From chronic pain to clinical practice: My personal and professional journey to whole-system care.

My journey into holistic healthcare didn't begin in a lecture hall. It began when I was eleven years old, curled up in a dark room with my first debilitating migraine, vomiting, crying, and realising that standard painkillers barely touched the pain. Throughout my teenage years, that physical distress evolved into a silent battle with anxiety, OCD, and an eating disorder.