Hi, I’m Helen

Believe me, I’ve been where you’re at now. Exhausted, fed up, emotional and wondering where the old you has gone. The Google searches, the GP visits - desperately searching for answers but not getting them. It’s what made me change my career and become a nutritionist and coach. Since then I’ve been on a mission to help women get to the root cause of their symptoms and feel better. Because I’ve been there and I know how tough it can be - but I also know things can change and you CAN turn your health around.

I felt like I was drowning…

In my early 40s, I felt like I was drowning. We’d just relocated after an incredibly stressful period - downsizing the business, my father-in-law’s dementia diagnosis, my husband’s mental health struggles. I’d been holding it together for months, but after the move, I crashed.

I was exhausted all the time. Crying constantly. It felt like I was underwater, desperately trying to reach the surface but couldn’t. Everything felt heavy - like I was in a deep, dark fog and I just couldn’t seem to drag myself out of it. .

But everything was ‘normal’…

Desperate for answers I went to the GP. He ran blood tests. Everything came back “normal.” He said it was probably ‘just stress” or “just my age” and offered me antidepressants. I politely declined. I knew that wasn’t the real answer.

A sign from the universe…

A few months later I was on the train home from a pitch that had gone particularly badly. Fed up, confidence knocked and feeling lost about my future.

I stepped off the train at Stockport station and in front of me on the platform shop, there was a whole wall of books called “Fuck It - Do What You Love.” It felt like the universe screaming at me.

I bought the book, read it in two days, and a week later signed up for a 3-year nutrition course.

What was really going on…

Through my studies, I learnt about the impact of midlife hormones and how women’s health is routinely under-investigated.

So I got myself tested properly and discovered what was actually wrong: adrenal fatigue from years of stress, an under-functioning thyroid, sex hormone changes typical of perimenopause, plus several nutrient deficiencies.

I was horrified at first - “OMG all these things are wrong with me!” - but then I felt determination. Now I knew what was wrong, I could fix it. And I had the tools and knowledge from my course to do it.

It wasn’t just me…

As I started seeing clients I realised this was happening to women everywhere.

Time after time I would sit in front of a woman with the same story. Feeling awful. Visited the GP. Ran some basic blood tests. Told everything’s ‘normal’ - it’s probably just stress, age or menopause. Dismissed and left to figure it out themselves.

That’s why I do what I do.

I help women get the answers they deserve. I investigate properly. I don’t assume everything is “just menopause” or “just your age.” I look at the whole picture - thyroid, gut, liver, blood sugar, stress, hormones, nutrients - and find what’s REALLY going on.

Because when you find out and address what’s really going on, that’s when you can start to actually to feel better.