An Integrated Mind, Body, & Gut Approach

Welcome to The Mind Body Gut Training Company, proudly the first wellbeing and practitioner development company to offer an integrated mind, body, and gut approach.

Launched by Laura Shipp ND and Nikki Emerton in 2022, we are passionate about all things mind, body, and gut. Our focus is on:

• The mind-gut connection
• Women’s health
• Navigating toxic relationships
• Autoimmune and chronic condition support
• Trauma release
• Our flagship Diploma
• Delivery of seasonal programmes
• Practitioner development

Whilst we have our own successful practices we truly believe in the power of collaboration, cost effective wellbeing programmes, and developing practitioners to deliver our tried and tested methods.

We are Master NLP Practitioners and Advanced Clinical Hypnotherapist. Laura is a registered Naturopath (ND) and Nikki a Nutritional Advisor. 

Getting an upset stomach during times of stress is an example of the mind-gut connection. Being on high-alert and having a gut imbalance significantly impacts our wellbeing. 

A gut imbalance has been linked to depression, eating disorders and disordered eating, neuro-developmental, and autoimmune conditions. 

This connection is at the heart of The Mind Body Gut Training Company.

Laura supports women with menstrual cycle regulation, PMT, PCOS, endometriosis, perimenopause, menopause, and post-menopause health by getting to the root cause of discomfort.

There are many considerations when taking a holistic approach to supporting women’s hormonal health. Laura blends these considerations together when designing bespoke Naturopathic protocols.

Both Nikki and Laura have extensive experience in women's wellbeing coaching, blending various methods to achieve the best outcome.

Coming in October a series of menopause masterclasses.

Unhealthy, toxic, or controlling relationships can leave deep emotional imprints, often affecting self-worth, identity, and long-term mental health.

These effects don’t always show up immediately but can manifest over time through anxiety, low self-esteem, people-pleasing, or difficulty trusting yourself or others.

We often see that maladaptive coping strategies once essential for survival can continue to play out long after the relationship ends.

A multi-disciplinary approach is key to healing. We use trauma-informed, person-centred support, combined with Core Transformations, Wholeness Integration, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), and other techniques to understand and shift triggers and patterns.

Many of these tools also help transform how you relate to others and to yourself.

Nikki draws on a broad base of experience and training to give practical resources to help you rebuild, restructure, and move forward with clarity and confidence.

Laura also teaches The Sunder Process™ to practitioners to help bring balance to challenging relationships when working with clients.

With autoimmune conditions the immune system mistakes part of our body as foreign and releases autoantibodies that attack healthy cells.

Often these conditions start sub-clinically, meaning they are not picked up through lab tests because of the narrow measure of what is considered outside the normal range. 

Kinesiology and Naturopathy are wonderful at recognising tell-tale signs early, also easing and reversing conditions. 

We find that a gut imbalance and / or trauma often sits behind many autoimmune conditions.

We draw on these insights during the Optimal Mind Body Gut Programme. We are working behind the scenes to update the programme to facilitate even more change in an accessible way.

Soma-Psych Alignment® is a unique trauma-based psychosomatic therapy. The Mind Body Gut Training Company is the only place where you can qualify as a Soma-Psych Alignment® practitioner. 

It combines muscle response testing, light Hypnotherapy or Meditation, and energy balancing techniques. It works on the principle you don’t need to verbally share or relive the trauma – you can allow your physical body to communicate. This enables release of unhelpful memories, experiences, and pain in a way that is content free. 

As trauma-informed Advanced Clinical Hypnotherapists and Advanced IEMT Practitioners Nikki and Laura have an in-depth understanding of working with trauma. Nikki is also an IEMT trainer and soon to be qualified IEMT supervisor. Take a look at our dedicated IEMT page under Practitioner Training for more details.

Laura has added to this training with Metapsychology™ and Somasense®. She has also completed training with NICABM on the Neurobiology of Trauma and Mastering the Treatment of Trauma.

We are hugely proud of our IPHM and APHP accredited Diploma in NLP, Hypnotherapy, and Life Coaching.

Master Trainer Nikki and a team of expert guest contributors will give you an in-depth training experience that combines cutting-edge techniques with practical application. This Diploma equips you with the skills needed to inspire positive change in your client's lives.

By the end of the Diploma, you will have:

• A deep understanding of the science behind the mind-body connection.
• Advanced knowledge of NLP and Hypnotherapy and their therapeutic and coaching benefits.
• Practical techniques to elicit positive change through Coaching, NLP, and Hypnotherapy.

If we align our lifestyle and dietary habits with seasonal changes we promote overall wellbeing and vitality. 

Many of the Eastern traditions including Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda make connections between the changing seasons and the health of different organs in our body and associated emotions.

It is these traditions that have inspired our practice and is the basis of our seasonal programmes. 

Our approach blends Laura's training in Naturopathy, Kinesiology, Ayurveda, and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), with Nikki's love of exercising in nature and her foraging expertise. Nikki is the mindset lead on our seasonal programmes.

Professional supervision and continuous professional development (CPD) are pillars of excellence for coaches, therapists, and practitioners. 

Supervision not only safeguards your personal wellbeing but also provides an invaluable external viewpoint, unveiling potential blind spots in your approach.

We offer online group supervision sessions tailored for holistic practitioners, coaches, and therapists.

We have also developed a series of masterclasses aimed at practitioners who are dedicated to their professional development. This includes certification in our unique Emotional Identity Technique™ designed by Nikki.

Nikki is a recovered perfectionist, a slightly introverted lover of running, the outdoors, wild swimming and good food - not all at the same time!

Nikki provides a tailored approach to help clients get from A to B. Usually, they are stuck, in a mindset rut, a behaviour rut or some other thing is holding them back from achieving their goals.

Using a combination of NLP, Hypnotherapy, Integral Eye Movement Therapy (IEMT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and coaching, she helps clients learn how to change negative thoughts, feelings and behaviours.

Nikki is passionate about empowering her clients to be the best versions of themselves. To have the confidence to travel their own journey of their choosing. To rid themselves of baggage, physical or emotional, including stress, anxiety, depression and conditions such as chronic pain and fatigue. So clients trust themselves and their decisions, with confidence. 

Nikki specialises in the dark triads of behaviours, helping clients recover from toxic relationships to rebuild their lives and not get drawn back into that world.

Laura is an ambivert, cat lover, keen gardener and cook. She is hugely passionate about seasonal, local and organic eating.

Laura provides her clients with a holistic approach to health and wellbeing by integrating Naturopathy, Nutritional Therapy, Eastern Wisdom, Kinesiology, Metapsychology®, Clinical Hypnotherapy, NLP and IEMT.

Laura is also an ICF trained coach, accredited mediator and psychometric test user. She takes a coaching approach throughout her practice and often weaves in mediation and psychometric techniques and instruments when needed.

The areas she typically works with include autoimmune conditions, women's health , mind and gut health, trauma and self-belief. She has a special interest in eating disorders and neurodiversity.

Laura's particular focus is on the mind-gut connection and how trauma is stored in the body resulting in chronic pain and ailments. She uses a number of techniques to support her clients in releasing trauma and restoring mind and gut balance.