At first, I was hesitant to start coaching with Marcus because I'd already tried other counselling/coaching methods and felt that nothing worked. Why would this be any different?

I took a chance however because I was still struggling with binge eating and body dissatisfaction and needed to do something.

I'm glad I gave Marcus a chance. My previous experiences of coaching fell into two camps - either, I was told not to diet at all which worked to an extent/for a time but this didn't get me the results I wanted physically so after a while, I always made the decision to try and pursue fat loss/body recomposition again. This always led to seeking dieting advice and being advised to go on a low calorie diet which eventually, led to lots of binging.

Marcus helped me navigate the middle road - still pursuing my goals but in a more gentle way so that I could still enjoy life, not be overly restrictive but still get results. Marcus also helped me finesse my skills to handle binge urges and other difficult feelings with food and body image.

Highly recommend.

- Emily 

 

I decided to give Marcus a try because of his relatable, funny social media posts on disordered eating... and his cool accent! I was a married, 46 year old mom of three going through early menopause and had struggled with disordered eating for years. I'd tried so many different things, (and nothing had ever worked) so I thought, "Well, why not give this dude a try, I've done everything else." Turns out, Marcus is legitimately the real deal. His skills include more than being just a funny, relatable guy. Marcus was able to take my complicated thoughts around food and body image and articulate them back to me in a way that shed light on what was really going on. He is knowledgeable, compassionate, and oh so patient, as it took me a bit to be able to piece things together. He never wavered in the belief that I was worth doing this work, and was always supportive. He is the epitome of the word "Coach" as he guided me through how emotional regulation in the body could help me improve my relationship with food. Marcus has a God-given gift, and I'm forever grateful for having the opportunity to work with him.

- Belinda

  

Once in a while you come across someone and know beyond doubt that they are in exactly the right profession.

That is how I feel about Marcus. He is wise and compassionate but also will always steer you gently toward outright honesty. He has an intuition that guides him well when helping one to navigate what sometimes feels too complex of a road. He has helped me do just that for a year now.

If you're on the fence about reaching out to him, do it. You won't regret it.

- Lily

 

Before working with Marcus, I was suffering from what felt like uncontrollable urges to binge, eat food that was not serving me, feelings that there was something wrong with my body and mind, as well that I would never be able to accomplish my health goals.

Marcus helped me recognize that I was able to navigate my way around any ‘diet’ by working through a process of self regulation. We spent 6 months together where he shared his lived experience and insight to guide me gently through the transformative process. 

I now feel in control of my dietary decisions, including a calmness around food that I have never experienced. 

Thank you Marcus! I appreciate you. 

- Nikky

 

Marcus has given me my life back. After struggling with anorexia and bulimia for over 20 years and having tried literally everything (therapy, dietitians, nutritionists, etc.), on the verge of giving up I decided this would be my last shot at getting better. Words cannot describe what he has done for me: since our first session, I felt someone understood my experience fully and compassionately, and from a place of profound empathy and understanding, the deepest active listening skills I have ever seen, with massive knowledge on EDs and on how to address every single challenge emerging from this complex and often chronic condition, and an unshakeable, genuine and honest support, I slowly started to come back to life. Marcus has an extraordinary gift for a seemingly impossible task: to help people heal fully from eating disorders. I owe him my life.

Gracias forever...

I have felt more joy since November than for the last 20 years of my life…

- Nina

 

Marcus is an amazing listener and was really good at identifying actions that I could take. His approach to coaching is reflective, tailored, and empathetic.

Working with him helped me to be more aware of my thought patterns and feel more confident in myself. These days I'm still thinking about food a lot

- but it's all daydreaming about recipes! Instead of stress, I feel inspiration and comfort. I let myself actually enjoy food, and I feel so grateful for it.

- Mike

 

Working with Marcus has been incredibly impactful. He helped me build a healthier relationship with food & stress by introducing practical, sustainable tools that truly made a difference. These tools felt doable, and over time, habitual.

What stood out most was Marcus's compassionate, non-judgmental approach. I never felt pressured or shamed, just supported & empowered. I am so grateful for the guidance and would recommend Marcus to anyone looking to recover and thrive.

- Talia

 

I'm a busy 48 year old working mother of 2 who has suffered with binge eating disorder on and off (mainly on) for over 30 years. I've been working with Marcus (1-2-1) for 12 weeks and he has helped me take my recovery to the next level. I've had professional help before which worked but found in recent months the binges were becoming more intense, frequent and mentally all consuming!

