Hi, I’m Sacha, a wife and mother of 2, with a passion for holistic health.
In 2016 I embarked on a healing journey to turn around my health issues as well as those of my family. Our life previously consisted of a never-ending loop of being sick and taking courses of anti-biotics as well as our son taking regular asthma medication after a severe asthma attack at 19 months old where he was fighting for his life. It couldn’t be named as asthma due to his age, but we were required to regularly see a respiratory specialist at the Perth Children’s Hospital. These asthma attacks became frequent, and we went through so much ventolin and prednisolone to keep his airways open. We were constant visitors to the Emergency Department, GP clinics, ear-nose-throat specialists, and never seeing an improvement in the kids or our health. Then in 2016, after many months of me not feeling right and no one really listening to me, I ended up at a thyroid specialists office, who had me booked for surgery the next day.
Just before I turned 35, I noticed that I felt very fatigued. I had 2 young children and a busy husband, so I just put it down to being a mum. However, I knew deep inside me that this was more than that. I was getting sick all the time, my skin began to break out and my hair was falling out in clumps. I suffered from terrible migraines and sinus infections on a regular basis. My periods were very heavy, my anxiety was out of control and my moods were all over the place. I lived at the chiro and physio as my joints and muscles were constantly so inflamed and in agony. My whole body felt like it was shutting down.
At the recommendation of my chiropractic, I had a MRI scan to try and figure out why I was having these migraines and other pains all the time, and discovered that I had a 4cm x 4cm nodule on my thyroid. I then started researching and began to understand that the thyroid is essentially the master controller of the body – responsible for regulating the heart, brain, gut and hormones so it was no wonder my entire body felt like it was out of balance.
I went from doctor to doctor trying to get answers. Many told me the nodule would go away on its own. Some told me I would need to take thyroid and anxiety medication for the rest of my life to keep my stress down, so it wouldn’t keep growing - but that didn’t sit well with me and the nodule didn’t go away, instead it grew bigger (to 6cm x 7cm). I felt like no one was actually listening to me and my concerns about my health. Eventually, the situation became very serious as I couldn’t swallow the tiniest of pain relief medication for all the pain I was in. I was gasping for air all the time, going into coughing fits trying to get more air in as it was suffocating my wind pipes. It was then I was told that without urgent surgery to remove the right half of my thyroid I would have only 1 week left to live. So surgery was quickly booked in and the nodule plus the right side of my thyroid were removed.
From this point forward I decided to take my health into my own hands.
I began reading the labels on food packets and finding so many toxic additives that we were consuming. I changed the products we used on our bodies and the cleaning products I used around our home in favour of more natural options. I also invested in things to help purify the air we breathed within our home, such as peace lilly plants, himalayan salt lamps and essential oils to further support us all, especially our son. Over time, we changed our diet, starting with eliminating the cartons of cow milk and swapping it to organic Bonsoy as the taste was the closest. I stopped buying cow yoghurt and looked for plant-based squeezie yoghurts for the kids lunch boxes. I threw out the processed cheese singles and cheese sticks and we began to see a big improvement in all our health.
After my husband contracted Campylobacter (a severe food poisoning which people die from, and he was close to) from a 5 star restaurant from eating raw / undercooked meat, we decided to eliminate meat from our family diet as well. We soon found that we were no longer regular visitors to the GP clinic, hospital or any other specialist. My husbands gut issues from Campylobacter and his dreadful sinus infections seemed to resolve themselves. Our son’s chronic asthma disappeared and he no longer needed medication and both kids constant ear, nose and throat infections were no longer existent either. My overall health and well-being greatly improved as my remaining 1/2 thyroid came into balance with the support of iodine, certain essential oils and particular supportive food. My skin became healthy and had a glow, my stress, anxiety and menstrual issues all greatly reduced with the additional support of meditation, acupuncture and sound healing. We all found ourselves with much more energy and a new zest for life. Our bodies returned to harmony and balance.
Since this point, my family’s health as well as my own has continued to thrive. Changing what we eat, choosing food products without the unnecessary additives and removing toxic cleaning products within our home made a huge difference. Another significant change was moving home, as our neighbours and the environment that surrounded us at the time of my thyroid health issue was super stressful and so toxic. Changing environments reduced stress massively, gave us a more peaceful life which was huge, especially for in my thyroid healing journey and our mental and emotional health. We created strong boundaries with toxic people in our lives and began to realise that health is so much more than just about what we eat. To be truly healthy, we need our physical health, mental health, emotional health and energetic health to all be balanced.
When we going plant-based, I struggled with quick, easy delicious recipes, so I began trying to convert our old family favourites into plant-based versions. This led me to creating a 100 easy plant-based recipe cookbook.
To further support our health, I became a qualified reiki energy practitioner and sound therapy practitioner. Using ancient healing techniques in this modern day world, to holistically bring balance, calm, and groundedness back to our bodies.
Essential oils are also a big part of our life, as I saw the quick effect they had on helping our bodies, through topical and aromatic applications. There uplifting and calming aromas made the home smell amazing and I used them in my cleaning and cooking as well. I began creating my own intuitive blends to help calm, uplift, balance and support our bodies which grew into the Detoxify and Nourish range of supportive essential oil blends and body products.
On this website you’ll find the cookbook, free recipes, health blogs, downloadable beauty swaps, sessions for reiki energy healing and sound healing and all the essential oil blends that support our health.
Health to me is holistic, it’s a healing journey that takes time and lots of compassion. There is no quick fix when it comes to health, because we need to really look at our physical, mental, emotional and energetic health. Often many areas need some help. I am here to help and empower you with the wellness tools I’ve learnt along the way, so that you can make the changes you need to guide yourself back to health.
Health to me, needs to be holistic.
True health and wellbeing incorporates the body, mind and soul. It should include all aspects of the body - physical, mental, emotional and energetic. When these come into balance, so too does our overall health. My experiences have guided me to where I am today, and I’m here to help you on your journey to wellness.