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Have Bel Speak To Your Community, Team or Conference

Everyday there is a battle is playing out in homes, classrooms and workplaces. It's the battle for concentration, focus and resilience.

In our crazy world of busy-ness, where everyone seems time poor, people are trading convenience for our health without understanding how this is impacting their ability to concentrate, focus and be resilient. Quite simply, the way we are eating is impacting health, academic results, productivity and innovation. Oh, and it's impacting the planet too. 

Bel Smith shares how nutrition is at the heart of us thriving, and that one simple question - What's In My Food? - can help your family, community and team thrive. 

So, if you looking for a speaker that's dynamic, engaging and will change the lives of your family, community or team, then look no further. You've come to the right place. 

Bel Smith is a dynamic and passionate speaker about food and the impacts it is having on health, learning, behaviour, resilience and the planet. She's one of Australia’s leading Independent voices for Children’s Health, Author of The Lunchbox Effect and founder of The Root Cause.

Bel is available to talk at your school, conferences and at your workplace.

Who is Bel Smith?

Having personally experienced the impact food had on her depressed husband and anxious daughter’s ability to regulate their mood and participation in day-to-day life, speaker, researcher and author Belinda Smith is on a mission to raise awareness that nutrition is at the heart of health, learning, behaviour, resilience and protecting the planet.

Belinda Smith is one of Australia’s leading Independent voices for Children’s Health, Author of The Lunchbox Effect, an advocate for real food for health and founder of The Root Cause.

Bel travelled Australia for 2.5 years visiting 100 schools, communities and businesses, empowering children, parents, teachers and teams to make better food choices. Her programs have now reached over 50,000 people. Bel supports families and businesses around the globe to improve their health, productivity and lighten their environmental footprint. She has been featured on Australian national and regional TV and radio, guest expert on ABC Radio Broken Hill and her work has been mentioned in Australian Parliament.

Bel loves supporting forward thinking leaders in schools and business to help their communities and teams thrive.

BUSINESS/CORPORATES
SCHOOLS/PARENTS

BUSINESS/ CORPORATES/CONFERENCES

After almost a decade of empowering people to make better food choices, and spending way too many hours of researching to count, I believe nutrition is at the heart of businesses thriving. 

The health of you, your team and even their family can present problems to your business. Paying attention to nutrition can help improve these issues faced my most businesses.

😩 productivity issues
😩 lack of focus and concentration, brain fog
😩 lack of energy
😩 low resilience levels, anxiety, depression
😩 lack of creativity or innovation

🎤 If we're not paying attention to nutrition and making it a way of life in our businesses, then we are going to continually face these problems and they come at a cost. You may not even recognise that you're covering these costs because you've absorbed them into your business. 

  • productivity issues
  • absenteeism
  • presenteeism
  • poor team morale
  • poor business results
  • need for additional staff
  • behaviour / performance management costs
  • stressed employees
  • etc

Many businesses say they have wellbeing programs and that's enough. Yet many businesses employ people who say they don't have time, food is an after thought, that it's a nuisance or it's just too much of a battle. When people feel like this and lack the understanding of how important it is to nourish their bodies, then they will never be able to perform their duties to the best of their ability.  

Bel hosts fun, engaging seminars and workshops that helps businesses and their employees understand how food may be affecting their everyday life without them realising it. She has a knack of helping people make nutrition a way part of every day life at home and work, by making simple swaps in how they do things. 

It's not about more on the to do list, it's just about swapping how we do things.

Speaking Topics:

  • focus, energy, resilience

  • office lunches

  • winning work formula

  • peaceful MEAL TIMES AT home

  • talk to me about your needs

Focus, Energy, Resilience

How One Question Can Change Your Life. 

help your team thrive. learn how one simple question can change yours and their life. 

Bel can deliver this seminar in-person or online via zoom. 

It will help leaders and employees understand how nutrition is playing a role in focus, energy and resilience and what they can do about it. 

Bel will explore:

  • Today's food culture
  • What research is telling us
  • The invisible costs of what our you're eating
  • Practical simple swaps that won't add to your to do list
  • Simple steps to take at home. 

Session Overview

AUDIENCE
 - Leaders; or 

- Employees 

DURATION
90 minutes

DELIVERY
In-person or online via zoom (Bel's team organises & hosts)

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Office Lunches

Pre-Make 1 Weeks of Lunches In 60 Minutes 

Save time, money and the afternoon slump by pre-making a weeks worth of lunches.

This workshop is best delivered in-person, but Bel is happen to cater for zoom if needed. 

In this workshop, Bel will demonstrate the Better Office Lunch formula. If you wish, this workshop could be turned into a hands on workshop for employees to build their own better office lunch, as well as learn how to pre-make 1 weeks worth of lunches. 

