My story
I came to this work
the same way my clients do.
My journey into health began in my twenties when I was struggling with IBS and recurrent migraines that were really affecting my quality of life. I was not improving with conventional treatment and felt like I was going around in circles. It was when I was living in Australia that I visited a naturopath and started exploring a completely different approach.
What happened next genuinely surprised me. After cleaning up my diet and making some real changes to how I was living, the transformation in my energy and overall wellbeing was remarkable. The IBS settled. The migraines became less frequent. I felt like myself again in a way I had not in years. That experience was a turning point and it lit a fire in me to understand exactly why food and lifestyle have such a profound effect on how we feel.
I went on to study Nutritional Therapy at the College of Naturopathic Medicine in London. What I love most about this work is that moment when a client realises the way they have been feeling is not just something they have to live with. That moment is everything.
A few years into practice I started noticing something important. For some clients, even when the nutrition was right, there was a deeper layer that needed addressing. Emotional patterns, stored stress, the mind and body connection were showing up as physical symptoms and food alone could not always get there. Some of these women had been told their issues were stress-related or given no explanation at all. I wanted to be able to help at that deeper level too.
That is what drew me to study Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine with Dr Vincent Carroll at Lansdowne College in Dublin. Acupuncture works with the whole person, calming the nervous system, helping the body regulate itself and releasing what it has been holding onto. Used alongside nutritional therapy, the results are in a completely different league.
The women I work with are often carrying symptoms that have been building for years, with multiple roots. Having both tools means I can get to what is actually driving it and help them move forward for good.
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