How I work

As a bona fide science nerd, my approach is best described as a combination of the latest scientific research into the body’s biochemical pathways with thousands of years of traditional knowledge about complementary and alternative medicine.

There’s a lot of noise out there about things we should be doing for our health (thank you, social media), but not all of it is validated, and you can easily become overwhelmed and tumble down the rabbit hole of “wellness” without making any meaningful progress towards health.

My goal is to provide a treatment plan utilising proven interventions, along with diet and lifestyle changes. The diet-and-lifestyle part doesn’t make me any friends (especially amongst some coffee addicts), but over the years, I’ve personally learnt the hard way that just throwing a million supplements at someone (the so-called “green pharmacy” approach) without addressing lifestyle drivers rarely facilitates lasting change. As the saying goes, you can’t out-supplement a bad diet/lifestyle. However, I work really hard to offer advice that is realistic, achievable, and sustainable, thereby empowering you to take control of your health and wellness for the long run; the best diet and lifestyle advice in the world is worthless if it’s not something you can sustain longer than the first two weeks of January!

The plan also needs to be specific to you and what’s driving your health concerns. Blanket advice blasted on social media and influencer websites is never going to address your unique root causes – you’re an individual, and you need to be supported as such.

Conditions I treat

Having a novelty-driven neurotype, I tend to love learning about and treating most things. But I like to joke that my favourite conditions to treat are everything I (or my nearest and dearest) have ever been diagnosed with, because being the Type A personality I am, I’ve done a massive deep dive into what’s going on and how I can help. This includes-

• Gut microbiome imbalances (“dysbiosis”) and its consequences (infections, IBS, SIBO, food intolerances, IBD and “leaky gut”)

• Female reproductive concerns (PMS, PCOS, endometriosis, fibrocystic breasts and fertility support)

• Endocrine issues (hypo- and hyperthyroidism and blood sugar imbalances)

• Nervous system support (HPA axis dysfunction or “adrenal fatigue” and insomnia)

• Mental health conditions (depression, anxiety, ADHD, PMDD)

• Immune dysregulation (allergies and eczema, recurrent infections, autoimmune conditions, fibromyalgia, post-viral syndrome, CIRS).

Yep, I’ve been diagnosed with most of these! If this resonates with you, please know you’re not a completely broken human. Spoiler alert: when you have multiple conditions, there’s a common underlying root cause driving them all (second spoiler: it’s usually the gut) and finding and treating that root cause means the other conditions can be managed more effectively.