Michelle May

Michelle May, M.D., CSP is the founder of Am I Hungry? Mindful Eating Programs and Training (www.AmIHungry.com) that helps individuals resolve mindless and emotional eating and senseless yo-yo dieting to live the vibrant life they crave. Over 700 health and wellness professionals have been trained to facilitate Am I Hungry? mindful eating programs worldwide.

She is the award-winning author of Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat: A Mindful Eating Program to Break Your Eat-Repent-Repeat Cycle. Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat received seven awards for publishing including Best Health, Best Nutrition, Best Self-Help, and Best Body-Mind-Spirit. 

Michelle is also the co-author of Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat with Diabetes: A Mindful Eating Program for Thriving with Pre-Diabetes or Diabetes, Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat for Binge Eating: A Mindful Eating Program for Healing Your Relationship with Food and Your Body, Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat for Students: A Mindful Eating Program to Fuel the Life You Crave, and Am I Hungry? Mindful Eating for Bariatric Surgery. She is the co- author of 'F ' is for Fitness and four other children’s books that foster healthy attitudes and behaviors in children; over 320,000 copies have been distributed to physicians’ waiting rooms.

Dr. May was a Family Physician with 16 years of clinical experience in Phoenix, Arizona. She has "retired" from practice to focus on mindful eating. She received her Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Arizona State University and her Medical Degree from the University of Arizona College of Medicine. She completed a three-year Family Medicine Residency at Good Samaritan Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona where she served as Chief Resident. She is an Associate Faculty member at Arizona State University, teaching Mindful Eating.  

She is Past Chair of the American Academy of Family Physician’s Americans in Motion-Healthy Intervention (AAFP AIM-HI) wellness campaign Advisory Panel and Past Chair of the AAFP Subcommittee on Women. She served on the AAFP Commission on the Health of the Public and Science and is Past- President of the Arizona Academy of Family Physicians. Michelle is also Past-President of the National Speakers Association Arizona. She has earned the Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation from the National Speakers Association.