As a holistic counsellor, empowerment coach, meditation teacher and energy healer, I am passionate about supporting women living with IBD and autoimmune disease with the emotional and nervous-system impact that is so often overlooked.

My path into this work has been shaped not only by professional training, but by more than 30 years of living with IBD. I understand the uncertainty of living in a body that can feel unpredictable, the fear of another flare, constantly noticing symptoms and wondering what they mean, and the exhaustion of trying to hold everything together while managing an illness that others cannot always see.

I also understand how easy it is to lose trust in your body and begin relating to it as something that must be monitored, controlled or fought.

Medical care has been an essential part of my journey, but I came to recognise that appointments, tests and medications could not always provide the time and space I needed to process the emotional weight of living with a chronic illness. I needed to understand the impact of chronic stress, learn how to support my nervous system and begin creating a safer, more compassionate relationship with my body.

That experience now sits at the heart of the work I offer.

I create the space that is so often missing, a place where women living with IBD and autoimmune disease can slow down, speak honestly, feel heard and acknowledged. A space to explore the fear, stress and experiences they have been carrying, understand what is happening within them and discover what may help them feel more supported and safer within themselves.

My work sits alongside medical care. It is not about blaming yourself, fighting your body harder or promising that you can control every aspect of your illness. It is about caring for the person living with the condition and gently shifting the question from:

“How do I fight my body?”

to:

“What might my body need from me right now?”

Because your illness deserves medical care but you deserve care too and that’s where I come in.