Self-Care Advent Calendar
– 24 Days of Wellness Magic

You may already know me but just in case:

I was born with a liver condition (not a life threatening one as it turned out but a very little known about one).  Doctors all thought I should be tired and suffering with fatigue and me being me wanted to prove them wrong even as a child.  So I loved to dance and sing, to run and play and be outdoors as much as possible.

Then just after my 21st birthday, I moved from Ireland to London and lived the London life for 17 years which is fast paced and adrenally driven.  I reached burnout a couple of times where life just suddenly made me stop…  In fairness, it probably had given me a couple of signs which I hadn't noticed.

Although I had pushed myself to that point, in the back of my head I had the words of the Professor Paediatrician who had looked after me and my liver for 18 years as I was growing up.  He, even though he was a highly respected Professor was always interested in the "Natural Way" of keeping my body healthy Naturally.

So at the age of 34 when life had created another STOP sign for me, I decided I had better listen to it and make some changes.  Don't you just love life and how it works for you?  I went to join a yoga class in three different centres and they were all full.  Doing my best not to have a temper tantrum I looked up the list of other classes and my eyes landed on one called Balanced Health.  I read the paragraph in the Prospectus, joined it and 3 weeks later I realised I had finally found why I was here on this planet.  

I could do this to help myself AND I could help other people do it too.  

That was September 1998 and I applied myself and studied hard.  Over the next 5 years I did various Diplomas in Kinesiology, Anatomy & Physiology, Holistic Massage, Nutrition and Homeobotanicals and was qualified in all of them by 2003. Over the years I have added more Advanced Courses to my skill set including Health Creation Mentoring.

Initially, I worked at a clinic in Surrey for 2 years and had my own clinic at home and then decided to move to Scotland and found the enticing Scottish Borders and knew I wanted my home to be there.  Wide open skies, rolling hills, more space than I had ever seen, it was easy to breathe and just be.  So in 2004, I opened my clinic Down To Earth Health in Melrose and 10 years later moved it just 7 miles away to Selkirk.