Formal Qualifications
Gentling Way Practitioner
- Healing the Wounded Healer
- Healing from C-Section
- Living Ligaments I
- Master Coach of Neuro-Linguistic Programming 2022
- Master Practitioner Time Line Therapy 2022
- Hypnotherapy Certification 2021
- Adv Diploma Tradition Chinese Medicine – Acupuncture 2009
- Diploma of Remedial Massage 2009
- Certification Cosmetic Acupuncture & Advanced Cosmetic Acupuncture 2009
- Certificate of Manaka Style Acupuncture 2012
- Diploma of Bowen Therapy (Bowtec) 2004
- Emmett Technique Modules 1-4 2004/2005
- Cranio-Sacral Therapy Level I & II (Upledger Institute) 2000
- Reiki 1994
- Certificate of Professional Massage & Bodywork 1995
- Accredited Life Coach 1998
- Bachelor of Design 1989
My Story
I had a chronic and debilitating illness as a child that was severe and lasted for years. The Doctors as the hospital told my mother I was going to die from it.
My Mum was desperate to not let this happen and after trying all allopathic medicine had to offer with no results, took me to see a Doctor of Osteopathy, who was new in town and who said he thought he could help. He fixed me in just three months with a strict diet (a hybrid of GAPS & Paleo) and treatment every three days. While he was treating me, he told me stories of his experiences with the American Indians out on their reservations (he was from Canada) – I now know he was working on healing my Spirit as much as my body. He had to convince a seven year old child to choose life.
After I was well, and a few years older, my Mum revealed to me that my Osteopath had had a vision in Canada that he had to come to Adelaide to save two peoples’ lives, and I was one of them. After he did that job, he left to go and work in India healing the sick.
This profound experience has led to a lifetime interested in natural health and healing and the study and practice of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine was the path I chose to help as many people as I could.
Why I became a Gentling Way Practitioner
Twenty years ago when I had my son I wanted to have a natural delivery but things did not go as planned. Both timing (Christmas day) and my own naivety (my first pregnancy) conspired against me and I ended up having to have a C-Section after 3 days of labour. As if this was not bad enough my anesthetic stopped working half way through the surgery and they were unable to stop and top it up or I would have died. The trauma of this experience and the resulting scarring both physical, mental and emotional have taken me on a twenty-year journey to learn how to repair myself, while still helping others and being a Mum.
Of course I eventually found Heather Bruce and after experiencing her treatments, studying and training with her over the past 6 years I have had some deep healing as a result.
When she put together Living Ligaments and what she knew about pelvic repair, health and healing, I knew I wanted to be able to offer this to women who have experienced birth trauma and its’ resulting difficulties.