When I was 18, I moved from Slovenia to the UK in pursuit of independence and freedom.

In the UK my career eventually took me to train as an Occupational Therapist. This was a beautiful amalgamation my interests of function, creativity and helping in a very empowering way so that they too could enjoy more freedom as they regained independence in activities of daily living.

I worked as an OT in a clinical setting at the North Bristol NHS Trust for 20 years. I rotated through rheumatology, orthopaedics, stroke, care of the elderly, medicine, Parkinson’s disease and fall prevention services, before I specialised in Chronic Fatigue and Pain Management services where I worked 10 years. Parallel to this I also worked at the RUH in Bath for the CRPS (Complex Regional Pain Syndrome) service.

I absolutely loved my work and I thought that I had the best job under the Sun.

However, during my pregnancy with my second son, a geneticist and paediatric cardiologist suggested that I would do well to abort the baby as the scans showed a number of physical abnormalities and they predicted that he would have mild to severe learning difficulty. I chose to keep him. Once he was born the doctors pushed for him to be on prophylactic antibiotics for the rest of his life and that he should have all the vaccinations available as he was immunosuppressed. I did not agree with this and sought ways to support his immunity.

After visiting many complementary therapists I found that homeopathy was the most comprehensive system of health. As a healthcare professional I was able to train with the Faculty of Homeopathy, at what was then Bristol Homeopathic Hospital and their wonderful and supportive team of homeopaths. Coming to homeopathy I found what felt like coming home. A health system, that made sense, one that sees and helps heal the whole person.

Once qualified, I continued to work as an OT alongside running my private practice doing homeopathy and later applied kinesiology and coaching. In 2021 I gave up the safety of my well paid NHS job and focused on growing my private practice so that I could help people on a deeper level. Read about it here. I now integrate Occupational Therapy into my practice.

PS: My son is now 21 years old. He is healthy, intelligent at uni and dating. I am thankful that I listened to my heart.