18/08/2026
Mel is a gem đź’Ž
For anyone new here, I thought I'd introduce myself and share how I came to this work.
I'm Melisa, a naturopath in the north-east of Adelaide, mum to three sons and partner to John. Long before any of that, back in the 1990s, I set off to travel through India and Nepal with a six-month adventure ahead of us. Two months in, I picked up Giardia, and what followed was months of gut infections that left me arriving home around twelve kilos lighter and thoroughly unwell.
The conventional treatment I tried didn't do a great deal, and it was a local naturopath who finally helped my gut heal and got me feeling like myself again. That experience never left me. After my third son was born, I went back to study, and I graduated as a naturopath in 2012.
These days my heart is in helping women through perimenopause and menopause, and the shifts in energy, weight, sleep and mood that so often arrive with this stage of life. I still see the occasional child too, and my oldest client is in her nineties.
When I'm not in clinic, you'll usually find me walking somewhere green or on my yoga mat, which is how I keep myself steady.
If you've been following along, thank you for being here. If we haven't met yet, I'd love to know one thing about you in the comments 🌿
