I discovered I had an unexplained autoimmune condition that at times caused me to suffer bouts of flare ups. I started recording my pain cycles.

My ill health unfortunately continued, and soon before I got married I was diagnosed with endometriosis. This created a lot of anxiety and depression for me. I had suffered severe period pain and pelvic discomfort ever since I was aged 12! When I was age 16 I remember being doubled up in pain in the back of the room in my English class. It took 10 years for my endometriosis diagnosis. No doctor could help me and all I felt I could do was have a series of laparoscopic surgeries and was told to just take the pill to fix it all (which I never did).

The endo still grew back after these surgeries and I ended up with more internal scarring.

I was fed up without a proper treatment plan, and after finding it difficult to fall pregnant for my second child I took my health in my own hands.

After learning more about the role of botanicals, supplementation and nutrition I had a damn good protocol.

This is where herbs and supplements entered my life and changed everything for me. I was able to cool my pain and inflammation, help my ovulation and menstrual pain, as well as help my gut do a better job than it was. I have since been through a series of health protocols via root cause medicine to help me get my health and wellbeing back in check. I followed through with more study after my Grad Dip in Women’s Health at Melbourne University, in functional nutrition, integrated medicine for women and herbal medicine.