About

We are living in a more technological, toxic world than ever before. We are much busier and have more stressful lives which means we find it hard to get some time for ourselves and switch off. The food/drinks we have access to these days are generally highly processed and nutrient deficient and as a result, Western populations are becoming malnourished – known as the ‘Nutritional Gap’. This means that our bodies are not getting the essential vitamins, minerals, essential fatty acids, antioxidants, amino acids and other nutrients they need in order to function optimally, fight disease, support our mental health, detox toxins and repair.
I have created a well-researched holistic, whole-lifestyle programme designed to support people to re-programme their health and optimise their wellbeing – the programme is called the Be Well Programme. This programme is completely flexible, can be tailored to a person’s needs and addresses all aspects of life – body, mind and lifestyle. I use a wide range of tools including external health screening and testing (e.g. blood tests, hair tests), personalised nutritional programmes, detox protocols plus individual integrative healthcare treatment plans – I see myself as a health detective, trying to identify the causes of health challenges and working with people to restore balance – supporting their body’s innate ability to heal itself.
For businesses I offer a project development, management and delivery solution – supporting your business to develop a wellbeing strategy that suits your business’ and employee’s needs, then helping you to introduce innovative workplace wellbeing services into your business.

My Story
I became interested in finding ways to take control of my own health in my 20’s when I was struck down with a mystery autoimmune condition that left me hospitalised for weeks then off work for 6 months. During this time, I saw a number of different specialists and I was taking a multitude of prescribed medications, including very high doses of steroids, painkillers and antibiotics. Despite this I was getting sicker, plus the long term impact of these medications was also starting to have a detrimental effect on my health too. In the end my consultant said to me – “I’m sorry, I can’t do any more for you”. Devastated by his admission and obviously feeling very low, I spoke to my GP – he was from India and knowing the success of Homeopathy in India, he referred me to a Homeopath.
Alongside the Homeopathic treatment, I started researching into why I was sick; what things in my life could be affecting my health and how could I help myself to get well again? I remember being really surprised at how many areas of my life I needed to address, but I was determined not to give up and get well again. I started to notice small improvements after a few weeks, but a full recovery took about 6 months, which included weaning myself off the prescribed medications, trying lots of new wellbeing approaches and integrative therapies, eventually I was well enough to return to work. Shortly after, because of my experiences, I changed my career to a role in Occupational Therapy where I was trained in the skills needed to support other people to self-care, increase their independence and optimise their wellbeing – in this role I completed an NVQ 3 in Self & Environmental Management Skills. From there I was hooked, I went back into part time formal education to study a form of Integrative Medicine called Homeopathy.
Homeopathy is a form of medicine that works well alongside conventional medicine and other approaches. Homeopaths are trained to do holistic health and wellbeing assessments which cover the mind/emotions, the body, a person’s lifestyle – what they eat/drink, exercise, the environment they live in, their occupation, how they sleep, how they relax – they may also recommend some targeted screening and testing to fully understand what’s going on. From there they design a personalised health and wellbeing plan designed to address your health and wellbeing goals.
I qualified as a Homeopath in 2011, then studied for another 2 years and spent additional clinical time in India to get my Post Graduate qualification. More recently in 2018 I started studying Human Chemistry which has a specific focus on detoxing and balancing body systems – to date I have studied this to diploma level.
In 2018 in order to rehabilitate myself from a debilitating Cervical Spondylosis diagnosis that affected my ability to work, I trained to be a beekeeper with my local beekeeping association. This journey helped me not only to learn an amazing new skill, but also establish my love and passion for nature and protecting wildlife. Also during this time I spent 6 months learning about organic fruit and vegetable growing with our local organic farm. Doing this hard physical work and finding new purpose in life significantly contributed to my recovery and gave me back the ability to sit at a desk for long periods again to work with my clients.
As well as being a big part of my life now, nature based activities and introducing new natural beekeeping projects/mentoring new beekeepers has become an integral part of my Be Well Academy Programme for business.
Additional qualifications, training & experience…
- Diploma in Nutritional Leadership with Dr Josh Axe – https://draxe.com/
- Nutritional training at the Institute of Optimal Nutrition with Patrick Holford – https://www.ion.ac.uk/
- Clinical skills training in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Techniques – https://yorkmbsr.co.uk/
- 5 years working as a Senior Living Well Development Officer for Penny Brohn UK – developing and delivering Living Well programmes to people affected by cancer and their carers across the North of England – https://www.pennybrohn.org.uk/
- Regular research/training in other areas of Integrative Medicine, including Environmental and Ecological Medicine plus new wellbeing approaches as well as the required formal CPD training throughout the year to maintain my professional registration.