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Clinical Nutritionist, specialising in weight loss, health optimisation, corporate health and sports nutrition, using food first principles.

I am qualified and registered Naturopath, Medical Herbalist and Nutritionist and Neo-Shamanic Energy Healer. I am founder of Change Naturopathy, and practicing in my private practice and at the Life Centre, Auckland. I emigrated from Yugoslavia to New Zealand in 1997. My life path took me from the carrier in industrial chemistry and environmental science to natural medicine and energy healing. My mission is to share and inspire how to use healing power of nature for balancing all four bodies -physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual. I belief that identifying and eliminate underlying cause of the health concern is the crucial for achieving optimal wellness. To assist natural healing process, I recommend and employ combination of nutritional and lifestyle modifications, herbal medicine, nutritional supplements, and energy healing. I am passionate about mental health and supporting and educating clients about stress, anxiety and depression management. I am continuously researching and learning about gut health and gut connection to other body systems. I also have long lasting interest in spirituality and exploring energy healing. I really enjoy supporting people to achieve optimal wellness by balancing body, mind, and spirit, allowing to find again their spark and purpose in life.

I’m a Clinical Nutritionist with a personal and professional passion for gut health, thyroid function, metabolic balance, and food as medicine. Originally from Poland, I’ve experienced firsthand the frustration of living with undiagnosed thyroid dysfunction. Despite “normal” test results, I suffered symptoms of hyperthyroidism as a child and was placed on thyroid medication early in life—without much relief. In my late 20s, while living in London, I was diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer, which led to a thyroidectomy and radioactive iodine therapy. Since that time—and especially after becoming a busy mum at 35—I’ve had to manage the demands of motherhood alongside the ongoing impacts of thyroid removal. Now in my mid-40s, I understand how critical it is to support the body with nutrition that works, not quick fixes. Years after surgery, I developed Rosacea and was diagnosed with SIBO (Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth). It wasn’t until I followed a targeted nutritional protocol that I finally saw improvements in both my skin and overall wellbeing. Today, I remain on thyroid medication for life, but through evidence-based nutrition, targeted nutrients, and lifestyle practices, I’ve been able to feel vibrant again—and I help others do the same. ​My approach is rooted in real food, clinical evidence, and lived experience. I work with clients to support their digestion, reduce inflammation, balance metabolism, and feel well in their bodies—starting with the gut.

Hi my name is Tayla, I am an accredited practicing dietitian who is invested in supporting individuals in working towards their goals in a sustainable and achievable way. It was through my own lived experience that I found a desire to become a dietitian. I value ensuring participants foster positive relationships with food, their body’s and exercise and will work with them every step of the way to achieve this, because I want to help individuals see that finding a positive relationship with food, exercise and their body is possible. I also have a key interest in working with athletic populations (or retired athletes) and working on their relationship with food to support their training. I acknowledge that disordered eating/eating disorders and body image concerns amongst athletic population is prevalent and I want to be there to help prevent as well as support those athletes in their unique journey within their sport. You are welcome to connect with me via email: [email protected] if you'd like to arrange an appointment

Jane Papalia is a qualified Naturopath and Clinical Nutritionist who combines evidence-based natural medicine with the time-honoured principles of the Mediterranean lifestyle. She specialises in women’s health, hormonal balance, stress and sleep support, and holistic approaches to ageing, guiding clients toward lasting vitality and wellbeing.

If you are a human being, you stand on the shoulders of ancestors who used medicinal plants to heal. Herbal medicine has been used since the dawn of human time, not only to treat illnesses and ailments, but to build strength and resilience. It is not an abstract, woo-woo concept to 'believe' in or not. It's a firmament of human health on planet earth; a subject of powerful chemistry, sophisticated mechanisms of action and deep nutritional complexity. Our disconnection from using plants as medicine is a very recent phenomenon; a blip in the history of humanity. I've now been a herbalist for almost a quarter of a century, and I believe that a repair, and return to, this connection represents a vital missing link in the modern health crisis. Herbal medicine serves as both an alternative and a complement to orthodox modern medicine, for a host of conditions from acute to chronic, from straightforward to complex and multifaceted. The evidence-base for medicinal herbs grows ever more robust, and the world needs this modality more than ever before. My portfolio career in the vast field of herbal medicine and naturopathy has spanned almost 25 years, in many iterations; from clinical settings to walk-in apothecaries, from high level technical practitioner support to academic curriculum writing. For the last 13 years I have worked exclusively as a senior specialist writer and researcher, working with Australia's leading brands, organisations and practitioner cohorts in the herbal medicine space. During this time, I have been deeply immersed in the studies and literature, connecting the dots between tradition and science, theory and practice, while witnessing the ongoing power of plant medicine in my life and in the lives of those I love and care for. Herbal medicine is for everyone, all the time. In my observation, it works perhaps most powerfully for those who are standing at thresholds, paused at crossroads or moving through the transitions and changes of life. The medicines are there to soothe the brand-newness of the infant and wrangled nerves of the overwhelmed parent; the nervous, teary child; the confused, angry adolescent; the crisis of midlife and the frailty of age, the vulnerability of ill health and the hopefulness of recovery. Within the herbal apothecary sit companions and remedies for every stage of life, and assistants for every human experience. It's my job to do the matchmaking. My return to private practice answers a powerful call to bridge clinical research with traditional lore, translating scientific findings and ancient wisdom into the soul work of practical herbalism. Attending to patients again is a homecoming, and I look forward to introducing you to the plants.

Hello, I’m a Nutritionist and Health Coach based in Perth, Australia, and I’m originally from the UK. I’ve been part of the health and wellness world for over 9 years and have over 6 year’s experience in clinic. My passion is women’s health. I work with women who struggle with hormonal conditions including PCOS, hypothalamic amenorrhoea, irregular cycles, acne, and PMS. I also support women with restrictive and binge eating disorders. I specialise in helping clients truly understand their symptoms and conditions, and primarily work with food, food supplements, lifestyle adjustments and practical strategies to encourage behavioural change. I also recommend and interpret testing, when needed. My aim is to bring your body back into balance, in a way that is sustainable. I am an eating disorder-informed nutritionist, and interweave a balanced approach to eating within my practice with all clients, without compromising on results. You won’t find any strict prescriptive diets when working with me.