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Ellen Hart

LiveLighter Campaign Senior Coordinator

Ellen Hart

Ellen is the Senior Campaign Coordinator for the LiveLighter healthy lifestyle campaign at Cancer Council WA. With a background in psychology, Ellen worked in mental health when first out of university but soon learnt that her passion lay in preventative health rather than support and treatment. Since completing her masters in health promotion Ellen has worked in a variety of research and health education/promotion roles, including on the Make Smoking History and Alcohol.Think Again campaigns. Ellen is a passionate advocate for creating healthy environments and supporting individuals to live in a sustainably healthy way. Ellen first joined the LiveLighter campaign in early 2019 in a research and policy position prior to stepping in to coordinate the mass media side of the campaign in mid-2022. Outside of work you’ll find Ellen with her dog at the beach, taking photos, spending quality time with family and friends, or in the pilates studio.

Articles by this author

  • Woman stands on a treadmill looking ahead with determination

    Hacks to help those habits happen

    • Jan 09, 2026
    • by Ellen Hart

    Want to start some fresh habits this new year? Set yourself up for success with our tried and tested hacks for home and work.

  • Small nudges, big changes; supporting patients through changing eating habits

    • Jun 13, 2025
    • by Ellen Hart, Dr Andrea Nathan

    How can you, as a health professional, support clients to sustainably shift unhelpful habits towards more healthy ones? Your guidance and advice is vital in helping people improve their health; however it’s important to balance this with encouraging people to drive their own change. It starts with empathy, realistic goals and a few practical tools.

  • Plate that looks like a clock

    Intermittent fasting – the good, the bad and the hungry

    • May 01, 2022
    • by Ellen Hart

    It’s 10.30AM and I am hungry. Very hungry. Some may even say hangry. I am this hungry because I’ve just started intermittent fasting. I’d heard a lot about fasting in the news and wanted to experiment with following this approach. Here’s what I learned and how I went.

  • Mental health and diet

    Food and mood: what’s the link?

    • Oct 07, 2021
    • by Ellen Hart

    Excitingly, scientific research into what we eat and how it’s linked to our risk of developing mental health conditions and our mental wellbeing is growing. While there is still more to learn, researchers have been able to tease out some of the ways in which diet can alter our physiology, and the impact that this may have on mood.

  • Mediterranean diet

    6 ways to eat your way to better mental health

    • Oct 07, 2021
    • by Ellen Hart

    In support of Mental Health Week 2020 (and boy do we need it this year!), we've put together some practical tips to help you eat your way to better mental health.