Hi, I’m Mikaela
Nutritional Scientist, Metabolic Balance Practitioner, endurance athlete, and someone who spent years carrying weight that science eventually explained.
About Me
For years, Mikaela carried 25 extra kilograms and tried most things that should have worked. She wasn't failing the process. The process was failing her — because it wasn't designed around her actual biochemistry.
At 30, she made a decision to stop guessing and start studying. She completed an Honours degree in Nutritional Science, wrote a dissertation on the epigenetics of methylation in PTSD, and trained under European medical standards that shaped her clinical approach in ways standard certification couldn't.
What she built was not just an understanding of nutrition science. It was an understanding of why conventional approaches fail specific bodies — and what to do instead.
Today, that question drives everything she does.
The training behind the work.
Mikaela's qualifications are practitioner-level, not consumer-level. This matters because the Metabolic Balance protocol she uses with clients is available exclusively through certified practitioners — the blood work interpretation, the protocol design, the clinical adjustments — none of this is something a client can access independently.
She brings over 20 years of study and clinical application to each client relationship. And she continues to run her own labs every six months — because practitioners who don't hold themselves to the same standard they ask of clients aren't practising what they teach.
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Seven one-on-one consultations plus support during business hours. You won't be navigating this alone.
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Your program includes private blood pathology and a personalized Metabolic Balance nutrition plan tailored to your unique biochemistry. Metabolic Balance is a strictly practitioner-only program—you're working with a qualified Nutritional Scientist, not following a generic course.
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Twelve modules covering fat metabolism, hormone health, sleep, and the psychology of lasting change
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Access to a private Wellness Hub where we collaborate, share insights, and track your progress in real time. Video content, reading recommendations, cooking and flavors and much more
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Each client receives a curated welcome gift box, personally assembled to support your journey from day one.
WHAT SETS MY WORK APART
The StoryScience is only half of it
Born in South Africa, raised across Europe as a German citizen, and now living in Christchurch with her fiancé Matt — Mikaela's life across cultures has shaped a clinical perspective that resists one-size thinking.
She's also an endurance athlete. Ultramarathons, gravel cycling events — the kind of training that demands genuine metabolic resilience, not just a clean diet. Her body is not a before-and-after. It's an ongoing experiment in what real metabolic health looks like, measured by performance and blood work, not a dress size.
She stands at 5'11", wears a size 16-18, and her labs are optimal across every marker. She leads with this because the wellness industry has taught women to distrust practitioners whose bodies don't fit a particular shape — and she'd rather dismantle that by example.
What this work is for
To help professional women understand their own metabolic health — not through dependency on a programme, but through genuine knowledge of their own biology.
The goal of every client relationship is a woman who no longer needs Mikaela. Who trusts herself. Who eats freely and knows why it works.
That's the outcome Sérenité is built to produce.