burnout, stress and resilience
- Positive psychology for performance
- Self-doubt, self-worth and imposter syndrome
- Mindful leadership and the mind-body connection
Ideal for
- CHROs, wellbeing leads and EAP commissioners designing the next layer of mental health strategy
- HR directors and DEI leads addressing body image, self-worth and gendered wellbeing concerns
- Leadership teams in high-pressure sectors where burnout, food and body issues are showing up in engagement data
- Internal employee networks, ERGs and Mental Health Awareness Week or Wellbeing Week programmes
Audience outcomes
- A clearer view of how food, body image and self-worth feed into workplace stress, presenteeism and burnout
- Practical positive psychology and cognitive behavioural tools employees can use without clinical supervision
- Confident vocabulary for line managers and HR on disordered eating, body dysmorphia and weight stigma
- Reference points from Food Freedom and her CPD-accredited training for follow-on organisational work
- A safer, more honest conversation in the room about issues most employees do not raise at work
Talks
A session on what it actually takes to build a workplace where people feel safe enough to perform.
Key takeaways:
- The cultural and managerial conditions that allow wellbeing initiatives to land
- Where most positive workplace programmes lose traction and why
- Specific practices leaders and HR teams can adopt without new budget
A talk on how self-worth and self-doubt shape performance, decision making and engagement.
Key takeaways:
- The psychological mechanics behind imposter feelings in senior and emerging talent
- How self-worth shows up in voice, risk taking and progression
- Tools drawn from positive psychology and CBT that audiences can apply directly
A keynote on the food, body image and self-worth issues sitting underneath workplace wellbeing data.
Key takeaways:
- Why disordered eating and body image issues are quietly common in professional environments
- The intersection of diet culture, GLP-1 medications and workplace health conversations
- What HR, line managers and leaders can say and do without overstepping clinical lines