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 (OT). This was a beautiful amalgamation my interests of function, creativity and helping in a very empowering way so that the patients 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 Royal United Hospital (RUH) in Bath with the CRPS (Complex Regional Pain Syndrome) service.

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

However, during my second, a geneticist and paediatric cardiologist suggested that I would do well to abort my baby as the scans showed a number of physical abnormalities. They were predicting 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 as he was born without a spleen.

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.

‘Coming to homeopathy felt like I was coming home’

A health system, that made sense, one that sees and helps heal the whole person without any side effects.

Once qualified, I continued to work as an OT alongside running a private practice in 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. You can read about it here.

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.