A Different Approach
Looking deeper. Understanding the whole you.
At Full Circle Health & Wellness, I take a personalised, integrative approach to women's health, combining nutritional science with insights from traditional approaches to explore underlying causes and the bigger picture.
I believe that understanding your health means looking beyond individual symptoms to consider your body, lifestyle, environment and the different demands of your life. Together, we'll explore what's happening, recognise relevant patterns and find practical ways to support your health that feel right for you.
Hi, I'm Holly.
I'm a Registered Nutritional Therapist with an MSc in Nutrition Science & Practice. While nutrition and integrative health are now my profession, my interest in them grew out of my own experiences with health. Having lived with eczema and allergies since childhood, and digestive issues and IBS throughout my twenties, I'd always been curious about how the body works and what influences our wellbeing. But it was during my first pregnancy that this curiosity developed into a real passion for nutrition and more natural approaches to health. What began as a personal interest eventually led me to leave my career in marketing and retrain in nutritional science and integrative health. Since then, my own health journey has continued to evolve, including experiences with autoimmune alopecia and, more recently, the changes of perimenopause.
Through my training, research and the changes I've made to my own nutrition and lifestyle, I've been able to significantly improve and better manage many of my health concerns. Those experiences gave me a real appreciation for how much we can influence our wellbeing when we understand what may be contributing to our symptoms. But some of my most important lessons have come when the science I understood didn't quite explain the whole picture.
During a particularly stressful period in my life, I developed alopecia areata. At the time, I was eating well, exercising and applying much of what I knew about supporting my physical health. Yet it became increasingly clear that I needed to consider more than nutrition and exercise alone. I couldn't out-nourish a life that was overwhelming me. More recently, as I began noticing changes associated with perimenopause during another demanding period, I was reminded of this again. I had a strong understanding of the role of movement and exercise in women's health, but increasing the intensity of my training wasn't giving me the response I'd expected. Looking more closely at my recovery, stress levels and changing needs helped me see why a different approach might be more appropriate at that time.
These experiences didn't make me question the value of science. They encouraged me to look beyond what science alone could tell me about my individual experience. I've become increasingly interested in the wisdom found in traditional approaches to health, our relationship with nature, and the role of intuition and spirituality in how we experience wellbeing. Not as replacements for evidence-based practice, but as different ways of exploring questions that aren't always answered by a test result or a nutritional protocol. It's shaped how I work today. I still want to understand the physiology, investigate possible underlying causes and use the best available evidence to inform recommendations, but I'm equally interested in the woman behind the symptoms — her experiences, her environment, her relationships and her own understanding of her body.
Rather than asking only What does the evidence suggest I should do?, I've learned to ask another question alongside it: What does my body need from me right now?
That balance between scientific understanding and a deeper connection with ourselves is at the heart of Full Circle.
Why I'm passionate about women's health.
Because women's bodies deserve more than one-size-fits-all advice.
For a long time, much of the health and medical research used to shape recommendations was conducted predominantly on men, with women's hormonal changes often seen as a complication rather than something worth investigating. Although this has been changing, important gaps remain in our understanding of women's health and how our needs may differ.
We also know that our needs aren't necessarily the same throughout our lives. Our menstrual cycles, pregnancy, motherhood, perimenopause, menopause and ageing can all bring changes, alongside everything else we're managing — work, family, relationships, stress, sleep and the demands of everyday life. Yet so much health advice still assumes that the same approach should work for everyone, all the time.
My Master's research explored the evidence around tailoring nutritional interventions to different phases of the menstrual cycle to help alleviate PMS. It deepened my interest in how nutrition may support women's health, while reinforcing the importance of questioning assumptions and looking carefully at the evidence. I'm particularly interested in supporting women with concerns around PMS, menstrual health and perimenopause, alongside issues such as digestion, energy, sleep and stress. Ultimately, I want women to understand their bodies better, feel confident asking questions and recognise when something needs further investigation, rather than feeling they have to ignore their own experiences simply because they don't fit neatly into a general recommendation.
My approach to nutritional therapy & integrative health.
Understanding what's happening beneath the surface.
I've always been interested in understanding why symptoms develop, rather than focusing solely on managing them. I see symptoms as important information that deserves our attention, and I'm curious about what they might reveal about our health and the way different systems in the body are functioning. Investigating the root causes and contributing factors behind symptoms is an essential part of my approach, recognising that health concerns are often complex and influenced by several interconnected factors.
My Approach
My approach combines nutritional therapy with principles of functional medicine and integrative health. When we work together, I'll take time to explore your symptoms, health history, nutrition, lifestyle and wider circumstances, looking for patterns and connections that may help us understand the bigger picture. I also believe in testing where it's appropriate, rather than guessing. Sometimes a detailed assessment gives us a useful starting point, while at other times relevant laboratory testing or further medical investigation can help us make more informed decisions.
Bringing different perspectives together
Although nutritional science forms the foundation of my work, I've always been curious about what we can learn from other approaches to health, including Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine. I'm particularly interested in their perspectives on individual differences, daily rhythms, lifestyle and our relationship with nature. I enjoy exploring these ideas alongside scientific research and my training in integrative health, recognising that different perspectives can prompt useful questions about our wellbeing.
