Referral by a doctor or looking to improve your lifestyle in general?
From “just coping” to feeling like yourself again
Health coaching for mums
Imagine taking care of your child without feeling overwhelmed and exhausted all the time. Imagine waking up in the morning with energy and not dreading the day ahead. It’s time to take action so that you reclaim your life.
Is this you:
You feel like you are "just a mum"
You feel exhausted when you wake up in the morning and throughout the day, but the doctor says that everything looks fine
You're afraid you’ll go into burnout if things don’t change, but feel stuck
You are relying on coffee and sugar to get you through the day and feel bad about it because you know you shouldn’t
You are always on and have no idea what "self-care" might look like for you right now
I know EXACTLY how that feels like. Even me, a health coach, felt completely lost, overwhelmed and exhausted when I became a mother. I felt like a half-version of myself, without the strength or headspace to follow my dreams and live life fully.
What if you could be a mum but also feel light, happy, healthy,
more like yourself?
When you joined the motherhood club, that didn’t mean you automatically had to join the “exhausted 100% of the time until the kids go to university” club. The truth is that many things we do or don’t do impact how we feel. And while we can’t influence runny noses and tantrums, we -yes, even us mums- can work on nourishing our bodies and minds in ways that benefit our wellbeing.
I’m here to help you get from ‘just coping’ to feeling more like yourself again, without guilt.
Here's how you can work with me

One-on-one 10 week coaching programme
Sessions take place online, on a weekly or bi-weekly basis. Together, we work on all aspects of your lifestyle that might be influencing your wellbeing. We find ways to apply strategies and routines that unique to you as a person and to your personal situation. For those that want to go really deep.

8 week online programme
Self-paced 8 week online programme covering everything that could be influencing your energy levels and overall wellbeing. Modules include 5-10min audio files and workbooks. Includes a weekly live Q&A coaching call with me together with other mums. Next live launch will be in August, but you can purchase the programme at any time during the year and join the calls whenever you want.
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Testimonials

I’m Annie, a Functional Medicine Certified Health Coach and the mum of a toddler.
I became a health coach after my own health struggles doctors couldn’t really help me with. My period was MIA and I was dealing with severe acne and digestive issues. After going from doctor to doctor and trying ever remedy there was to try, I realised that it was my lifestyle that was majorly responsible for how I was feeling. That’s how I got well again: by sleeping better, managing my stress levels, eating well, working out less (yes, less!), reconnecting with myself and the people around me. I also had to grieve the early loss of my mum, a childhood event that left scars that I had to deal with (I’m also a grief companion).
Then my daughter was born, and all of these things flew out of the window. I started to realise how much new mums were in need of support and finally understood the meaning behind “When a child is born, so is a mother”. There really isn’t much support out there for us; neither on a mental nor on a physical level. The leap between pregnancy and motherhood is so huge, but everybody seems to ignore it. On the contrary, we are expected to function as well as before, or even better!
All around me, I saw toddler mums “just coping” like I was. Exhausted, running on empty. Putting on brave, happy smiles.
Do you want things to look different for you? Do you want to make your mental and physical health a priority but don’t know where to start?
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Graduate of the Functional Medicine Coaching Academy (FMCA). Programme developped in collaboration with the Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM).

Clinical Certification for Stress, Anxiety and Self Regulation
Clinical Certification for Stress, Anxiety and Self Regulation

Certification for helping people implement the Bredesen Protocol for Reversing Cognitive Decline (ReCODE) and Preventing Cognitive Decline (PreCODE). For more information visit https://www.apollohealthco.com/.
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