My Story

I know too well what it’s like to live in a body that feels out of sync and constantly on edge.

In my late 30s, despite “doing everything right” — eating well, exercising, practicing yoga, taking supplements — I was struggling with fatigue, hormonal shifts, recurring infections, and creeping anxiety. I told myself it was just stress, just age, just the way things were.

But my body was sending me messages I didn’t know how to hear.

Like so many women, I had learned to push through, to over-give, to please and perform — ignoring my own limits while quietly abandoning myself. I didn’t yet know this was a survival pattern, deeply wired into my nervous system, and that it was costing me my health, vitality, and sense of self.

The real shift happened when I discovered nervous system regulation and somatic work. For the first time, I felt safe enough to stop pushing and simply notice what was happening inside me. That sense of safety changed everything.

My body began to soften, release, and recover. I reconnected with my anger — not as something to fear, but as a boundary-setting force and a source of personal power. I started weaving this somatic work together with integrative nutrition and gentle lifestyle shifts. Slowly, the exhaustion lifted. Energy returned. My mood stabilised. I began to feel at home in myself again.

Today, at 50, I feel more grounded, energised, and alive than ever before. And it’s now my purpose to guide other women through the same journey — from over-functioning and burnout back to ease, embodied boundaries, and self-trust.

Why I do this work

I founded Cotswolds Holistic Healing to help women who feel stuck in cycles of stress, people-pleasing, and exhaustion find their way home to themselves.

I combine trauma-informed nervous system work, somatic practices, and integrative nutrition to support your body’s natural healing capacity. This isn’t about quick fixes or rigid protocols. It’s about building safety, resilience, and a deeper connection to yourself, so you can:

  • Release the hidden stress patterns driving fatigue, anxiety, and burnout.

  • Reclaim anger as a natural boundary-setting force and a source of personal power.

  • Feel safe saying no, asking for what you need, and honouring your limits without guilt.

  • Experience relationships with more authenticity, ease, and connection — without self-abandonment.

  • Restore energy, vitality, and trust in your body.

Healing isn’t about becoming a different person. It’s about remembering who you are — and learning to live from that place of inner safety.

‘I'm actually astonished at how much I'm getting from this work, because I didn't know what to expect... I really am quite astonished how much better I feel after just four weeks.’

- Amanda (client)

Training Overview

Certifications and Training:

  • June 2025: Focalizing Practitioner - a 60-hour Trauma Informed somatic healing certification with ongoing monthly training and group supervision taught by Jo Miller and Nick Werber, via The Focalizing Institute.

  • June 2022: Nerve Apprenticeship - Trauma-Informed Embodiment and Nervous System Regulation programme working with the body, anatomy and movement, with Sukie Baxter, Whole Body Revolution, Functional Balance.

  • December 2019: Integrative Nutrition Health Coach Certification, one-year holistic health coaching and nutrition certification from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition (IIN) in New York.

Courses and Further Studies:

  • Treating Trauma Master Series, a 6-module self-study trauma-informed course with world-leading trauma researchers

  • The Power of Attachment, Trauma-informed Attachment Styles self-study course with Dr. Diane Poole Heller.

  • Embracing All of You, a 6-part introductory self-study course for somatic therapeutic tools of Internal Family Systems (Dr. Richard Schwartz) and Compassionate Inquiry (Dr. Gabor Mate), with Sounds True.

  • Biology of Trauma 2.0 (August 2022), a 7-part Trauma-Disease Connection Summit with Dr. Aimie Apigian, Trauma Healing Accelerated.

  • Empowered Aging using Ayurvedic Wisdom & Modern Science, a 7-module training in reparative approach, including digestion-lympth connection and circadian wisdom, with Dr. John Douillard, (2020)

  • Aligned with Purpose, Yoga Therapy course with Susan Hopkinson. (2017)

  • I’m a member of the International Association for Health Coaches (IHCA).

Plus countless hours of reading, researching, practicing, and thinking deeply about these topics and engaging with friends and colleagues in conversation around them.