Bel will explore:

  • Today's food culture
  • Why your own lunch is important
  • What foods make a great lunch, and what to avoid
  • Better office lunch formula
  • How to pre-make 1 weeks of lunches in about 60 minutes

Session Overview

AUDIENCE
 - Leader & Employees

DURATION
90 minutes

DELIVERY
In-person is best. 

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Winning Work Formula

Better breakfast, lunch and snacks

SET YOUR TEAM UP FOR SUCCESS BY HELPING THEM NOURISH THEIR BODY FOR THE WHOLE DAY AT WORK. 

Bel can deliver this seminar in-person or online via zoom. 

This seminar helps people learn how they can have more focus, energy and be more productive by having a great breakfast and lunch, and a delicious nourishing mid afternoon snack. 

Bel will explore:

  • Today's food culture
  • The importance of breakfast and lunch
  • 5 Simple Quick Breakfast to boost your morning energy and focus
  • Simple Better Lunch Formula to help you maintain your energy and focus
  • 3 simple afternoon snacks to avoid the mid afternoon slump.

Session Overview

AUDIENCE

- Leaders and Employees 

DURATION
90 minutes

DELIVERY
In-person or online via zoom (Bel's team organises & hosts)

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Peaceful Meal Times At Home

How To Reduce Stress Around Mealtimes 

help your team reduce their stress by supporting them to make meals times at home more peaceful.

Bel can deliver this seminar in-person or online via zoom. 

Meal times are often a stressful and tiring experience for parents. This seminar is a perfect way to show your team that you care about them beyond the workplace by helping their life at home be less stressful. 

Bel will explore:

  • Today's food culture
  • The most common problems parents are facing when feeding their family
  • How to make menu planning simple
  • 5 simple actions to bring more peace to meal times
  • 1 action to start now.

Session Overview

AUDIENCE

 - Leaders and Employees

DURATION
90 minutes

DELIVERY
In-person or online via zoom (Bel's team organises & hosts)

ENQUIRE NOW

Talk To Me About Your Needs

Let's Customise For You

LET'S WORK TOGETHER TO TAILOR A SEMINAR OR WORKSHOP JUST FOR YOU

Bel prides herself of meeting people and businesses where they are at.

Let's arrange a time to discuss what your business or your conference theme, and allow Bel to work her magic to create a seminar or workshop that is unique for you.

ENQUIRE NOW

SCHOOLS, CONFERENCES, PARENTS

After almost a decade of empowering children, parents and teachers to make better food choices, and spending way too many hours of researching to count, I believe nutrition is at the heart our children thriving, improving learning and resilience, and protecting the planet. 

Health, learning and resilience are multi-faceted problems. However, paying attention to nutrition can help improve these every day issues that parents, teachers and principals commonly tell us they are dealing with EVERY DAY.

🥲 poor behaviour
🥲 lack of focus and concentration
🥲 lack of energy
🥲 low resilience levels
🥲 reduced fine motor skills
🥲 dispensing high amounts of medications

🎤 If we're not paying attention to nutrition and making it a way of life in our homes and school system, then we are going to continually face these problems and they come at a cost. You may not even recognise that you're covering these costs because you've absorbed them into everyday life. 

  • parental stress 
  • food wastage
  • teacher stress
  • poor academic results
  • need for additional support staff
  • absenteeism
  • behaviour management costs
  • student and teacher wellbeing
  • etc

Many parents say they don't have time, food is an after thought, that it's a nuisance or it's just too much of a battle.

And many schools say it's covered by the curriculum, they have too much on their to do list already or their hands are tied because it's the parents who feed their kids. 

Bel helps schools and parents understand how they are already spending time and money on these issues without realising it. In a non-judgemental way, Bel has a knack of helping parents and schools make nutrition a way part of every day home and school life, by making simple swaps in how they do things. 

It's not about more on the to do list, it's just about swapping how we do things.

Speaking Topics:

  • LEARNING, BEHAVIOUR, RESILIENCE

  • LUNCHBOXES

  • STARTING SCHOOL

  • THE PHYSICAL & MENTAL LOAD

  • peaceful meal times

  • Save Time, MonEY & Stress

  • talk to me about your needs

Learning, Behaviour, Resilience.

How One Question Can Change Your Life. 

help your kids thrive. learn how one simple question can change yours and their life. 

Bel can deliver this seminar in-person or online via zoom. 

It will help parents and educators understand how nutrition is playing a role in our children's learning, behaviour and resilience and what they can do about it. 

Bel will explore:

  • Today's food culture
  • What research is telling us
  • The invisible costs of what our children are eating
  • Practical simple swaps that won't add to your to do list
  • Why we must stand for our children's health.

Session Overview

AUDIENCE
 - Parents & Carers; or 

- Professional Development for Teacher / Aide/ Support Officer. 

DURATION
90 minutes

DELIVERY
In-person or online via zoom (Bel's team organises & hosts)

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Lunchboxes

How To Pack Them Quickly & Simply.

