I specialize in working with people who are experiencing eating difficulties that don’t quite fit into an eating disorder label. Those that feel problematic and are causing disruption but aren’t seen as ‘severe’ or ‘bad’ as our more well-known labels. I believe that these disordered habits that go unnoticed are extremely damaging and hurtful and require therapeutic attention. With lived Eating Disorder experience my knowledge and understanding are deeply rooted.

Throughout my childhood and adolescent life, I struggled unknowingly with emotional eating tendencies and in turn suffered from incompetence of our current systems approach toward eating psychology and compassionate care. At only 13 years of age - I was dieting on Jenny Craig trying to get a handle on what was perceived by our system to be a ‘weight issue’. But at age 14 years old I was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma Cancer - the trauma of this childhood diagnosis led me to use food to soothe often, disengaging with the outside world. My family and I were advised by my cancer doctors that I needed to lose weight and I quickly lost 35 kgs. From this point, I developed an obsession with healthy eating, and my ‘healthy’ lifestyle became increasingly distorted. Through this fast and hard weight-loss, I was immersed in the complexities of fitness and dieting, and with disregard for the deep pain and hurt I was feeling within, a turbulent and fragile relationship between my mental health and body image grew.

Going on to work as a personal trainer and health coach to women inside a gym for 6 years I was exposed to the downfalls of diet and skinny culture, and subsequently watching women relentlessly chase weight loss (even at the cost of their health). Witnessing women deeply struggle with their food relationships it became clear that the gym and fitness world was only a fragment of the story and I left my business to pursue a different path.

In 2018 & 2019 I was invited to host and guide women through life-changing well-being retreats in a remote village in Croatia where I first utilized my counselling practice and began my educational journey studying counseling, eating psychology & body image.

Wild n Well emerged from my personal experiences and professional insights, reflecting a commitment to challenging conventional approaches to weight loss and health.