Gold Coast Naturopath

I was exposed to the nervous system at a young age, a couple of weeks before my 16th birthday. On a regular day at school (or so I thought) I lost the ability to walk after collapsing in the school lunchroom. This was terrifying and was just the start of a long 8 months without a diagnosis - spending my days in a wheelchair and experiencing excruciating nerve pain. Once diagnosed (with Complex regional pain syndrome and potential Guillain Barre), I was put into a children's rehabilitation centre where I then learnt how to walk again. It was during this time that I was also exposed to neuroplasticity and the power of the brain - which just further led me closer to what I never knew would turn out to be my biggest passion - what I am doing today! 

After I got out of the wheelchair in 2017, I hit the ground running and adopted a huge “I am never taking one second for granted” mindset - which was all well and good - until it wasn’t. There is only a matter of time you can sustain that pace of life, before it inevitably has to come to a halt. Which is what happened in 2023 when I had a tonic clonic seizure. This came off the back of a time in my life where I never stopped - and let the stress (physical and mental) continue to pile up until my brain just couldnt take it anymore. Not everyones version of this story needs to end in something as dramatic as a seizure, but in a lot of cases, people may experience an injury, a nasty flu or burnout as a result of pushing that threshold beyond its limit.

Off the back of this experience came the idea for my book “Stress Less”. I realised it was time to put all of my learnings and the tools that helped me through these vulnerable times, into one place, in the hope that it may help others too. I feel so privileged and excited to be now in a position where I can help others through their own health journeys one-one through Naturopathic consultations which has been my ultimate goal since the beginning.

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