About
Raquel
Registered Nutritional Therapist
BSc(Hons), mBANT, mCNHC
My Story
Struggling with friendships, marriage life, relationships in general?
Finding it hard to deal with stresses in life that you were able to cope with before?
Lacking energy, and patience with everything and everyone?
Feeling up and down depending on the day, not knowing why today you feel like crying all the time, depressed or inundated with feelings of fear or anxiety?
Not feeling like yourself anymore?
Questioning everything in your life, your job, your marriage, your career?
Not sleeping like before? Waking up in the middle of the night? perhaps having to go to the loo, or covered in night sweats?
Are you always worrying about everything? Feeling alone and lost?
Are you suddenly feeling "old", forgetful, with new body aches, dry skin?
I could go on and on…I feel you, I’ve been there too.
Hi! I'm Raquel,
I'm a registered and insured Functional Nutritional Therapist (graduate of the University of Westminster). I'm based in East Molesey (Surrey), and I am a mum of wonderful Ella.
I’ve been in the field of Nutrition for the last 20 years in different capacities. Health, and understanding our physiology and what’s in our power to live a healthier, more joyful and fulfilling life is my passion.
Perimenopause
In my early 40s, I felt most of the above. I felt awful. My moods were so unpredictable that a lot of the time I didn’t like myself anymore.
I thought that there was something wrong with me, that I was failing at being a mum, a wife, a friend, a daughter. I felt I was failing at everything. And I was exhausted. I was about to crash down. And I did.
I realised I needed to find help and start focusing on taking care of myself rather than everyone else. And I realised I was the one to do it, nobody else was going to. With the help of my herbalist, Susi; I started to regain balance.
Functional testing, like the Dutch test, helped me understand how the way my body was detoxifying hormones was impacting my symptoms and how to support this. This and other functional tests like stool testing helped me understand and put together the missing pieces to feel better. I use these tests in my practice now when appropriate depending on individuality, as they can share a lot of light in a lot of cases.
I want to help you so that it’s quicker and easier for you.
Breast health
In my late 40s, on the day of my birthday I discovered that I had a lump on my right breast. Of course it did worry me and I got it checked through my GP straightaway, but I was truly hopeful that it couldn't be anything "bad". The news at the breast clinic after the initial tests were a shock. I couldn't believe what was happening to me. Of course, I thought of my daughter, 9 years old at the time; and my family. How I was going to tell them? It was such difficult times. The weeks waiting for tests results to know the extent of it and how "bad" it was were the most difficult times in my life. Then knowing that I would lose my breast was the most scary thing I had to face in life.
Three months into my recovery from a mastectomy and reconstruction I found a small lump on my reconstructed breast. Yes, it turned out to be cancer, again. This was followed by more scary scans and tests to know if it had spread around the body, and then more surgery to remove it followed by radiotherapy sessions. And of course the ongoing medication for the next 5 years with its subsequent side effects.
The reason I'm telling you my story is because I wish for every woman to be more aware of their breasts and their breast health. Not only for early detection, which is crucial, but for women to know what's in their power to help prevent it as much as we can from happening. No, it's not a guarantee but trying to minimise the chances is worthy.
Do you relate to all or some of the symptoms above?
Do you desperately want to feel better, and thrive but you don't know what to do?
Are you worried about your breast health and want to do something about it?
I would love to hear your story and help you. Check my packages and get in touch below to share your own story with me and see how I can help you.
