About Me
My Story
Hi! Thanks for stopping by. Let me tell you a bit more about myself, and why I am so passionate about health and wellness….
I thought I had it all….a good life, a successful corporate career as an I.T. consultant/ coach and Change Management adviser, indulged in exciting travel adventures with my husband a few times every year, etc.
I lived the privileged life, dining and travelling well around the globe. I sky-dived, scuba-dived, rock-climbed, snorkelled, kayaked, hiked….yes, I was pretty adventurous, and I took the world by storm.
Then in 2013, everything changed. I gradually became terribly fatigued - even showering became tiring, and sometimes I didn’t have the energy to get out of bed. I got ill with flu-like symptoms very often that year, and my brain just wasn’t as sharp as it used to be. My body was clearly sending me messages that I hadn’t listened to over time.
Something was clearly wrong, and so I visited a doctor, and he prescribed anti-depressants for me to ‘get my energy back’! Alarm bells started ringing in my head as taking anti-depressant pills just didn’t make any sense to me! I wanted more understanding of the symptoms and to address them at the ‘root cause’ level so that they will not recur. I certainly wasn’t after a temporary band-aid solution!
And so I sought more information through research, and that was the turning point of how I began my fascinating journey to healing from the inside out.
What I Did to Turn My Health Around
I started researching all I could about conditions and symptoms of ill health, and I found an integrative medicine doctor who guided me in the right direction. I did many tests to discover areas of health to improve on, and I was determined to recover. I discovered what healing and optimal health meant - in all aspects i.e. the physical body, emotional body, the mind and spirit. And I learned that most of the time, drugs or pills are not the answer, especially with chronic conditions that do not just appear out of the blue. They take years, sometimes even decades, to develop.
Meeting amazing health professionals along the way inspired my journey. I worked really hard to turn my health around and overhauled my life - focussing on nutrition, gut health, detoxification, understanding pathogens and the unhealthy terrain in the body that supports their proliferation, environmental factors, brain health, emotional health, etc. And I learned to allow myself the conducive environment, the space, time and the mindset that I needed to heal. Addressing my mental and emotional health was one of the most important lessons that I had to learn also.
Coupled with my love of learning and research, my determination, belief in myself, and faith in God that He was guiding me in the right direction, I started healing...day after day, month after month, year after year. I worked towards reversing everything that had dampened my immune system, my energy levels, my body and my brain - focussing on a whole body-mind-emotion-spirit approach to wellness. And so here I am now, years later…free from the fatigue and flu-like symptoms of the past, and feeling absolutely stronger physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually.
I soon began studying many different health courses in my spare time on evenings and weekends over many years. And in 2018, I decided to combine my passion for health and coaching others and did that in my spare time outside of my full-time job. In 2020, I finally transitioned fully from a successful 20+ years in the corporate world to one in health and wellness, because I knew that I had found my purpose, fuelled by passion and determination to help those who need to be supported, by giving them hope, empowerment and personal development tools in managing and overcoming their health battles, life’s stresses and emotional challenges too.
Fulfilling my Purpose
As a Functional Medicine Certified Health Coach (FMCHC) and Integrative Practitioner (of various modalities e.g. NLP, EFT, FSM, Touch for Health Kinesiology, Stress-Release & Trauma-Release Based Techniques), I am passionate about helping you uncover, understand and address root causes of ill health, in order to empower and enable you with tools to make changes towards improved physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health, so that you can fulfil your potential and live your best life.
Read about my service offerings here -
I have a special interest and experience in helping those who suffer from anxiety, stress, fatigue, burnout, emotional overwhelm and setbacks, or conditions like autoimmune illness, thyroid disorders, diabetes, blood sugar dysfunction, insulin resistance, those with (or at risk of) metabolic syndrome, food intolerances, food sensitivities, gastrointestinal and neurological conditions.
Read about how I’ve helped these clients here.
I also offer Corporate Health Services (Group Health Coaching Programs and Wellness Workshops) to organisations who care about the well-being of their employees.
And because I love teaching and empowering others, I’m also a Wellness Coaching educator (at an Australian health college), and a Mentor for Health & Wellness Coaching - read about it here.
Qualifications & Training
Advanced Diploma of Clinical Nutrition (In Progress).
Advanced Diploma of Clinical Naturopathy (In Progress).
Functional Medicine Certified Health Coach (incl. Functional Nutrition).
Advanced Applied Functional Medicine Education: Essential Gut Deep Dive, Thyroid Masterclass, Hypertension Masterclass, Advanced Practice Workshops.
Medical Subjects: Anatomy & Physiology; BioChemistry; Symptomatology, Diagnosis & Pathology.
Nutrition for Women’s Health.
Certified Trainer and Consultant of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP).
Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) Master Practitioner/ Coach/ Therapist.
Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) Advanced Hypnosis.
Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) Advanced Skills, Inner Child & Shadow Work Techniques.
Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) Practitioner, Timeline Therapy & Emotional Intelligence Practitioner.
Psychosomatic Face Analysis (integration of Body-Mind-Soul Medicine and Psychosomatic Therapy).
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) Practitioner.
Metaphysical Anatomy Technique (Level 1) Practitioner.
Advanced Master Program on the Treatment of Trauma.
Certificate in Applied Neuroscience and Brain Health.
Certificate in Psychoneuroimmunology Awareness.
Frequency Specific Microcurrent (FSM) Practitioner and Advanced Practitioner.
Touch For Health Kinesiology Practitioner (Levels 1-4 & Proficiency).
Kinergetics Level 1.
Balancing Nutrition & Toxicity.
Cambridge CELTA (Certificate in Teaching English to Adult Speakers of Other Languages).
Prosci Change Management Practitioner.
Bachelor of Science (Mathematical and Computer Sciences).