Thanks for stopping by and for your interest in my work. I’m Northamptonshire’s only Women’s Health Therapist & Educator, offering a unique blend of services to support you through life’s cycles and challenges. Uniquely for the region, I offer Science-led, holistic solutions to the impact of Stress on women’s health, informed by the wisdom of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Whether you’re on a fertility journey, pregnant, post-partum, peri-menopausal, or dealing with another source of stress, I can support you to rediscover calm, release stress and restore balance. My own personal experience of stress and it’s impacts fuels my passion – I became an expert as a result of my own difficult wellbeing journey. I’m here to help you understand your body, navigate this tricky path you’ve found yourself on & support you to nurture your wellbeing.
My unique blend of treatment offerings are tailored to you, your needs & your journey to wellness. As a Reflexologist, Holistic Therapist & Yoga Teacher I have a toolbox of skills and experience to support you offering therapies, online education & support, as well as Mini-Retreats.
Through ‘The Nurture Hub’, I support women through the challenges of pregnancy and early motherhood, offering treatments, Mum and Baby classes & Mini-Retreats for mums.
My wellbeing journey
I’ve personally faced a number of health and wellbeing challenges over the last 30+ years so I understand how all encompassing it can be. I’ve struggled with the effects of crippling stress and anxiety, a 5 year fertility battle (with a thyroid cancer diagnosis and treatment in the midst of it all), 3 unsuccessful rounds of IVF, early miscarriage & a further baby loss before an eventual successful round of treatment in Greece. I understand the challenges that can come with pregnancy and being a new mum. I’ve also experienced burnout. More recently, I’ve started to walk the peri-menopausal path. Whilst I’m now a mum to two young boys (my second conceived naturally 6 months after my eldest was born), the impact of all those experiences lives with me, and I’m continuing on my own path towards restoring balance. I also understand from experience how powerful complementary therapies can be when the body, mind and spirit find themselves out of balance, and that is how my journey to become a therapist started.
Turning my passion into a mission
When I was struggling with my wellbeing I found the constant googling, reading and researching pretty exhausting. Though I found some great therapists to support me, it would’ve been so helpful to have found someone sooner who really understood what I was going through. I encountered so many women on similar journeys, struggling with problematic wellbeing symptoms, who were often incredibly stressed, exhausted (or both) juggling a busy work life too. I started to see that there was a real gap in terms of space for these women to come and feel listened to, nurtured and supported and start to explore some of the underlying causes of/impacts on their wellbeing. Reflexology was the natural choice for my initial training when I decided to leave behind my 20+ year career in business and early on I knew I wanted to specialise in women’s health and bring together all those years of personal experience and the specialist knowledge & skills I developed.
How my service has evolved
Since my Uni days as a Psychology graduate, I’ve always been fascinated with the brain and the mind-body connection. I’ve always been passionate about learning and personal development and when I became a therapist that passion translated into getting the best results for my clients. My belief is that true wellness comes when the mind, body and spirit are in balance, so with this in mind, I offer unique blends of therapies for a truly holistic approach to addressing wellbeing concerns:
- Foot Reflexology (specialising in all aspects of Women’s Health, including pregnancy, fertility, IVF/Assisted conception & menstrual health. I’m also a Five Elements Reflexologist, with the principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine guiding my work)
- Facial Reflexology
- Gentle Release Therapy (Advanced Fertility practitioner)
- Facial Acupressure Therapy
- Enerqi Facial Rejuvenation
- Fertile Body Method (a mind-body approach combining hypnosis, solution-focussed therapy and cognitive behavioural approaches)
- Baby Massage & Reflexology Instructor
- 200 hour Registered Yoga Teacher (Yoga Alliance approved course), & have completed CPD studies in Restorative Yoga, Pelvic Floor Health and Post-Natal Yoga.
Working with me
Working with me is like having you own wellbeing champion by your side. I’ll support you and guide you every step of the way, and provide the most appropriate blend of services to help you achieve your wellbeing goals. Do check out my testimonials for an insight of how some of my clients have benefited from working with me.
I continue to train with world renowned tutors to support my passion and ongoing professional development, so I can help my clients achieve their wellbeing goals.
- Maternity and Post-Natal Reflexology (with Case Studies) (Sally Earlam, Head of Training and Education at the Association of Reflexologists and their Maternity Specialist)
- Mindful Reflexology (for stress, anxiety and depression) (Sally Earlam)
- Hot Stones Reflexology (Sally Earlam)
- Facial Reflexology for stress and wellbeing (The Bergman Method) (Ziggie Bergman)
- Reflexology for Women’s Health (Hagar Basis, Director of London’s Reflexology Academy)
- Spinal Reflexology (Louise Keet, Principal of the London School of Reflexology)
- Reproflexology (with Case Studies) (supporting natural conception, assisted conception, reproductive health conditions, the peri-menopause & menopause) – (Barbara Scott, Author of ‘Reflexology for Fertility), Chairman of the Association of Reproductive Reflexologists and one of Europe’s leading fertility practitioners)
- I’m also the only Reflexologist in the region trained in the Fertile Body Method, which is a mind-body technique I use alongside my fertility related treatments
- Dien Chan Zone Italian Facial Reflexology (the only practitioner registered in Northamptonshire) (Helen Black, Mirror Medicine & Beatrice Moricoli, Dien Chan Zone Founder)
- Foot Reading (Sam Belyea, Founder of the Foot Whisperer Reflexology Institute, Florida-based Reflexology & Foot Reading Tutor)
- Tiny Toes Technique (Baby Reflexology and Massage)
- Energy & Vibrational Healing (Sue Ricks)
- Gentle Release Therapy, Advanced Gentle Release Therapy & Enerqi Facial Rejuvenation (Helen Robinson)
- Facial Acupressure Therapy (Heidi Armstrong)
- Yoga Alliance approved RYT200 hour Yoga Teacher training course
- Yoga Alliance approved Restorative Yoga CPD course
- Yoga Alliance approved Pelvic Floor Anatomy & Physiology for Women’s Health CPD course
- Yoga Alliance approved Post-Natal Yoga Teacher Training
- Yoga Alliance approved Applied Anatomy & Physiology for Pregnant & Post-Natal Yoga Students CPD course
- Five Elements Reflexology (Heidi Armstrong)
I’ve also completed an Association for Nutrition (AfN) accredited nutrition course to support my work.
I have a Bsc (Hons) in Psychology from the University of Keele, and later gained a MSc at the University of Salford. I’m also a qualified teacher (CELTA).
