About me
I’m Gráinne (the girl with the name no-one can pronounce!)
How I ended up with a career in health!
In 2010 my dad was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. He was given a year to live. Incidentally my mother received the news when she was receiving treatment for early stage breast cancer.
It was a difficult and scary time for everyone. I had just resigned from a job I loved, I had a small child and was desperately trying and not succeeding to have another.
I grew up with a healthy respect for good food and complimentary therapies. My mother was an excellent cook and health shop fanatic, while my father, a butcher and farmer taught us to respect the land that surrounded and provided for us.
Somehow that upbringing called out to me at a pivotal time in my life when I was looking to expand my family, change career, and desperate to find ways to help my parents.
It wasn’t long before I found myself commuting from Brussels to London to train as a Nutritional therapist and Naturopath, and the rest is kinda history.
Almost 4 years later, we said our last goodbyes to my dad. My mother survived, having sacrificed her own needs to help him throughout - but she’s nothing if not a fighter - and is thankfully still in remission to this day.
I qualified and started seeing clients straight away. More often than not, I was working with hormone imbalances.
That was more than 10 years ago now. I’ve worked with all sorts of hormone problems and hormone conditions since - even some of my own - and thankfully have many happy past and present clients to show for it!
If your hormone health is in any way holding you back from living life to the fullest, and you're looking for help, check out the services page, hit the free discovery call button or email me through the contact page. I’d love to help you!
‘I would like to thank you for your consultation today. It had a magical impact on me. You have a beautiful gift of authenticity, caring, competence and knowledge at the same time. One immediately trusts you. I found you at a crucial moment in my life, and it was so worth it. My only regret is that I didn’t act before now’ AD, Brussels
Some more random facts about me below 👇🏻
Before changing careers, I had a different job in food which I loved. I sucessfully managed my brother’s (@jackoshea) butcher shop in Brussels. My brother was always a step ahead of the trends, bringing back inspiration from his world travels back to the businesses, and gaining him a reputation as Europe’s best butcher at the time. That time in my life taught me life long lessons, and all sorts of transferable skills!
My other brother (@osheasbutchers) also went into the family business and is an award winning butcher, based in London.
Whereas my sister is a professional make-up artist, @ciaradoesmakeup, who has worked with industry legends including Madonna, Gwendoline Christie and Cole Sprouse. And no, I didn’t inherit any of her talents!
I love what I do and always wanted to work in a career that helped people. I hesitated between studying Psychology and Criminology when I left school, opting for Psychology. Turns out I was pretty 💩 at statistics, so I changed degrees and have a BA in Language Studies instead!
I speak French though choose not to work in it because I suffer from a bad case of perfectionism and don’t like the thought of getting things wrong!
My superpower is probably in the kitchen. I’m not fazed by cooking, and can knock up something fast and tasty, whatever tastes, peculiarities or allergies are involved
Unlike most Irish people, I can’t drink alcohol for nuts - that and mould are like kryptonite for my delicate disposition
I’m a qualified clinical Nutritionist and Naturopath but I was hungry for something more scientific which led me to discover functional medicine ! If you don’t know what this means, click on the link. I’ve written a page all about it.
I work as an integrative practitioner. Your health and safety are my priorities. If you’ve got something that requires medical attention, then the Docs office is where I’ll be sending you!
I’m human, I sometimes like to eat crap too - just don’t tell my kids!.
I’m beyond slightly obsessed by medical dramas and true crime. ER was my favourite medical series of all time. I often fall asleep listening to Anatomy of a murder or the Crime Junkie podcast. No surprise that the kind of cases I love getting my teeth stuck into are the hard-to-crack ones