My story
I’ve always been interested in what makes people feel well, not just physically, but mentally and emotionally too.
My own interest in health started quite young. I lost my mum to cancer when I was 12, and exercise became an important outlet for me. At the time, I didn’t understand the connection between movement, stress and emotional wellbeing, but looking back, it played a huge role in how I coped and ultimately shaped the direction my life took.
I went on to build a career in health and fitness and have now worked in the industry for over 16 years. Over time, though, I realised that exercise was often only one piece of the puzzle.
A person can be training regularly and eating well, yet still feel tired, stressed, bloated, anxious, unable to lose weight or simply like something isn’t quite right. That curiosity about why led me to study clinical nutrition and kinesiology, expanding my understanding of how different aspects of health and wellbeing are connected.
Today, the way I work is very much about looking at the whole person.
Rather than treating individual symptoms in isolation, I like to understand what is happening across different areas of someone’s health: their nutrition, movement, stress, sleep, lifestyle, emotional wellbeing and, where appropriate, pathology, gut health or other functional testing.
Sometimes the answer is straightforward. Other times it means putting several pieces together before things start to make sense.
That’s one of the things I enjoy most about my work.
I’m naturally curious; I ask a lot of questions, and I like getting to the bottom of things. I also believe people need practical advice they can actually use in real life. There is no point in creating a ‘perfect’ health plan that someone can’t realistically follow.
Every person who walks through my door is different, so my approach is never one-size-fits-all. For one person, the starting point might be nutrition; for another, it might be movement, stress, gut health or understanding what their blood results are telling us.
Often, it’s a combination.
