ABOUT | ROBERTASCIREA BML

I’m a certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach trained at the Institute of Integrative Nutrition of New York and the Duke University, Department of Integrative Medicine (NC, USA). I guide clients to improve their health and feel better through diet and lifestyle changes that are sustainable over time.

I am trained in cutting edge integrative health management techniques, and over 100 dietary theories – Ayurveda, Pegan, Mediterranean, Macrobiotic, Gluten-free, Plant-based, Paleo, Atkins and more. I help clients break free from harmful habits and teach them how to properly fuel themselves, while exploring what works best for their unique bodies and lifestyles.

The results we work towards are improving health, preventing chronic diseases, and learning to enjoy food responsibly.

I am specialized in helping clients with health challenges like weight, endless dieting, emotional eating and nutrition related health discomforts that also have an emotional component as digestion, bloating, IBS, chronic fatigue.

My credentials

I have been extensively trained in cutting-edge techniques within the field of functional nutrition, integrative health coaching, and disease prevention.

MS, CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY - Università degli Studi Guglielmo Marconi, Rome (ITALY) - EXPECTED GRADUATION DATE 2025

BS, PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE - Università degli Studi Guglielmo Marconi, Rome (ITALY)

Specialty in the connection between the Gut Microbiome and the Disordered Eating Behaviors and the related somatic symptoms as IBS, digestion, chronic fatigue, brain fog, mood.

CERTIFIED INTEGRATIVE HEALTH COACH - IHC - Duke University, Department of Integrative Medicine (NC, USA)

One of the United States’ finest healthcare institutions and a world-wide leader in Integrative Medicine. The health coaching training that I received is based on comprehensive research and years of clinical experience and has equipped me with knowledge and tools to dynamically engage clients to make transformational health behavior changes that maximize their health and well-being.

I graduated in the second and final level of training of the health coaching program, having completed the Certification Course.

CERTIFIED INTEGRATIVE NUTRITION HEALTH COACH – INHC - Institute for Integrative Nutrition , New York (USA)

The world’s most prominent nutrition coaching school that educates health practitioners on dietary philosophies, including ancient Eastern practices, modern Western modalities, proprietary holistic concepts, and lifestyle factors. This program is taught by the world’s top health functional physicians, including Dr Mark Hyman, Dr Andrew Weil, Dr Steven Gundry and Dr Michael Greger

EEP – EMOTIONAL EATING PSYCHOLOGY COURSE OF SPECIALIZATION - Institute of Integrative Nutrition, New York (USA). Advanced certification in Emotional Eating. The roots and drivers of emotional eating, including how emotions, stress, body image, social and cultural influences, and a one-size-fits-all mind-set contribute to using food for reasons outside nourishment. How to deconstruct cravings, apply principles of habit change, overcome unhelpful patterns, and distinguish between emotional eating and eating disorders.

HHC – HORMONE HEALTH COURSE OF SPECIALIZATION - Institute of Integrative Nutrition, New York (USA)

Advanced certification in hormone health. Proficiency in the most common types of hormonal imbalances, the factors that can influence them, the dietary and lifestyle choices that may promote optimal psycho-physical health.

GHC - GUT HEALTH COURSE OF SPECIALIZATION - Institute for Integrative Nutrition, New York (USA)

Advanced certification to support clients in reducing overall inflammation, boosting their immunity and relieving digestive issues, through diet and lifestyle changes. This specialty tackles common conditions like basic food allergies, IBS, SIBO, leaky gut, acid reflux, Crohn’s, celiac disease, and the ways food and lifestyle can irritate or support the gut. The focus on gut-brain axis is part of the training as well as its impacts on inflammation, the nervous system and mental health.

FUSION ACUPRESSION PRACTITIONER CERTIFICATE - Fusion Acupressure Method (BC, CANADA)

Recognized by the International Institute of Complementary Therapies.

Fusion Acupressure Method is an integration of Ancient Chinese Healing Principles, Acupressure, Taoist Teachings and Coaching Techniques. My education on balancing the 12 meridians, easing pain, and clearing the mind allowed me to deepen my understanding of, and ability to identify, “blocks.” It also helped further explore the connection between a person’s physiology and emotions in order to work harmoniously with their constitution based on TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) to suggest diet and lifestyle changes and invite healing in harmony to the whole.

REGISTERED 200-HOUR KRIPALU YOGA TEACHER - KRIPALU Center for Yoga and Health, Stockbridge (MA, USA)

Kripalu has been training yoga teachers for more than 45 years. The approach to the ancient practice of yoga is contemporary and non-dogmatic in order to be contextualized within the modern world. The teaching of Kripalu Yoga is to direct the focus within, to access the body’s wisdom and to live the power of the postures (asana) practice off the mat.

This extensive training prepared me to guide my clients to access their body by applying a body-scan and the five core pranayama (yogic-breathing) techniques together with the principles of anatomy, and physiology. Conjunctly, my experience with Ayurveda principles and techniques (successfully practiced for over 5,000 years), equipped me to approach each client according to their constitution and use simple seasonal diet and lifestyle adjustments to achieve their best health state.

DOLQUEST EXPERT - DoLquest -Systemic Approach for Successful Transformations, Milan (ITALIY), 2016

THE HUMAN ELEMENT CERTIFICATION, The Schutz Company, Parigi (FRA),2015

Phase 1 - FIRO Program.

CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL CO-ACTIVE COACH (CPCC) - Co-Active Training Institute, CTI (CA, USA), 2014

The world's largest in-person and online coach training. I attended the in-person program. Accredited with the International Coach Federation (ICF).

Master of Arts (MA), History of Art - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan (ITALY)

MY STORY

Since I was a child I have struggled with serious digestive issues and chronic fatigue and spent a significant amount of time during my High-school and College years experimenting with a variety of diets and “healthy” approaches, but nothing seemed to work. I continued to suffer from gastrointestinal mycosis, IBS, adrenal fatigue and vitamin deficiencies. Then, I was diagnosed with a fructose malabsorption Hashimoto Hypothyroidism.

Both physically and emotionally, I was in a state of debilitating imbalance. Basically, my body was sending me messages that something had to change.

Eventually I began studying nutrition and holistic approaches to seek out an effective solution to these problems, eliminate my symptoms, and reach a state of health.

I began using food as a medicine, eliminating certain foods that were not good for me and gradually introducing others that I hadn’t tried. I also made some important changes in my lifestyle. The result was that, one day at a time, I began experiencing some incredible changes that gradually cured my symptoms and brought me to a complete state of health.

I began my path in Integrative Medicine, and alongside nutrition and health coaching techniques, I studied Yoga, Ayurveda, the principles of TCM, Mindfulness and the Gut Microbiome (which I continue to explore to this day). These are all practices that, together, gave me a powerful foundation to start on a journey of self-awareness, while providing me with the practical tools to work specifically on my body, mind and spirit. During this time, with a renewed skill set and perspective, I was able to connect the dots and turned my health crisis into a career. I now help people through the connection between nutrition, lifestyle, and wellbeing by looking at the root causes of symptoms, with the goal of bringing people to a healthier state and preventing chronic illnesses, through education, adjustments, practice and accountability.