Ladies of Melbourne … Autumn has well and truly settled in, and it’s time to nourish, nurture, restore and rejuvenate. As we prepare to descend into the darkness of winter, NOW is the perfect time to start to truly look after yourself – after the busyness of the summer months. If you know that your body, mind and soul are...

We all know that phrase, ‘I’m sick and tired, of being sick and tired’ … but today I wanted to offer you a different perspective on feeling this way.  Often, we berate our bodies for feeling the way they do. As if our poor bodies are punishing us – through illness or burnout or exhaustion. But, really … there is...

Period pain: normal or not?  If you’re someone who suffers with period pain each month, it can be disheartening and overwhelming to hear, ‘period pain isn’t normal and we’re not supposed to get it’, from someone who’s supposedly ‘in the know’. Well, what am I doing wrong, you might think. And why do I get it?  As a naturopath, I...

Are you a People Pleasing Woman? Me, too! My whole life, it was reinforced to me – by the people in my immediate life, but also by the WORLD – that the more I pleased everyone, the more worthy I was.  I loved seeing the results of helping people, of doing what people asked of me, of being a ‘good girl’,...

‘During uncertain times, the only path onward is the path inward’ ~ Martha Beck At the beginning of this year, for a period of time, I lost all faith in myself – in my abilities, in my business, in my dream of making a difference in the world.  At the time, I was truly exhausted. I had hosted a lot...

When life feels really hard, it can be really infuriating to be told,  ‘You’re exactly where you need to be’, or ‘Trust the timing of your life’ or ‘Everything happens for a reason’. You certainly don’t have to believe it. And when all evidence appears to the contrary – you most likely won’t. Trust + faith are concepts that are...

I am not perfect, and I believe it is this very fact, that actually MAKES me perfect – even when I can’t see it. Because perfection is present in imperfection, in the individual idiosyncrasies + traits + characteristics that we each possess. But I have to keep reminding myself of this fact – that I am perfect, no matter how many...

Self-care.  I’m the first to cringe internally when writing about or posting about this important topic. After all – who am I to preach about the value of self-care? I don’t have children. I have, what seems from the outside, to be a relatively calm, quiet and peaceful life. And yet.  There are still days (many days) in my life...

Why you need to love your liver. If you’re working on getting your hormones back to a healthy, happy, balanced state – chances are, you may need to give your amazing liver a little (or a lot!) of love. The liver truly is a powerhouse organ within the body. It is constantly keeping us alive by filtering out and eliminating...

It’s been my experience in life … that nothing changes, until I change my mind. That is, change my mind about whatever is ‘happening’ to me – and choose to rise to the occasion and meet it – whatever ‘it’ is – with acceptance, grace, and surrender. This year I have been practicing *trying* to surrender to exactly what is...