Craig Elliot’s Personal Profile

Craig Elliot has a specialized array of training, skills and experience in the area of people performance and behaviour modification. Craig is a qualified and experienced hypnotherapist and has been coaching, consulting and training people in their sporting, professional and personal lives for 15 years.

Craig initially specialized in peak performance for sports and from there moved into helping people achieve their health, fitness and weight loss goals. In doing so he has mind coached athletes and coaches of all levels and ages to new heights. The changes and improvements that these people made were validated through their improved performances and achievements.

Craig has consulted to gyms throughout Auckland, New Zealand in the area of weight management and exercise motivation and is the creator of the unique ‘Weight loss frustration to freedom’ solution and the ‘Get the fat out of your head’ concept which show people how to get their brain onside to lose weight and keep it off without it being a struggle. He has designed and presented motivational workshops to the RNZAF, presented his material to the PHO or primary health organizations throughout the Horowhenua, professionally presented a series of seminars to the Surgical Obesity Service in Wellington, New Zealand and run two day trainings for staff and leaders of ….Tewhanau Manakki – drug and alcohol rehabilitation organization.

In 2010 Craig Orchestrated and hosted the ‘ask the weight loss expert interview series’ He has been interviewed himself by industry leaders such as Damian Kristof of the TV. show downsize me fame and Ben Warren the founder of Be-Pure health revolution. Craig was also invited to share his material at Damian kristofs 2011 Exclusive Wiaheke island weight loss retreat. Dr Gary Mendoza PhD, renowned Researcher & Lecturer in obesity and overweight and developer of the L.E.A.N. MAN weight loss system attended Craig’s 6 module ‘get the fat out of your head’ course further highlighting the creditability and value of his message and material – even to other industry experts.

He has appeared on T.V NZs the good morning show in a series of segments as the weight loss mindset coach, has been featured in the Wellington Dominion as well as local and regional newspapers.

Craig is currently authoring a series of 5 books being published on Amazon kindle that address the 5 frustrations and corresponding milestones that move people from weight loss frustration to freedom.

What Craig views as his greatest asset is having conducted over 1000 personal weight loss coaching sessions. This intense hands-on background has given him the foundation and experience to develop proven effective 1 on 1 and group coaching courses. He has also created on-line trainings and seminars, quality information products, free reports and other relevant resources all designed to help those struggling to lose weight with the traditional approaches.

For 3 years Craig also expanded his scope and abilities firstly by bringing his high performance coaching into the corporate arena through BSL Transformations – during the time that Craig has operated as a specialist coach and trainer for BSL transformations in Wellington he has achieved measurable results with clients ranging from personnel in Government departments to business owners and corporate executives.

Then 2ndly by spending 12 months as a consultant, coach and seminar presenter at NZs premier gym/health club ‘Les mills.’ Les mills is world renowned in the health and fitness industry not only as a world class facility but as a leader in fitness innovation.

Via his affiliation with les mills Craig has gained first-hand experience and cutting edge insights into exercise mindset, motivation and providing practical solutions to the myriad of challenges that everyday people face in integrating regular exercise into their daily lives.

In seeking the best results for people, Craig has continued to up-skill himself and has risen through the ranks in the cognitive behavioural sciences of Neuro Semantics and Neuro Linguistic Programming which are leading edge in the field of people potential and performance. Craig has progressed from practitioner to master practitioner and also went through trainers training with Michael Hall the founder of Neuro Semantics along with a collective of other top international trainers.

Over this time has undertaken extensive research into the mindsets of those who have successfully made, managed and sustained significant weight loss changes in their lives. He has pulled together his own unique blend of training, experience and leading edge behaviour change modalities, all with a view to assisting people to make the changes they want and be the very best that they can be.