Life Coaching

  • Are your tests being interpreted correctly?

    Are your tests being interpreted correctly?

    Hi everyone. Today I just wanted to touch on something that has been coming to my attention more and more with new clients. I have had a number of new people come in, bringing with them tests which have been requested and interpreted by other practitioners, and frankly their assessment of the results have questionable.…

  • Your natural immunity in Winter

    Winter is finally here, and with it comes the notion that ‘we will get coughs, colds.. and even the ‘flu’. Frequently tagged the ‘Flu season’, its like we have this belief that just because its colder, we are doomed to all fall ill. Today I want to talk about the ideas surrounding this, as well as…

  • The mighty power of green- Spirulina and Chlorella

    The nutritional content of Spirulina or Chlorella make them the most powerful foods in the world. No other foods could possibly compete with them. Of the nearly 70,000 species of algae that exist, most are very nutritious. A few are toxic and a few are powerful nutraceuticals capable of supplying the body with nutrients unimagined…

  • How your Mind affects your Gut; It works both ways!

    How your Mind affects your Gut; It works both ways!

    Right now there is a huge wave of information being shared about the links between the gut microbiome and, well, just about every other aspect of our health.Depression, anxiety, allergies, autoimmune diseases.. the list really can go on when it comes to the gut flora being implicated as drivers in disease, and the current explosion…

  • Are you a rebel at heart?

    Are you a rebel at heart?

    Raise your hand if you are a habitual self-sabotage?!? Are you always destroying all the hard work you did, maybe on a healthy eating regime? Or having all of those ‘good days’, only to think “stuff it, I deserve a reward for that!!”…. Well, did you know that the part of your brain which is…

  • Why i became a practitioner; From chronic illness to health

    This morning i woke up to an email stating that with a push from the Medical Assosciation,  the TGA have decided to ‘review’ the Practitioner status of Naturopaths and other Natural Medicine Practitioners.  If it goes through, as a Naturopath  i will no longer be allowed access to Research, Practitioner-Strength products, or Pathology Testing. I…

  • Too much is just as bad as too little

    As one of the great founders of Nature-based Medicine, Hippocrates,  once said “Dosis Facit Venemon”.  Translated, this literally means ‘The Dosage is the Poison’… Yes.. too much of anything (or too little) will kill you. I know this might seem like a no-brainer comment to most of you, but one of the most common things…

  • Taming the anxiety beast without drugs

    Taming the anxiety beast without drugs

    Is it just me, or has 2016 been an epic year for energy shift?  SO many things going on in the world, and many of them are not so great. More and more I am seeing people present in clinic with health conditions that I can directly tie to increasing anxiety– and the sad part is…

  • Factor affecting Vitamin D absorption

    The Vitamin D debate is still a very hot topic at the moment. What most people understand is that your body can manufacture Vitamin D after exposure to the sun.  Then, if you do not get enough sun, you can take a supplement and top up your levels. The truth is, there are MANY factors…

  • Pain; What is it really telling you?

    Pain; What is it really telling you?

    Today i want to talk about pain.  After that nice long weekend we’ve had, some of you might be noticing that your headaches, or general aches and pains have subsided a little?Or, if you’re anything like me, maybe youve acquired a few more pains after trapsing through swordgrass and forests wearing shorts? lol ( good…