Hi, I'm Kylie and I would love to share my story with you.

It starts with hearing ‘you’re fine and results are all normal’’. 

Hearing a doctor, or multiple doctors, saying these words to you can be disheartening. It makes you feel like you’re crazy, like what you feel going on in your body is not real. You don’t feel listened to and while most medical practitioners genuinely care about their patients, there just isn’t time in the short allotted time for them to really understand and help with the root of the issue. Frantically googling your symptoms can lead down a rabbit hole of hysteria and there is a real sense of feeling you need someone, anyone or anything that will help you feel better. 

I get it. I’ve been there. Anxiety, endometriosis, infertility, Hashimoto’s Disease and digestive disturbances are just some of the labels I’ve had placed on me. In my 30s I went through a never ending cycle of depression, pain, frustration and inability to cope with the minutiae of everyday life. As a practice manager for a busy multi-modality medical practice, the stress of keeping up with my busy schedule led to severe burnout and 18 months of being bedridden and undiagnosed for a good 12 months. Recovery consisted of specialist after specialist telling me I would be better soon and heavy pharmaceuticals that kept me in an anxiety and vertigo loop. BUT there was something wrong and to finally be diagnosed with MAV (Migraine Associated Vertigo) I was able to start to address the issue.

I felt alone, helpless and no amount of Googling led to answers or help. I realised that taking a holistic, wellness-based approach worked best for not only my health but my mindset and life in general. Everything changed, everything made sense when I started thinking about my health this way. There is no “magic pill” to being healthy, only a true commitment to restoring wellness, a deep desire to reconnect to our true selves and a willingness to listen and hear what our bodies are innately telling us.

After finally beginning to heal, my life took turn after turn for the worse. I became my mother’s caregiver while she battled breast cancer. I was diagnosed with endometriosis stage 4 requiring extensive surgery, had a miscarriage and several rounds of unsuccessful IVF, eventually giving up on motherhood. I was at rock bottom.

That all changed when I started to see a naturopath, and a few months later a friend convinced me to join her at a health retreat, where at first I felt like I had nothing positive to say or write. After three days of consciously letting go and tuning into myself, I worked out who I am and what I want to do with my life. By the time I drove away from the retreat, I had enrolled myself into college. I was going to be a Naturopath. Two months later, I discovered I was pregnant….naturally.

Don’t get me wrong, I still have endometriosis and Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis, but now I have the tools not only to support my own health and wellness but to teach my clients to recognise the signs and not push through the pain or fatigue straight to burnout. So, if you’re feeling like you can’t cope, like you’re going crazy, your doctor says you’re fine and you just don’t have the same energy you used to, don’t despair. I have got you. I’m with you. We can do this together. Just take my hand and let's start this journey to your own wellness.