As a result weight gain was rapid. Marcus has not only helped me identify my triggers but helped me be more self aware, taught me how to pause and take time to recognise what's going on. He's helped me to look deeper, so instead of just saying I binged because I was 'stressed' we went deeper into the 'why' and the actual 'physical feelings ' The best thing about Marcus is his honesty and relatability ... he has been there, he has been in my shoes and 100% 'gets it' only a binge eater can understand the power the urges have over you. He never judges you, he listens attentively, and offers solutions with compassion . Highly recommend you seek help if you're struggling and have a no obligation (non pushy) call with him

- Lucy

 

I started working with Marcus in January 2022. I came to him after a long period of inactivity. I was self-conscious, unsure of myself, and felt powerless. I needed to make a change. For the beginning, Marcus created a judgment-free space where we could have honest conversations around nutrition and fitness. Over the last year, I increased my fitness level and challenged my accepted state of nutrition. There were ups and downs, and Marcus always met me where I was without judgment or expectation. Marcus has a variety of tools at his disposal. The best of all are his created content. This includes infographics, videos for training and stretching, and his podcast. I am starting 2023 in a new space, physically and mentally, ready to continue this journey with Marcus. Marcus has taught me the power in the long game, how small changes add up to big, lasting, transformations. 

Thanks, 

- Michael

 

When I decided to work with Marcus, I was at a low..low energy, poor performance, reactive in my personal life and struggled with  showing up as I wanted in my career. I had restricted cycles followed by binges..his coaching helped me see patterns that triggered my restriction and binges. Not just the physical but also the emotional. I got tools to fuel my life, not just performance. I was afraid to reach out for help because I thought my weight would spiral and that I knew the reason already behind my actions and reactions, but having a coach keeps you accountable and I learned first hand that if you give yourself the permission to eat the foods you crave then the temptation goes away. Also some days I eat more ..often following a strenuous workout and now I just accept and see that a day following I eat less. Definitely an investment for life. 

- Phoebe

 

Marcus changed my life one week at a time. He listened to and heard everything I shared. He was able to relate my history to how I have learned to cope and survive the various challenges of my life with strategies that no longer serve me. Each session with Marcus brought revelations I had not been aware of with how I manage every aspect of my life with a similar mindset and how it all led to self-medicating with food. This understanding along with subtle strategies has given me a way to adjust my eating habits, as well as changes I can make in my relationships and responsibilities with more self-care, without the need to self medicate. I have spent a lot of time and money on other binge eating programs that had A one-size-fits-all approach, which did not work for me. Marcus worked with my individual issues with approaches that I could follow through with. Marcus is so easy to talk to and is relatable with his own experiences. Marcus tailored his coaching to my lead and what I needed. If only he could be cloned so we could all have a Marcus in our life.

- Elise

 

I think what was most helpful was having you and Lydia's coach, Jillian, hold space and time for me not to diet. I really needed to experiment with what would happen if I allowed myself to just eat. And to have someone to vent the truth about how horrible it is in the beginning. All the feelings around gaining weight, "letting myself go", the feeling of not being in control, all the stuff you talk about.

After the beginning weight gain, I dropped down again and settled into the size I am. It felt scary and it took about a year. I needed to be reassured I wouldn't become 500 lbs. then I just decided the hell of dieting and binging, the mental game and self hatred and missing out on life! I missed so much of my life because I was focused on food.

All of it wasn't worth being 5-10 Ibs smaller. Now after 44 years of food being everything, now it's just food. So what was most pivotal? Just Time... all the times I wanted to start a cleanse or fast or eating plan and didn't do it because of you, coach Jillian, Valerie and Edie. Over time I realized starting a diet didn't actually mean I was in control, a new eating plan just took my focus off the messiness of life, I guess. And eventually my body balanced itself out on its own. The binge would end and the time between binges got longer and longer. All the anticipation and then the fear and anxiety around eating ugh it was so awful. As you know.

Anyway probably nothing you haven't heard many times before.

- Jane

 

Thank you so much Marcus. I can't believe how much l've changed in the past few months!

- Sam

 

I came across Marcus’ page on Instagram and found his perspective on food and nourishment interesting. After chatting with him about his coaching course, I decided to give it a go. For a long time (many years) I had struggled with binge eating and overeating. I had tried so many things to get my relationship with food under control. Restricting, calorie counting, dieting with a coach, but nothing worked. My last effort to lose weight by a conventional method (calorie counting) made me realise that my relationship with food was messed up. I stopped dieting, but didn’t stop restricting, and so the bingeing continued and got more and more out of control. In January of last year, I came across a coaching course that kind of promised the same thing Marcus does. It was directed at people with binge eating problems and it promised to make everything better. It seemed almost too good to be true, but I thought I had to give it a go. I paid a lot of money for someone to basically tell me to stop eating sugar and carbs, as my particular biochemistry meant that I was “addicted to sugar”. It felt very much like a diet, just without the counting of calories, even though they insisted it was not a diet. They also focused a lot on the emotional part of binge eating and I kind of felt pressured to share personal information about sad things that had happened in my life. Therefore I was a bit skeptical when I started working with Marcus. Was this going to be like that other coaching programme all over again? Was he going to tell me I needed to stop eating pasta for the rest of my life? And would I have to pay a lot of money before I’d even had a single session with him? The answer to all of the above is NO. I could continue to eat pasta and anything else I wanted. I also did not have to pay for the entire course in one go. I could pay weekly or monthly, whatever I felt like, and I could quit at any point. With that other course, I felt stuck. I was not able to make any progress and very soon felt like I had wasted my money. Right after getting access to Marcus’ programme, I felt so relieved, because I could see that this was going to be very different. His lessons and worksheets are so simply outlined, and it is so easy to follow. The best thing about Marcus’s programme though, is the weekly sessions with Marcus and his connection with his clients. He truly understands that what might work for one person, won’t work for another. He tailors his advice to your specific situation. Within a month or so I had almost stopped binging. At the end of the course, I was binge-free. I have binged on and off for more than 10 years. I’m still recovering and figuring things out, but my relationship with food now is much better. I feel freer than I have in a long time. I realised I had been restricting even without knowing it. There were just certain foods I never allowed myself to eat, or situations where I never ate what I wanted. I have worked at the same place for three years and I had never bought anything but a boring and dry sandwich in the cafeteria, and even that felt like an act of bravery. Most days I would just skip lunch. One of my biggest victories during the course, was buying pizza for lunch and enjoying it. If that’s not food freedom, I don’t know what is.

