My Story

I am very much dedicated to helping you create your own preventative health paradigm, so you too can truly thrive through life’s transitions, whilst developing deep emotional and physical resilience.

I am a Naturopath, Functional Medicine practitioner and Medical Herbalist.

I’ve been working across these disciplines over the last twenty years, however I am now at a point where I mostly practice what I refer to as ‘lifestyle medicine’ – which simply means I look into people’s lifestyle first to discover mismatched biological blockers, such as, poor meal timings, disorganised sleep patterns, lack of full spectrum light, over exposure to blue light etc, rather than becoming fixated on biochemical bottlenecks and hormonal imbalances. Yes, these are examined, but by first optimisng the environment we often find that many of the symptoms are ameliorated in response to these simple but powerful lifestyle practices. 

My personal health journey started as a young adult and is what motivated me to enter the field of health and medicine. Yet back then, even in a nascent digital age, I felt swamped by information overload as I struggled to overcome injuries sustained in my previous career as a Hollywood stunt woman. It was only when I sought help from naturopathic doctors and healers and realigned myself with nature that I realised the limitations of the centralised medicine model. This demonstrated to me that which goes to the very heart of what motivates me today: we all need to focus on what might be destroying our biology and what we know honours and supports it.

I have spent the last two decades running clinics, lecturing, hosting workshops and travelling the world to further my knowledge in circadian health, indigenous medicine, health tech, intermittent fasting and cold thermogenesis. I recently spent five years discovering a back-to-nature barefoot existence with my husband and two girls, which embraced everything that I am most passionate about: living outside, watching sunrise and sunsets, being harmonised by natural light, eating seasonally, learning about indigenous medicines and spending time with family. We lived in the jungle and beaches of Central America and experienced a huge amount of personal growth and learnt a great deal through wild, ancestral and indigenous medicines. Some of these adventures are captured in my book Annelie’s Raw Food Power (Ivy Press). (don’t worry I am not recommending a Raw Food Diet, it’s just that it was one of the most seasonal ways to eat when living in the tropics!) 

I passionately believe that everyone has the right to truly thrive, so let me share what I’ve discovered so that you, too, can live your healthiest life. It is my passion to educate and inspire as many people as possible to take actions that add health, happiness, peace, love, beauty and truth to their lives and the lives of others.