Prior to my naturopathic studies, I worked as a teacher, which allowed me to travel the world. I worked extensively overseas and also in the education sector in Australia. However, I haven’t always been the bright & bubbly health advocate I am today. In my early childhood, I was in and out of hospital with gut issues and at the age of 10 I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis. At the time of diagnosis my whole colon was inflamed and I was put on heavy medication, with talks of removing parts of my bowel.

In the years that followed, I faced several other health and emotional challenges adding to the list of diagnosis including post-traumatic stress disorder accompanied by anxiety and OCD, polycystic ovarian syndrome, endometriosis, cystic acne, hypothyroidism and the list goes on.

Spending much of my life in and out of hospitals, doctor surgeries and other allied health practices I understand what it feels like to have ill-health rule your life. I allowed it to rule my relationships, my social life, my work, my food choices and even the clothes I wore.

In my late teens and early twenties, I struggled with the concept of not being able to do what other twenty-year olds were doing without suffering serious consequences. I rebelled against my health, I binged drank, I ate unhealthy and I didn’t listen to my body. In my mid-twenties I was literally struck down by illness, which forced me to quit teaching and find a healthy way to begin to heal my body…. this ultimately led me to becoming a naturopath, and what an amazing (and of course challenging) experience and journey it has been (and continues to be).