Melbourne had just reopened in November 2021 after two years of lockdowns, and I was excited to be back out in the world, living life again.
 

To fund my coaching training, I returned to casual work in hospitality, complying with the mandated treatments required at the time.
 

My goal was to finish retraining as a life coach — a career change after many years working as a retail store manager. I felt I had more to give the world, more of my soul experience to share.
 

Then everything changed.
 

I collapsed going up a flight of stairs on Boxing Day 2021.

Over the next year my health unravelled. My legs shook constantly and were extremely weak, and I developed profound fatigue. I could only be on my feet for a few hours a day at most. I also experienced intense brain fog, trembling, overall weakness, and my sense of balance was completely off.
 

Spasticity and tremors came and went. I had tingling and numbness, pain and stiffness. At one stage I had to hold onto the walls of my apartment just to get to the bathroom.
 

Most of my time was spent resting in a daze because I simply couldn’t do much else.
 

Feeling vulnerable and helpless, I questioned how I was going to survive — both physically and financially.
 

After a year of this, frustrated and fed up with the lack of insight, clear direction, and even gaslighting from the medical system, I decided to take my health back into my own hands.
 

I followed my intuition after hearing the words “raw food, raw food” over and over in my mind.
 

On New Year’s Day 2023, almost exactly a year after collapsing on those stairs, I began a raw food, low-fat, fruit-baseda detoxification diet.
 

I had previously done a short cleanse in 2019 (inspired by the Medical Medium), which had successfully relieved some niggling peri-menopause symptoms, so I had some faith in this path.
 

Armed with whatever raw fruit and vegetables I could get my hands on — often relying on Foodbank — I began.
 

Within two weeks I started seeing positive changes.

It took around four months before I was having more good days than bad days — days where I experienced no symptoms at all.
 

I still experience occasional flares if I eat the “wrong” foods of course. The reality is that I live with a chronic neurological condition, Functional Neurological Disorder (FND), that I now successfully manage through diet, lifestyle and continuous mindset & emotional awareness.
 

I can walk.

I can go to the gym.

I can move interstate.

I can run a business.
 

All things that were impossible when I was sick.
 

What I discovered through this soul-led experience that changed the direction of my life was something profound.

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Healing wasn’t just about food.
 

It was about creating the right environment for the body to repair.
 

For me that meant hydrating & nourishing raw foods, supporting my nervous system, and working with the subconscious patterns that influence our health behaviours and stress responses.
 

That combination became the foundation of the work I now share with others.
 

Today I work with women who know they should be feeling better than they do — helping them reclaim their energy and vitality.
 

I’m based on the Sunshine Coast, Australia for in-person sessions, and I also work with clients online.