Meet The Team

Meet our Passionate Team!

We’re so happy to have you here and to assist you throughout your professional education. We’re passionate about helping you reach your highest potential and living a deeply rewarding career and life. If you have ANY questions, at any time, please give us a call or send us an email.

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EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT TEAM

Viki Thondley – DCHP, ADHC, CHLC, MBP, RTT, EFT, Founder/Director & Senior Lecturer, ACCPH Fellow

Viki is a skilled Psychotherapeutic Counsellor, Clinical Hypnotherapist, Meditation Therapist, Mind-Body Practitioner, Rapid Transformational Therapist, Brain Coach and Eating Disorder Specialist. Her dedication to learning has earned her an impressive list of qualifications and certifications, including: holistic counselling, neuropsychology, applied neuroscience & brain health, positive psychology, holistic trauma release & somatic therapy, polyvagal theory, attachment styles, meridian psychotherapy, meditation therapy, nervous system regulation, mind-body healing, age regression/root cause therapy, inner child resolution, parts therapy, and wellness & nutrition coaching.

Viki uses evidence and brain-based education to empower individuals with the self-healing tools and exercises to free themselves from outdated, unconscious conditioning in the body and brain, and achieve mind-body freedom through self-awareness, experiential learning, and conscious choice.

Viki is a 7-figure business owner and experienced entrepreneur. She is author of our popular Emotional Processing & Nervous System Regulation certification and our flagship Holistic Life Coach & Mind-Body Practitioner diploma-level 3-stage professional certification program, which includes the standalone courses Holistic Life Coach Practitioner (Level One), Mind-Body Connection Practitioner (Level two), and Launch Your Business.

A music and poetry lover with a constant thirst for learning, Viki is always keen to deepen her knowledge through personal application, and develop more relevant and integrative courses, programs and products that empower others, and change lives from the inside-out.

Miriam Gauci Bongiovanni – Certified Holistic Life Coach & MindBody Practitioner, MindBody Syndrome Lecturer

Miriam is a MindBody Practitioner and Coach specialized in the field of Chronic Pain Healing. She is also the author of the MindBody Syndrome Practitioner Certification Course at the Institute. After having suffered from a range of chronic symptoms, in 2016 she came across the MindBody Syndrome/TMS approach to healing, and made a swift recovery by tapping into the mindbody connection, mindfulness meditation and neuroplasticity.

Her inspiring recovery led her to pursue her MindBody Practitioner certification and to seek more knowledge in the field of Neuroscience and Pain Science. Since 2019, she has been coaching people on how to overcome chronic pain through emotional work and brain rewiring techniques.

In 2021, Miriam authored the MindBody Syndrome Practitioner Certification Course, one of the few accredited courses out there about the MindBody Syndrome. In her spare time, Miriam enjoys rock climbing, swimming, reading, blogging and planning new adventures!

Bridget Cantarella - Student Support Coach & Assessor

Bridget is a Trauma-Trained Somatic Practitioner, Holistic Life Coach and Mind-Body Practitioner. She spent 18 years in the corporate property and information technology space, with 6 years as a coach and mentor to high-performing technology teams. Bridget learned and began to understand people as more than just their job titles and roles, and instead, as humans with chronic stress, trauma, feelings and emotions. This, in addition to her cancer diagnosis, gave her the bug for wanting to learn more about the mind-body connection and to support people on a deeper level.

Bridget loves supporting people to invite their bodies to take a seat at the table, learning to recognise sensations and interpret them as a pathway to personal growth. She specialises in working with people with trauma and chronic stress and offers a safe and nurturing space to work together one-on-one to help heal, grow and reconnect with your body, and understand and befriend your nervous system.

In her spare time, Bridget loves to spend time with her family and her crazy cats! She enjoys bushwalks, reading, writing, gardening and cooking, and, on the odd occasion, trying something new artistic and creative.

Connect with Bridget at www.balancewise.com.au or Instagram

ADMINISTRATION SUPPORT TEAM

Craig Moore – Administration & Accounts Manager, Business & Marketing Mentor & Assessor

Craig’s focus is marketing, administration and promotion. He has a Bachelor of International Business, an Associate Diploma in Business Accounting, and qualifications in Economics and International Marketing. Craig spent over a decade working in the Agriculture and Export industries marketing food products, food safety equipment, laboratory equipment, and farming equipment. As a consultant, Craig has offered marketing services to various industries including print and online publishing as well as product development and strategic marketing with inventors.

