The gist is something like this: I got better enough to survive, I completed my psychology degree & made it to the “real” world completely lost, hoping that there must be more to this life thing.

After graduating I did what a lot of students do when they want to reinvent themselves, I bought a one-way ticket to Australia. In hindsight, I suppose there was an element of escapism, but this freedom allowed me to really become who I am today. When I left I became obsessed with the concept of “happiness” and whether it was something accessible to me. I began reading everything I could read on nutrition & mental health. I changed my diet & started taking care of myself, maybe for the first time ever.

And guess what? I started feeling better, REALLY better. I still remember calling my mum to tell her that for a whole week I had woken up happy to be alive, and this was HUGE news. Sounds dramatic, and even kind of unbelievable for me now, but that’s honestly where I was then.

In the 5-6 years to follow  I learned a lot.

I now realise to truly heal. We must go deeper than nutrition, and even the physical body. I trained as a holistic nutritionist, a yoga & meditation teacher & as shamanic practitioner. I realised the power of integrative medicine and using a multi-levelled approach to health & healing. We are multi-leveled beings & must be treated this way, because quite frankly, a reductionist approach does not work.

I have become particularly fascinated by the impact of trauma, chronic stress & over-work on the body. This is because my mum became terminally ill during the six years I was on my journey of self-discovery. I became a full-time caregiver & experienced deep loss, all whilst setting up & running my integrative health business.

I have always been a woman who gives, a woman who keeps giving even though her body is screaming, “No!” Maybe you can relate? And eventually it resulted in burnout, hormone havoc & struggling to get my body out of bed. I don’t want you to go through or continue the same scenario. You can get your body back on track before it spirals out of control.

Looking back,  I am extremely grateful for all of the lessons I have learned along the way. Since catching that plane to Australia all of those years ago, life has taught me through direct experience & made me the practitioner I am today. I now understand how we can eat well, sleep well & still feel terrible.

I am extremely aware of the impact that modern living & chronic productivity can have on our bodies. I am extremely passionate about teaching women to reach for their dreams & align with their souls purpose, whilst still maintaining health & vitality. It has a lot to do with balance, boundaries & self-healing. (Yes, to all of you super women out there, you don’t have to constantly give & do too much). I want to teach you how to come back from trauma, chronic stress & over-doing.

You don’t have to feel this way, you deserve joy, you really do.

I consider myself a teacher & an educator. It isn’t enough for me to tell you to do something, I want to tell you why. Because by teaching you, I know you can practice these techniques for life. They will always be there to support you. And maybe one day you will teach a friend & they will teach another, and this is how we rise together. For me that is really accomplishing my soul’s purpose.

In health & healing,

Jana