“Embrace both the gentle and wild within.”

My story here began in 2011 when I began experiencing some uncomfortable symptoms around my abdomen that turned out to be the result of a large fibroid. After very little consultation I was placed on a waiting list for surgery and although my initial instinct was that I didn’t want an operation, I dutifully went along with it — trusting those I thought knew better than me.

When the date for my operation came I remember sitting in the waiting room feeling uneasy — something felt wrong. I was about to be cut open (by then the fibroid was too big for a laparoscopy) and I knew so little about the reason why. I felt disempowered and in that moment chose not to have the surgery and instead took the first steps towards regaining the responsibility for my own health and wellbeing.

This is not to say I don’t believe in the very real benefits of medical intervention but rather that we need to make those decisions with full awareness and agency over our own wellbeing. We all have a deeply intuitive understanding of what we need and we owe it to ourselves to be better educated about ourselves as a body and the wisdom she contains.

Since then I have qualified as a clinical aromatherapist, integrative health coach specialising in women’s health, and qigong teacher. Along the way, I’ve also studied herbalism, astrology, yoga, and I am continuing my education with a deeper study in somatic therapy and our emotional anatomy (the Gemini in me will be an eternal student!)

I’ve worked with women from all walks of life and have specific experience supporting women who have experienced domestic and family violence. My primary focus now is as a somatic healer collaborating with women to understand the language of their body, make sense of their feelings, and integrate their experiences into wisdom.

Our bodies hold the truth of everything we know, we just need to remember how to listen.