About me

In the last few years, I’ve undergone a very intense health journey.

I gained 30kg (66 pounds) in less than a year due to PCOS and fibromyalgia, and I have now lost it over the past 3 years.

I have also struggled with PMDD and periods so painful that I would throw up.

I know how hard it can be to live in a body that feels totally out of your control.

I know what it’s like to feel like you live in a body that feels like its signals are all wired wrong, and that means you must be wired wrong.

I know what it’s like to do everything correctly, and still feel like nothing is working (the classic PCOS story).

I know what it’s like to feel like you only have one week in the month that feels like your mind and body are working with you, not against you.

I know what it’s like to live in overwhelming pain, have your hair fall out by the handful, live in a body that you no longer recognise, and feel like you’ve had the rug snatched right off your feet, collapsed into a new life that you did not choose.

This was my life for years.

My journey was not straightforward. It was not as simple as going to the gym and eating well.

I fell in love with working out, I even fell in love with “eating right”.

But despite “doing everything right”, I still couldn’t lose the weight.

And I still struggled to truly be in my body.

I eventually realised that my nervous system, which has been at home in intense fight-or-flight mode for years, was the reason why I was struggling mentally, physically, and even spiritually.

I knew that tending to my nervous system meant tending to my hormones, as cortisol and insulin are directly linked.

This is why the key to healing PCOS is not just in eating well, lifting weights, and taking your supplements (which I did for years),

but it is also embodiment.

Feeling your body, truly connecting to it, returning to creativity and play, tending to the mind-body-soul connection, rather than turning managing your symptoms into something that keeps you stuck in endless control-and-optimisation mode.

I can confidentially and wholeheartedly say, that in 3 years of going to the gym and “eating right”, this is when I lost the most weight.

And I didn’t even realise just how much weight I lost until others started to comment on it, because I wasn’t even trying.

I have come out the other side of this journey stronger, passionate about my health and fitness while also being in a calmer, more regulated body that also feels truly alive. I am also completely and totally pain-free and no longer struggle with PMDD or extremely painful periods.

And this is why I am so passionate about sharing my experience and knowledge with others.

Thank you for reading,

Farida ♡