Health coaching is another important part of how I work. Understanding what might be contributing to your symptoms is one thing, but making changes within the realities of your everyday life is another. I want us to work collaboratively, exploring what's achievable for you, reviewing how you're responding and adapting our approach as we learn more. My aim is to help you develop a better understanding of your health and feel increasingly confident making decisions about how to support it.
For me, good health support brings together careful investigation, professional knowledge and your own experience of living in your body. It's about considering the whole woman, not just her symptoms.
The Full Circle Foundations.
Six foundations of health, with body literacy at the centre.
The more I've learned about health, the more I've come to appreciate how interconnected it all is.
Nutrition matters, of course. But so do movement, sleep, stress, our environment, our relationships and the opportunities we have to connect with nature.
These are the six foundations that guide my approach.
Nourishment
Exploring how food and nutrition can support your individual needs, including nutritional adequacy, digestion and developing a way of eating that works for you and your life.
Movement
Finding ways to move that support your strength, energy and wellbeing, while recognising that your capacity and needs may change throughout your menstrual cycle, across different life stages and with the demands of everyday life.
Sleep & Rest
Looking at sleep quality, rest and recovery, and understanding the importance of giving your body opportunities to recharge.
At the centre: Body Literacy & Intuition.
For me, this is what connects all the foundations.
We've become very good at looking outside ourselves for answers. There's always another diet, supplement, wearable or expert telling us what we should be doing. And while good information and professional guidance are valuable, I think many of us have become less confident in recognising what our own bodies are communicating.
Body literacy is about developing that understanding. It's noticing patterns in your symptoms, energy, sleep, digestion and menstrual cycle, recognising how you respond to food, movement, rest and stress, and becoming more aware of when your needs might be changing. Intuition is part of that process too — learning to trust your observations and experiences, while knowing when to question them, look at the evidence or seek professional advice.
The foundations aren't another set of rules or seven more things to get right. They're a way to explore your health, understand what might need attention and work out where to begin.
The aim isn't to do everything. It's to understand what matters for you right now.
Stress & regulation
Exploring the demands on your body and mind, how stress may be affecting your health and what could help support your ability to recover.
Environmental wellbeing
Considering everyday exposure to potentially harmful substances and practical ways to reduce unnecessary exposures, while supporting the body's normal processes for processing and eliminating toxins through nutrition and lifestyle.
Nature & Connection
Recognising the importance of time in nature, meaningful relationships, community and belonging, and how these can support our wider sense of wellbeing.
Why Full Circle?
The name Full Circle reflects two things that have become increasingly important to me in how I think about health and wellbeing.
The first is the importance of looking at the full picture. Our health is influenced by so many interconnected factors, from nutrition, digestion and hormones to sleep, stress, movement, our environment and the relationships and experiences that shape our everyday lives. Looking at one symptom or one part of the body in isolation can mean missing important connections. For me, taking a full-circle approach means exploring those connections and considering what might be contributing to how someone feels.
The second meaning is about coming full circle in another sense — reconnecting with our roots, with nature and with ourselves. Despite everything we now know about the human body, I think there's still much to learn from the natural world, traditional approaches to health and the rhythms we're part of. I'm interested in how we can bring that awareness into modern life, without losing the benefits of scientific understanding and advances in healthcare.
Full Circle brings these two ideas together: using science to understand our health more deeply, while recognising the importance of our connection to ourselves, each other and the world around us.
My Qualifications & Training.
My approach is informed by a combination of academic study, professional training, ongoing learning and personal experience. I'm committed to using evidence to guide my work, while continuing to explore different perspectives on health and wellbeing.
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MSc Nutrition Science & Practice
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BANT Registered Nutritional Therapist
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Integrative Health Practitioner, Level 2
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Certificate in Facilitating Nature Connection
Before retraining in nutrition and integrative health, I worked in marketing — an experience that has also shaped my understanding of the pressures of modern working life and how difficult it can be to prioritise our wellbeing alongside everything else we're managing.
Let's Work Together
If you're looking for a more personalised approach to your health, one that takes your symptoms seriously, explores possible underlying causes and considers the bigger picture of your life, I'd love to help.
Whether you're navigating PMS, menstrual health concerns, perimenopause or other challenges with your digestion, energy, sleep or wellbeing, we can work together to better understand what's happening and identify practical ways to support your health.
You can explore my nutritional therapy services to find out more about working with me, or book a free 20-minute discovery call if you'd like to talk through what you're experiencing and whether my approach feels right for you.
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The Nature of Her™
Alongside my work in practice, I've created The Nature of Her™, a growing community for women who are questioning the pace and expectations of modern life and looking for a different way to experience health and wellbeing.
It's a space to explore what it means to feel more connected to ourselves, our bodies, each other and the natural world. Through conversations around nourishment, cyclical living, nature connection and the realities of being a woman today, I hope to encourage more curiosity, self-understanding and a sense of belonging.
The Nature of Her™ is about creating space to step away from the constant pressure to do more, optimise everything and keep pushing through, and to consider what a more nourishing way of living might look like.
Less rushing. More nourishing. More nature. More you.
“It's important that my clients feel supported and empowered to make the best decisions for themselves.”
- Holly