Craig’s speciality is helping the Institute promote all the holistic goodness worldwide, and also contributing material for all business related courses to ultimately help you deliver the most awesome products and services to your target market.

Craig is author of the Retreat Planning for Coaches, Practitioners & Therapists course, and has contributed to the Launch Your Business course including the business coaching starter kit.

In his spare time, Craig loves buying and spinning vinyl records, working outside in the garden, and mowing stripes into the lawn. When he’s really in the mood, he’ll strum his guitar – but you’ll never hear him sing in public!

Jacinta Hamilton – Course Advisor, Mindset Coach, Mind-Body Practitioner & Student Assessor

Jacinta is a qualified Holistic Life Coach and Mind-Body Practitioner with a bachelor’s degree in social science majoring in Behavioural Science and Sociology. Jacinta spent the past 15 years working in the environment field focusing on education and creating behaviour change within the community around the environment, along with managing and mentoring staff and volunteers.

After suffering from Ross River Virus, she changed her career path after gaining a greater understanding and knowledge around the mind-body connection, which helped with her recovery. This is what encouraged her to become a Life Coach. She now runs workshops and works with clients focusing on their mindset, visualisation and manifestation. Jacinta is truly honoured to be invited to join the MBFI team to assist with onboarding new students and sharing the exceptional courses the Institute offers.

In her spare time, Jacinta loves to spend time with her family, dog, enjoying the outdoors, travel and implementing her mindset & visualisation techniques into running marathons, trails & ultra-marathons.

Connect with Jacinta via her Facebook or Instagram.

ASSESSMENT SUPPORT TEAM

Debby Dworkin – Certified Holistic Life Coach, Counsellor, Life Coach Mentor & Student Assessor

Debby is fully immersed in the world of Holistic Life Coaching and for many years has studied and practiced what is it to be authentic/vulnerable and how to master the inner critic. Debby supports people in understanding and accepting that life will always have ups and downs, and from that knowledge, helps people create a journey towards connection with others, and more importantly to ‘self’.

Debby is a self-confessed junkie for learning all about human behaviour and habit change, and has the following formal qualifications: Diplomas in Counselling & Holistic Life Coaching, Certified Mind Body Practitioner, Certified Mental Health First Aid, Graduate of the Landmark Forum and a Statement of Attainment in Youth Mentoring.

Along with her private coaching practice, Debby is a Student Assessor with the MindBodyFood Institute and a Mentor Coach for other Life Coaches at her hub, Life Coaches Connect. Debby loves sharing her knowledge and experience with others through small group workshops and one-on-one sessions.

On a personal note, Debby is a wife, a mother and a hippy in disguise. To connect with her directly, email debbydworkin@gmail.com.

Maria Milonas – Certified Holistic Wellbeing Coach, MindBody Practitioner, Student Assessor

Maria is a heart-centred activator whose purpose is to impact our world by empowering individual transformations. She is a mother of three, a business owner, entrepreneur with major corporate experience, and a degree with specialization in Psychology.

After a lifetime of studies in Positive Psychology, Neuroscience, Epigenetics and the Science of Happiness, and the completion of her MindBody Practitioner and Holistic Life Coach Certification, she thrives in her role as a student assessor for the MBFI!

It is her honour to be in service of others and play any small part in helping people change their lives. Connect with Maria at Inner Coach University.

Michelle Curtis – Life Coach & Soul Circle Facilitator, Student Assessor

A graduate of our flagship Holistic Life Coach & Mind-Body Practitioner certification in 2021, Michelle launched her business with a blend of coaching skills and energy healing.

Michelle hosts weekly women’s soul circles in her beautiful Adelaide studio, where she also holds space for client healing sessions. She loves crystals, essential oils, books, natural medicine, walking amongst the trees and being at the beach with her dog.

Michelle loves creating space to let the magic in, and is honoured to guide students through our transformational courses.

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