Women's Health

I support women with menstrual cycle regulation, PMT, PCOS, endometriosis, perimenopause, menopause, and post-menopause health by getting to the root cause of discomfort.

There are many considerations when taking a holistic approach to supporting women’s hormonal health. I blend these considerations together when designing bespoke protocols, which include Kinesiology balances to support hormone and endocrine health. 

I'm a HypnoMenopause® Practitioner and have completed various CPD focusing on perimenopause and menopause, as well as other courses on women’s health.

As a Naturopath I support clients with the root cause of discomfort rather than targeting specific symptoms or named diseases.

I promote the inherent self-healing power within you. Naturopathy is also a way of life and I will help empower you through education about lifestyle, diet, and exercise.

My Naturopathic training specifically for Women's Health includes AyurPrana's Holistic Hormones programme, the College of Naturopathic Medicine's courses on Herbs to Help Menopause and Natural Ways to Improve Fertility.

I have also completed functional medicine training.

I give targeted Kinesiology balances to support hormone and endocrine health. There are also techniques to ease cystitis, strengthen the abdominal floor, as well as a uterine lift technique.

Kinesiology supports getting to the root cause of presenting symptoms and diseases, such as, PCOS and endometriosis, which can result in fertility problems.

Kinesiology helps identify the priority areas to support, which typically may be the gut, adrenals and thyroid, blood sugars, liver, and / or stress. I then have a wonderful collection of tools to aid healing.

Teresa Baxter of Flourish through Menopause and I are delighted to offer the Radiant Menopause Programme - a combined functional and naturopathic approach to a radiant menopause.

There are two zooms per month. The first of the month focuses on a specific topic. The second zoom two weeks later is a wellbeing circle to create a community and for members to ask questions.

This is complemented by a dedicated members only Facebook group, where slides and recordings are uploaded.

Topics covered include signs and symptoms, gut health, hormone balance, grow your own HRT, and movement for menopause.

My 14-year old daughter and I had spent 2-years trying to clinically resolve what was presenting as early endometriosis. She had been experiencing back to back periods (sometimes with a day or two between each period), bleeding that was too heavy for any single product to deal with… and pain that travelled down her legs and causing whole body weakness, fainting and dizziness. A clinical trial ended in extreme nausea daily, and not touching the pain, frequency nor flow.

I was recommended to see Laura Shipp. By this point in our journey, my daughter had missed so much school nor could she manage doing ballet which she had been doing for 6-years. Her life was drastically changing and we were prepared to do anything to turn it around before it got too late.

After only a week into the initial 8-weeks of working with Laura, Isla had stopped bleeding and by 4-weeks in, her periods had found a pattern. The appropriate supplements and the nutritional advice were working. This included increasing hydration and boosting digestion plus balancing blood sugars initially, then healing the gut and lastly liver support.

6-months on, she now has regular periods and minimised pain and flow. Isla has taken up more sport and a healthier and more educated approach to food. With contact and support from Laura to assess and update the supplements and advice we can function more as a family, where before, Isla would miss out on so much.

Fiona Bowie