Root-cause health
One evidenced-informed email each week exploring the connections between blood chemistry, pain, movement, gut health & the nervous system. Without the overwhelm
Do you eat well, train hard and yet your gut still feels off?
Hey
When I was playing NRLW, I was training hard most days, eating well, better than most
And my gut was still a mess. I just didnt connect the dots.
Everyone said it was nerves. Nobody connected it to the thing I was doing most: training hard.
So this week is for anyone who trains five or six da...
Oct 18, 2026
Do you get headaches? This is for you
Hey,
I’ve treated the physical side of headaches for a decade. Neck, jaw, upper back, the muscles at the base of the skull. When there’s a clear neck or jaw component, manual therapy can make a real difference, and I’ll keep doing it.
But there’s some people I see who get some relief, then it com...
Oct 11, 2026
Why you're exhausted in a way sleep doesn't fix
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Hey,
If you've had a baby in the last year or two and you're still waiting to feel like yourself again, I want to name something this week that doesn't get talked about enough.
It's not just "new mum tired." It's not something an earlier bedtime fixes. It's postpartum depletion, and it's physic...
Oct 04, 2026
ADHD or a breathing problem?
Hey
I want to tell you how I actually landed on this one, because it started as a weird observation..
I kept seeing it in kids.Â
Tired eyes. Bags under them on children who should've been well rested. Teeth so crowded there was barely room in the jaw.Â
Then I started wondering about adults. Why d...
Sep 27, 2026
37 tabs open in your brain isn't always a diagnosis
Hey,
If you're medicated for ADHD and something still feels off, or you've self-diagnosed from Instagram and it's fit every symptom you've got, I want to push back gently on one thing this week.
A label explains a pattern. It doesn't automatically explain why that pattern is happening, and it def...
Sep 20, 2026
Normal bloods don't always mean fine
Hey,
Two things I want to put in front of you this week, because they're really the same conversation from two different angles. It's also my first time writing blogs so enjoy!
The first is a list.
Hair in the shower drain. Restless legs at night. Cracks at the corners of your mouth that won't he...
Sep 06, 2026
Free things I do for my health every day (that you can do too)
I spend a lot of time talking about blood tests, gut health, supplements and trying to work out why someone doesn’t feel well.
But some of the things I do most consistently for my own health cost absolutely nothing.
And honestly, they’re not exciting.
This week I shared some of the weird things I...
Aug 30, 2026
This week reminded me why I do this
Maybe you noticed, maybe you didnt, but I've been quiet on Instagram this week.... this is why.
It's been one of the fullest, most meaningful weeks I've had in a long time, and I wanted to actually tell you about it properly rather than squeeze it into a caption.
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The Retreat
I ran my first in-p...
Aug 23, 2026
I spent thousands trying to get healthy. Here’s what I’d do first now.
I wouldn’t do it this way again.
A few days ago I shared some of the slightly unhinged things I did trying to get my health back after being diagnosed with an autoimmune disease.
I quit CrossFit.
I changed how I worked.
I tested my gut, SIBO and bloods.
I spent somewhere between $1,500–$2,000 on ...
Aug 17, 2026
I lost my rugby contract, hardly sleep for months
It was a 15-minute meeting with the Newcastle Knights recruiter. 6 weeks earlier he had shook my hand and told me I had a contract for the upcoming NRLW season. We had a meeting set 2 days prior to the contract signing cut off.
We had a meeting.
It was not simple. It was not calm.
I was yelled at...
Aug 09, 2026
Conventional medicine got me a diagnosis. Here is what actually helped.
A few years ago, a rheumatologist looked at my swollen hands, my nail changes, my MRI full of inflamed tendons, and offered me one plan: a drug they originally gave to cancer patients.
For life.....with nasty side effects.
He wasn’t wrong to offer it.Â
He was doing exactly what he was trained to ...
Aug 02, 2026
Why “just take more iron” didn’t work for me.
Last year, midway through my pregnancy, my midwife looked at my labs and said,“Wow, you’re one of the few women whose iron stores are holding. You’re not on iron tablets at all.”
Let me tell you, you need every ounce of iron and energy you can get, because growing a human is a crazy experience.
I...
Jul 26, 2026
