About Me
Hi, I’m Lynn Yates, a newly qualified psychological coach and nutritional therapy practitioner, with a year of supervised practice behind me. I work online with clients across the UK and I’m based in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire. At 57, I’ve started the work I wish I’d found years ago. I support people to understand how food, stress, rest and self-compassion shape their lives, and to turn that understanding into daily practice.
How I work
No two people are the same, so I don't use fixed protocols. Coaching can stand on its own. Nutritional therapy is always offered together with coaching, so you have support to put it into practice. You'll receive individualised support and, if you choose nutrition, an individualised report. Every choice is yours. Depending on what's right for you, that might include coaching, nutrition and lifestyle changes, supplements, functional testing or complementary options.
My training and professional standards
- Integrative Nutrition Therapy and Psychological Coaching Diploma, New School of Nutritional Medicine (2026), passed with Distinction - Course accredited by FNTP and CMA (nutritional therapy) and by EMCC (psychological coaching).
- Foundational training in DNA and DNA Hormones testing, Nordic Laboratories
- Applying for membership of FNTP and EMCC.
My story
From childhood, ill health and medication were a constant part of my life. For decades I was prescribed treatments that were meant to help, but often brought new problems of their own, and I rarely felt listened to. I'm grateful for the medical care I received, but I wanted to understand more about what was happening in my body and mind.
After a bereavement, I reached a breaking point: exhausted, in pain and struggling to think clearly. That was when everything changed.
What followed was a long journey of trial and error. I jumped from one supplement to the next, trying whatever I'd seen on YouTube or Instagram, with no clear direction and no real understanding. I believed that fixing one thing would fix everything. All I wanted was to feel well again, instead of being constantly exhausted and chasing the next new hope. I had no idea how closely mind and body are connected, or how stress shapes our physiology, until I began my training.
The inner work
The biggest shift for me wasn't nutritional. It came from the inner work: learning to notice my thoughts and reactions, to meet myself with compassion, and to set and keep boundaries. I came to understand the drama triangle, the pattern of rescuer, persecutor and victim, and how easily I played it out. I learned how mind and body work together, and I used journaling and mind-body approaches to help me.
I also came to see how much fear and anger were shaping my reactions to pain, and how worrying about the next migraine could keep me braced for it. Learning to meet that fear with compassion changed how I responded. Over time, my pain eased, and I've now been migraine-free for nine months after many years of living with them. That's my own experience, not a promise. None of this means pain is imagined. It's real, and it deserves care, including medical care.
Why I trained
For most of my life I had no language for what I was experiencing. I didn't understand how thoughts, beliefs and feeling safe can influence things like digestion, sleep, energy and pain, or how perfectionism can keep us stuck in a state of threat.
Studying the Integrative Nutrition Therapy and Psychological Coaching Diploma at the New School of Nutritional Medicine changed that. For the first time, I saw how mindset, behaviour, physiology, and emotional regulation are connected, and why lasting change means working with the whole person, not just one part.
It gave me the tools to see my own patterns with compassion, and to begin rebuilding from a place of safety rather than self-criticism. It's the integrated approach I bring to my clients: practical, supportive coaching that works with how you really live.
What I do and don't do
I don't diagnose, treat or cure conditions. I never advise anyone to stop, start or change prescribed medication, as that's for you and your prescriber. There's no magic pill, potion or quick fix here. What I offer is support, information and a space to understand your patterns and make your own choices at your own pace.
Where I am now
Each day brings new challenges, and staying open to possibility is what allows me to keep growing. I'm no longer on the daily treadmill of negativity, and I feel I have a great deal to share. If you're ready to understand your own patterns and take small, steady steps, I'd be glad to support you.