Hi, I’m Sophie.
Dual degree qualified nutritionist. I work with women who’ve been told their results are normal and still don’t feel right.
Some of this might sound familiar.
Going to bed early all week and still waking up exhausted
Bloating that turns up regardless of what you ate
Being told your painful or irregular periods are “normal”
Being handed a printout and told everything came back fine
Being told it’s “just stress”
Skin or energy that changed after the pill, and nobody warned you
Knowing something is off and running out of people to ask
None of it is random. It just hasn’t been looked at properly.
Gut issues, hormonal symptoms, skin that kept changing, and never enough energy.
I thought they were separate problems. Every appointment treated them that way too, one thing at a time, and nothing much to do about any of it. Eventually I was told it was probably just anxiety.
Nobody asked what I was eating.
I'd been vegetarian for ten years. I was low in key nutrients - the kind that affect your gut, your hormones, your skin, and how well you cope with stress. And the lower I got, the more stressed I felt, and the harder it became to absorb what I was eating.
But my results came back in range, so I was told everything was normal.
I tried to work it out myself.
I cut things out. I wouldn't eat anything I hadn't made at home. I wasted so much money on random supplements.
I just wanted to feel better. But none of it was aimed at anything. I was guessing.
So I went and learned it properly.
First a nutrition science degree: chemistry, biochemistry, physiology, how the body actually works. Then a clinical nutrition degree, where I found functional and holistic nutrition, and got the part that had been missing: not just what was happening, but why it was happening in the first place.
Throughout that second degree I saw a holistic nutritionist myself. It was the first time anyone had looked at the whole picture rather than one symptom at a time.
That's the appointment I now give other people.
Before this was my job, it was my problem.
My approach
01 — I start with why it happened
Most of us are taught to treat symptoms one at a time. Bloating gets a low FODMAP diet. Low iron gets an iron tablet. Painful periods get the pill. That can help, but it doesn't answer why it started — and if the cause is still there, the symptom usually comes back.
02 — Body systems, not one complaint at a time
A long conversation about your history and every symptom you've got, then working through your body systems one by one to see how they're affecting each other. Testing when it's warranted, rather than guessing.
03 — Two people with the same symptom rarely need the same plan
From there you get one built for you. Evidence-based, personalised, and made up of changes you can actually make.
What working together looks like
The first appointment is 60 minutes. Most of it is me asking questions - your history, your symptoms, what you eat, how you sleep, what your cycle does, what you've already tried. Bring any recent blood tests if you have them.
Then you get a plan. Written, specific to you, and built around what your week actually looks like. Not a handout of foods to avoid.
Food first. Where supplements are useful I use practitioner-only formulations at doses that do something, and I'll tell you what each one is for. If something isn't needed, I'll say so.
Testing when it's warranted. I have access to gut microbiome mapping through Microba, comprehensive blood work through Clinical Labs, and hormone testing where it's useful. Not everyone needs it, and part of my job is working out whether it's worth your money.
Meal plans, if you want one. An optional add-on — a worked example of a structured day with the recipes, so you can see the shape of it rather than guessing.
Follow-ups are 30 minutes. How often depends on what we're working on. Usually every few weeks at the start, spacing out as things settle.
You’ve done the guessing. Let’s look deeper.
Not sure yet?
Book a free 15 minute call to discuss if I can support you.
Ready to go?
Book a 60 minute initial consultation.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Standard blood tests are designed to detect disease, not to explain symptoms. A reference range shows where most of the population sits, it isn't a target, and it isn't specific to you. Iron, B12, vitamin D and thyroid markers can all sit at the low end of "normal" while you feel exhausted. What I look at is where your results fall within the range, what's likely driving them, and whether something is affecting how well you absorb nutrients in the first place. Fatigue has many possible causes, some of which need a GP, so I'll always tell you when something is outside my scope.
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Dietitians and clinical nutritionists share a lot of training. I completed a Bachelor of Nutrition Science, which covers the same science foundation; biochemistry, physiology and pathophysiology, before completing a second degree in clinical nutrition. Dietitians complete an additional year focused on clinical placement, which qualifies them for hospital settings and medical nutrition therapy, including things like enteral feeding. That work isn't in my scope. My training went instead toward functional and holistic practice: looking at why something is happening rather than only managing the result. Both are legitimate. They're different tools for different problems.
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A lot of overlap. Both work with root causes, both use diet, lifestyle and supplementation, and in Australia we often train alongside each other. The main difference is herbal medicine, which naturopaths prescribe and I don't. That matters most if you take medication, herbs are more likely to interact with what your GP has prescribed, so a food-and-nutrient approach is often simpler to run alongside conventional treatment. My training was also nutrition-specific from the start rather than one subject within a broader degree.
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Not as a standalone goal, and I don't offer rapid weight loss. If you're after a specific number by a specific date, I'm not the right fit. What I do work on is the things that often sit underneath weight changes — blood sugar, thyroid function, nutrient status, gut health, sleep and stress — and for many women weight shifts as a result. I also support women taking GLP-1 medications with the nutritional side: protein intake, muscle preservation, nutrient adequacy, and managing the gut side effects.
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I have access to gut microbiome mapping through Microba, comprehensive blood panels through Clinical Labs, and hormone testing where it's useful. Not everyone needs testing. Part of my job is working out whether it's actually worth your money, because between the test and the supplements it adds up quickly. Often the first step is a proper history and getting the foundations right, and testing only makes sense once we know what question we're trying to answer. I charge tests at cost with no markup.
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Collaborative, honest, and straightforward. We're here to guide the process, bring ideas to the table, and keep things moving.
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Yes. All consultations are by telehealth, so I see clients anywhere in Australia and New Zealand. You'll need a quiet space and a decent internet connection, and I'll send everything through afterwards in writing.