HELP YOUR KIDS THRIVE by packing a nourishing lunchbox they'll eat, without you spending hours making it.

Bel can deliver this seminar in-person or online via zoom. 

It will help parents and educators understand why lunchboxes are so important and how to quickly pack a nourishing lunchbox that supports health and learning. 

Bel will explore:

  • Today's food culture
  • Why lunchboxes are so important
  • 5 Quick & Easy Lunchbox Foods
  • 5 Simple Steps to Pack A Healthy Lunchbox
  • Transitioning your child to a health lunchbox
  • Why we must stand for children's health. 

Session Overview

AUDIENCE
 - Parents & Carers. Suitable for Educators too. 

DURATION
90 minutes

DELIVERY
In-person or online via zoom (Bel's team organises & hosts)

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School Lunchbox Readiness:

Everything You Need To Know About Packing School Lunchboxes.

why your child's lunchbox is important to their learning & resilience at school, and how to make your lunchbox packing years easy. 

Bel can deliver this seminar in-person or online via zoom.

This seminar is designed for parents or carers with children who are starting BIG school.  

It will help parents understand and consider how lunchboxes play a critical role in every aspect of a child's life at school. Plus, you'll learn how to quickly pack a nourishing lunchbox that supports health and learning. 

Bel will explore:

  • Today's food culture
  • The role lunchboxes play in your child's health & education
  • 5 considerations before buying lunchbox equipment / tools
  • 5 quick & easy lunchbox foods
  • 5 simple steps to pack a healthy Lunchbox
  • Why we must stand for children's health. 

Session Overview

AUDIENCE
 - Parents & Carers. Suitable for Educators too. 

DURATION
90 minutes

DELIVERY
In-person or online via zoom (Bel's team organises & hosts)

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The Physical & Mental Load

How To Lighten The Load So Life Is Easier 

learn simple strategies to help you lighten the physical and mental load you carry at home. 

Bel can deliver this seminar in-person or online via zoom.

This is an action oriented workshop to help parents and carers lighten the physical and the mental load of being a parent who feels like they are doing it all. 

This is not a talk fest, this is an action fest. Bring a notepad and pen because parents are going to develop a plan for lightening their physical and mental load. 

Bel will explore:

  • The juggling act of being a parent
  • The difference between the physical and the mental load
  • Why doing it all isn't helping you or your kids
  • Action - let's work out how you can lighten that load. 

Session Overview

AUDIENCE

- Parents & Carers. Suitable for Educators too. 

DURATION
60 minutes

DELIVERY
In-person or online via zoom (Bel's team organises & hosts)

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Peaceful Meal Times

5 Ways To Put A Stop To Dinner Time Battles.

PUT A STOP TO THE ARGUMENTS AT THE DINNER TABLE AND MAKE MEAL TIMES ABOUT FAMILY CONNECTION. HELLO PEACEFUL MEALTIMES. 

Bel can deliver this seminar in-person or online via zoom. 

Meal times are often a stressful and tiring experience for parents and children, but this doesn't need to be the case. Meal times can be peaceful and place for the family to enjoy conversation and food.  

Bel will explore:

  • Today's food culture
  • The most common problems parents are facing when feeding their family
  • How to make menu planning simple
  • 5 simple actions to bring more peace to meal times
  • 1 action to start now.

Session Overview

AUDIENCE

- Parents & Carers. Suitable for Educators too. 

DURATION
90 minutes

DELIVERY
In-person or online via zoom (Bel's team organises & hosts)

ENQUIRE NOW

How To Save Time, Money & Stress 

Simple Strategies To Help With Feeding Your Family

learn how to save time and money when it comes to feeding your family

Bel can deliver this seminar in-person or online via zoom.

This action oriented workshop will help parents and educators learn simple strategies they can use to save time and money each week when it comes to feeding their family. 

This is not a talk fest, this is an action fest. Bring a notepad and pen because parents are going to develop a plan of family meals.   

Bel will explore:

  • Today's food culture
  • How to save time and money shopping
  • The 3 P's to help you save time and money
  • Menu planning made simple
  • 5 basic prep tasks to do each week
  • Empowering your family because it's not all your job.

Session Overview

AUDIENCE

- Parents & Carers. Suitable for Educators too. 

DURATION
60 minutes

DELIVERY
In-person or online via zoom (Bel's team organises & hosts)

ENQUIRE NOW

Talk To Me About Your Needs

Let's Customise For You

LET'S WORK TOGETHER TO TAILOR A SEMINAR OR WORKSHOP JUST FOR YOU

Bel prides herself of meeting people and businesses where they are at.

Let's arrange a time to discuss what your business or your conference theme, and allow Bel to work her magic to create a seminar or workshop that is unique for you.

ENQUIRE NOW

ENQUIRE NOW:

To enquire about Bel speaking at your school, event or company, please fill in the form below and our team will be in touch within 2 business days. 

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