Thank you for visiting my website. I believe that nutrition is a powerful tool in helping us to lead healthier, happier lives and I am passionate about making it available to more people.

 

I was not raised in a foodie environment. Processed foods formed most of my diet as a child of the 70s/80s and I refused to eat a single vegetable. I emerged into my 20s with no cooking skills and a deep commitment to Walls sausages.  

 

Things improved dramatically from that point, but it wasn’t until my mid-40s when family stress, injury, bereavement and hormonal changes collided that I realised something fundamental had to change. I was running on empty, had morphed from a positive, ‘can-do’ person to someone whose anxiety was off the chart. Sleep disappeared.  Energy was at rock bottom. I didn’t recognise myself.

 

Reading an article about a new, to me, concept of perimenopause in 2013 was a turning point. I took a deep dive into the research and found that changing my diet and lifestyle gave me the sense of agency and positivity I had been lacking. Slowly, these changes brought me back to myself and sparked my passion for nutrition.

 

I trained at the Institute for Optimum Nutrition (ION), one of the UK's longest established and leading centres for nutritional science. As a registered Nutritional Therapist, I use nutrition science to explore how your diet, lifestyle and individual biochemistry interact and use diet (with supplementation, testing and lifestyle advice where genuinely relevant and helpful) to support your symptoms.

 

Nutrition science is a relatively young research discipline but evolving fast. I regularly attend conferences and undertake additional training to hear about the latest discoveries and approaches so that I can update my knowledge and practice.

 

My approach is rooted in kindness and pragmatism. The best nutrition programme is one that works in real life.  If you can go all-in on a full diet overhaul then fantastic.  If you can only manage a few, focused changes this is also fantastic. We start where you are at, and work together to find the best solution for you.