- Leona

 

I reached out to Marcus for help about my relationship with food during a fight camp for an upcoming fight. I was struggling with binging and staying on a diet as well as body image issues after fluctuations in the weight in between fight camps.

Marcus was extremely helpful, we had very good chats about the reasons why our minds 'make' us do the things we do and how to be self aware about my inner saboteur. He would always send detailed notes after our weekly chats with action steps for the week as well as reaching out to see how I'm doing during. I definitely recommend getting in touch with him, it took me a while to finally do it and I truly believe the sooner l'd done it the faster I'd bounce back to where I am now with relation to food and my body. Thank you Marcus!

- Sienna

 

There are no words that will do justice for the work Marcus does! The respect and love I have for him is immense. 

I started to follow Marcus on IG when he was a PT at a local gym and then his content became focused around eating disorders and that really resonated with me. That’s when I realised that people around me where right … I do need some additional support and that men of all ages go through eating disorders / struggle with disordered eating. But I still held off formally talking to Marcus, despite exchanging a few messages. Why? Because I felt embarrassed. 

Finally, I took a big step when I hit my all time low and reached out to Marcus - he was always there to support prior to this but this time we went full on coaching mode and it was exactly what I needed. My disordered eating and body dysmorphia had really taken over my life and it was impacting my family. I wanted to change that so I could be a better, happier person for myself but mostly for them. I wanted to set an example from for my children and let them know it’s a good thing to seek help - never a weakness. 

Over a course of a few months, Marcus taught me some techniques that I still use today (because I still have my down days) and they are such easy tools to use whenever the need arises. I also have recordings of our sessions which are useful to refer back to when the need arises. 

I described Marcus as my guardian angel - the voice of reason I hear when my gremlin wants to take over and a sense of calm sets in. 

And the after care..?! Well, Marcus never forgets about a client. He is always there for me and we’ve not formally worked together for some time. But I get the occasional message from him; his way of checking in and making sure I’m on the right path. 

Hand on heart - Marcus saved my life! Another 6 months or so and I would have been in a really dark place (or worse) so reaching out to him when I did was literally the best thing I ever did! 

I love you man! Thank you for ALWAYS being there and for your words of wisdom. Keep doing you because the world needs it! 

- Jake

 

Marcus, you're the friend everyone needs because you truly see the good in everything. You've helped me identify the family anxieties and how they have translated into feeding my disorder.

Without your help in that, I don't think I would've recognized that on my own.

You helped me take off the rose colored shades and I think my little family is better off for it.

If you're looking for someone to help you through the purgatory of recovery, Marcus is the guy. I struggled with various forms of eating disorders over the last 15 years. I knew I wanted recovery for myself but I had no idea what that looked like for me. In our time working together, he never made me feel ashamed or crazy.

He met me where I was and helped me see things from other perspectives. He gave me resources that helped give clarity to things I had no idea were tied into my issues with food. He helped me get to a point of neutrality with weight, with food, and with exercise. All of this is credited to Marcus, but I had to be willing to look at myself and recognize i was done and ready for permanent change.

Thank you for helping me find the stability l've been looking for and learning to let go of control to find it.

- Sarah

 

Working with Marcus was a blessing for me! He also gave me the tools to feel comfortable with my own emotions and being able to handle my thoughts, which is very important in ED Recovery. Every meeting I learned what was most important for my own individual healing journey and was able to apply it step by step. Like this it seemed easy and natural and not at all overwhelming. Overall, Marcus provided a safe space to share and heal and gave me the tools I needed to completely break free from my BED. So thankful I can use what I learned forever and I feel confident about my own journey now

- Josie

 

I hired Marcus as a coach because I wanted to begin strength training and in the same time I needed to work on my binges that still happened from time to time. I was very happy to find someone who has this two coaching skills: fitness coach and in the same time a deep professional knowledge of eating disorders.

Marcus was so helpful and I didn’t binge at all since the beginning of our coaching. I had the feeling that he understand my specific situation completely. He gave me some mindset tools that had a great effect on my eating behaviors and still help me to deal with strong emotion everyday. 

I think his coaching was the last step I needed in my long journey against binge eating. 

- Harriet