Does dealing with all your health issues feel overwhelming?
Where do we even start when our hormones seem to be changing, our weight is a struggle and mild niggles are turning into chronic health issues?
Don’t be hard on yourself. I’m here to tell you: we can take it one step at a time. You don’t have to unravel messy health problems all by yourself. A lot of health plans out there feel overwhelming and impossible to achieve, no matter how motivated we are when we get started.
But what’s the solution? You need to bring together a plan that addresses underlying drivers of the symptoms, in manageable steps personalised to your life. You need someone who will listen with an open heart and not judge you for being human. And your plan needs to take your whole self into account.
Why I care so much about this
I always thought I had a pretty easy run of things with my health. Sure, I had hay fever, bad digestion, period pains and my mood could be a rollercoaster. But that’s life right?
Until I hit my forties. I entered mothered at 42 after a series of miscarriages, failed IVF attempts and all the heartache that entailed. At the same time, work was stressful to the point that I developed panic attacks for the first time.
Luckily for me, 38 year old Kath was so broken by the miscarriages and work environment, that I decided to focus on a new dream – naturopathy.
I had always loved that when I saw a naturopath about my niggling health complaints, I would be helped to feel better by changing my diet and lifestyle. I felt better as I got older instead of worse.
When I had my miracle daughter and left my job, and was juggling motherhood, a business and a degree, it was easy to let my lifestyle go (pretty ironic for a naturopathy student, I know!). Until I got diagnosed with fatty liver disease.
Suddenly, my hormones were crazy, my weight had piled up to the point of obesity, I was on the pathway of a progressing condition and I was stressed.
Wake up Kath!!
I finally chose myself. I used my skills as an occupational therapist and learnt to manage my stress better and develop my sense of self worth. I used my skills in naturopathy to get healthier, lose 24kg and reverse my fatty liver. And my life changed.
How I got the results I needed
Being a blend of scientific research nerd and natural healing wise woman, I got stuck into my reading and researching. Because if there’s one thing I knew – I HAD to make it work this time. I didn’t have it in me to put wasted effort in. And as a new mama and pretty chilled person, I had to get big payoffs for any changes I made.
I finally worked out WHY we gain weight and addressed the causes – both physical and mental/ emotional.
I learned how to make lifestyle changes stick, because this time my weight release needed to be permanent, it had to be liveable. My health depended on it.
And after all the grief, burnout and feeling under attack in recent years, I had to know how to keep my mind and emotions on track for results.
So this natural health research nerd/wise woman applied ALL of this in the simplest, most liveable shifts and I let go of 24kg.
I reversed my fatty liver.
I got new energy.
And I discovered how to love my body and value myself BEFORE I lost a single kilo.
Since then, I have helped others unpack the tangled web of stress, weight, hormonal changes and chronic health conditions using both my naturopathy and occupational therapy knowledge. I love nothing better than putting my detective/ research nerd hat on and helping someone move forward in their health.
Please note, every person’s results are different and no specific result can be guaranteed.
I’m Kath (she/her) and I’m kinda a nerd
I have a Bachelor of Health Science (Naturopathy), a Bachelor of Applied Science (Occupational Therapy) and a Diploma of Solution Focused Therapy
I have been passionately learning about psychology, inclusive spirituality, natural health and stepping lightly on the earth since I was 15. Yeah – I was a pretty weird teenager.
I can be a misfit – with one foot in the Nature’s Wisdom hippy camp and one foot in the evidence based science camp.
My heart bursts when I witness people following their dreams, being seen in their true light and shining. This is why I do what I do.
I live on the outskirts of Melbourne next to a beautiful forest with my kind hubby, feisty daughter and 2 rascal rescue dogs.
I actually consider decluttering amongst my hobbies and I’m a fledgling gardener with big dreams.
My fave Netflix binges are Schitt’s Creek and Brooklyn 99.
I am here to stand by you on your health journey, and help you address each layer of your health and wellbeing until you reach your potential.