My lifestyle embraces my work
I am passionate about all the therapies I offer to you. Each one of them has been instrumental in bringing tremendous benefits to me personally, so much so, that I had to learn more about them so I could offer them to you, my clients.
I have spent my entire adult life exploring health and wellbeing professionally. Throughout my career I have been fascinated about understanding the root causes of illness. Even as a student nurse I was scouring notes looking for signs of where things started going wrong, and rarely finding it, because no one else was looking at the cause.
My interest in complementary therapies was sparked by a rheumatology patient who had reduced her 12 medications to 1 after changing her diet and utilising various complementary therapies.
I started my personal journey in therapies by training as an aromatherapist, but the result of changing my own diet made me realise the huge potential of modifying diet and I then went on to train as a Nutritional Therapist and set up my therapy practice in Kendal in 1996.
Early in my practice I started to notice that in clients with chronic health complaints, would get so far then they would often hit a block which was often emotional in origin, and I realised this had to be addressed or they would get no further in their healing path.
I started using flower essences, and this made a real difference to clients well-being. I went on to train as a homeopath and found combining the 2 therapies together in one session was very beneficial for my clients.
I still felt like something was missing, I went on to explore various healing techniques, including reiki, spiritual healing and finally I found Shamanism which literally rocked my world. Shamanism is incredibly important to me, I practice for myself daily and feel privileged to be able to offer this form of healing to my clients. it really does get to the parts other treatments cannot reach.
I walk my talk, so you can be assured that my lifestyle includes good food, a healthy lifestyle, and living in close connection with nature.
I love cooking and eating freshly home-grown foods wherever possible. The eldest of five children brought up being self-sufficient in fruit and vegetables (“The Good Life” was my parents’ ethos), I learnt to cook at an early age and be creative with ingredients to use all our precious harvest.
I developed food intolerances and allergies when I was 20 years old, so following a gluten-free/dairy-free diet is second nature. I’ve learnt over the years how to cook foods that are every bit as delicious despite the dietary restrictions, so I have plenty of know-how to help you through making dietary changes. I understand the demands of a busy lifestyle mean you need practical advice based on experience to help smooth the way through dietary changes. I have plenty of tips to help make it easier for you.
Although I love my work, I have a fulfilling lifestyle that nourishes me and keeps me healthy as much as the food I eat.
I still grow as much of my own food as I can – you can’t beat the taste (or the nutritional composition) of organically grown produce.
I have two loveable energetic dogs and love walking on the fells communing with nature. I also have horses and chickens so I’m often to be found knee-deep in muck, hanging out on my field, enjoying the unique relationship I have developed with my animals, tending to the veggie plot and appreciating the benefits of countryside life.
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