About Me

Since becoming a mum, I’ve been so much more aware of how amazing our bodies are, and how they know what to do - if we give them that chance. We don’t need to teach our bodies how to repair a cut or mend a broken bone, or how to grow and birth a baby, so why do we override the body’s natural functions with medications like statins, corticosteroids, or even indigestion tablets or ibuprofen? Symptoms like high cholesterol, skin rashes, heartburn and pain appear when our body systems are out of balance. Rather than suppress the symptom (which is what much medication actually does), we need to listen to what our body is telling us, work out why it’s happening, change the things that led to the imbalances, and support healing.

I knew nothing of Nutritional Therapy until I found I needed something more than the healthcare system was offering me - I was feeling run-down with recurrent tonsilitis, constantly tired, and Dr Google suggested I may have an underactive thyroid. The GPs weren’t really listening, but even if they had listened, I didn’t want medication for the rest of my life; and even back then, surgery to remove my tonsils seemed counterintuitive. So I found a nutritionist to see what vitamins I might benefit from. The insight gained by seeing a nutritional therapist was invaluable - I think I expected just one magic supplement that would fix it all, what I got was someone who listened and understood, and I learnt what foods I needed to eat to get the additional nutrients my body was calling out for.

My training has now armed me with the tools, knowledge and research to help other people on their way towards experiencing better health, not only in areas of health that I and my family have been affected by (although these have been my particular areas of interest through college and in setting up practice - digestive health, pregnancy, breastfeeding, perimenopause, thyroid health and autoimmune disease, metabolic health), but also enabling me to work with clients experiencing a wide range of diagnoses and symptoms. I am a member of the Association of Naturopathic Practitioners (ANP) which ensures I continue to study and keep up to date with the latest nutritional research.

I also currently run a baby slings business which you can find out about here, am a home-educating mum, am married to luthier and author James Collins who crafts the most amazing guitars out of blocks of wood, which you can find here, and we have the bestest daughter, and the daftest chocolate labrador.