About

In 2009, I was 25 years old – a fit and healthy athlete with my eye on the prize of competing nationally in a sport that I just adored and was getting more immersed in. Then out of the blue, I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer and had my world flipped upside down! Chemotherapy ensued and multiple surgeries, all of which took their toll on me both mentally and physically.  Over the next 4 years, my body seemed to respond to life’s stresses by attacking me from the inside out – two rounds of cervical cancer and a lymphatic spitzoid tumour in the leg (that scar is kinda epic and I’m just little bit proud of it).

After a lifetime of highly competitive sports and what I thought was healthy living, I stepped away from it all completely and spiralled into a void of fear and negativity, all masked by a vivacious personality that did not want people to see what was really happening.  I was literally running scared of what lay ahead.

Supported by the most amazing fiancee Andy, our friends and family, plus some global gurus in health and healing through movement and effective training, I began Universal Wellness Co. in November 2015.

Now 33 years old (yep it’s that real that we are going to divulge age) I am 100% driven by an unwavering desire to create health and fitness environments with a difference! A recent spinal injury that I experienced has re-invigorated me to reach out to others via as many mediums as possible to connect with, learn from and offer what support I can!

This blog space is dedicated to anyone who feels like pain has got the better of them, to the ones that have tried everything, to people that have gone through cancer treatments and the myriad of other invasive and confronting treatments that have left them feeling far from who they used to be – YOU ARE NOT ALONE!

We are built on the foundations of balance, laughter, learning and inclusiveness, empowering peoples lives through movement and real human connections – IT IS AMAZING TO HAVE YOU HERE!