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Cyndi O’Meara is a best-selling author, internationally acclaimed nutritionist, speaker and founder of Changing Habits. Cyndi O'Meara lives on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, Australia with her husband, Howard. She has four adult children.

Cyndi's qualifications include a Bachelor of Science majoring in Nutrition from Deakin University in Victoria and majoring in Anthropology from the University of Colorado in Boulder. Cyndi has also undertaken postgraduate studies from RMIT Victoria in human anatomy, pathology, physiology and diplomas in diagnosis and management of health issues.

Changing Habits was founded in 1990 when she began writing a weekly column for the Sunshine Coast Daily. By 1998 she self-published her bestselling book Changing Habits Changing Lives and Penguin Books became her publisher in 2000 and the book was revised in 2007.

In 2002 Cyndi released her Changing Habits Changing Lives Cookbook (revised in 2012) and a second cookbook Changing Habits Recipe book was released in 2014.

Being a highly successful and award-winning businesswoman, Cyndi was named Sunshine Coast Business Women of the Year in 2002-2003.

Since the success of her two bestselling books ‘Changing Habits, Changing Lives’ and its accompaniment ‘Changing Habits, Changing Lives Cookbook’, Cyndi is in high demand both nationally and internationally as a keynote speaker. As a popular and well-respected health advocate, Cyndi frequently writes for magazines and newspapers and has also shared her holistic health and well-being tips with audiences of television programs such as ACA, Today Tonight, Brisbane Extra, Fresh, 9am with David and Kim and Nourish, as well as numerous radio stations.

In 2009, Cyndi was one of a galaxy of professional international speakers who addressed an important organic products conference. Each speaker was a professional, with a topic chosen to resonate with a vibrant audience. But Cyndi was the only one who was given an unconditional 100% rating from 100% of the audience.

In 2010 Cyndi and her husband Howard expanded Changing Habits to not only be an information company including, books, audios, videos, e-books, programs, protocols, reports, newsletters, clubs and social media but also ethical, sustainable and nutritious foods. Cyndi and Howard saw that there was a need to not only provide information but to also make the food Cyndi talks about more readily available to everyone. The company has grown exponentially and now provides not only food but also food supplements based on the philosophy of Cyndi’s first book Changing Habits Changing Lives. Changing Habits is passionately committed to improving the lives of men, women and children by providing their respected customers with high quality, ethical foods. Their goal is to improve the lives of generations and make a significant and lasting impact in the health industry.

Changing Habits also has a massive following on social media as well as a weekly podcast available on iTunes, called Up For A Chat which Cyndi started in 2012 with Kim Morrison (Author and founder of Twenty-8) and Carren Smith (Author and Entrepreneur). Up for A Chat has been in the top 10 podcasts in Australia and top 25 in the US. February 2015 saw the launch of The Changing Habits Online Nutrition Course, a 12month education program written in collaboration with Dr Steve Myers (BBiomedSC and PhD in Molecular biology).