Hello, I’m Bean, a dreamy, sensitive, heart-led woman doing her best to navigate this crazy life.

I’m a 46-year old mother of two, living in Bruton, Somerset with my two children, my husband, dog and cat.

I use grounded, evidence-based nutritional therapy, with integrative hypnosis, to support menstrual health, especially perimenopause.

Using an integrated mind-body-spirit approach is incredibly important to me. It becomes clearer every day that focusing on the physical body alone, while hugely valuable, only takes you so far. At the same time, focusing only on the mental or spiritual side of things isn’t the point either - it’s about having a truly balanced approach that supports all the layers of health.

What drives me is the idea that helping even one woman feel energised and more whole and at home in her body, heart and soul, is a little contribution towards a world in which women are no longer too depleted, too diminished, or too disconnected from themselves to show up fully for what matters to them.

My part is helping women find the connection and ease in their bodies that enables them to show up differently, and the strength in their heart and soul that ripples outward — into how they mother, how they show up in their relationships, how they move through the world.

WOMEN IN THEIR 40s & 50s IN MIDLIFE

In my practice, clients share with me their past stressful or traumatic experiences. These experiences leave imprints on the nervous system, influencing overall health. I know this intellectually, and from my own experience.

Going to boarding school aged 8 and being very unhappy there had a huge impact on my confidence, sense of personal power and ability to use my voice. I caught Giardia in India aged 18 and didn’t fully regain my digestive health until I was at least in my early 40s.

Nobody escapes being conditioned by the environment they grew up in. Maybe like you, for me that was during the 80s and 90s in the UK, a point when what was available to women was expanding, but society’s expectations were not evolving in tandem. I’m part of a generation who were well educated and learned to be independent and resourceful, but were also conditioned to shrink, appease, not be difficult and suppress our needs. We’re hugely capable and productive, but we’ve had little internal permission to rest, take up space, or assert ourselves powerfully.

These imprints, the conditioning, our learned behaviour patterns and coping techniques, along with medical family history, current stresses, diet and lifestyle habits, environment context and known or unknown neurodiversity, all shape the nervous system’s capacity to flex and adapt as we pass through our menstrual cycles and the midlife changes of perimenopause.

The connection between mental and physical health is undeniable. In my own experience, when I started repairing my confidence and self worth, and began reclaiming these wounded parts of me, my physical health - specifically my digestive health - started improving. When I’m with a client, I’m holding all of these influences alongside the symptoms and test results in front of me.

NUTRITIONAL THERAPY

I am a BANT and CNHC registered Nutritionist with a diploma from the Institute for Optimum Nutrition (ION) in London. My practice is informed by the Functional Medicine approach (see below), an evidence-based, personalised, and holistic methodology that acknowledges the interconnectedness of all bodily systems and seeks to find the root cause(s).

I keep up with the latest science through regular continued professional development (CPD)—I’m always learning and refining.

Nutritional therapy goes beyond assessing your diet. It involves understanding your case history, physical symptoms, family health history, lifestyle, and lab testing (such as blood, stool, urine, or DNA tests) to uncover imbalances in the body. This can be particularly effective, especially for addressing chronic health concerns. I’ve come to realise that the potential for transformation is even greater when nutrition is combined with other healing modalities, which is why I’m always expanding my own toolkit, and have a trusted list of other practitioners to refer to when necessary.

INTIMATE HEALTH BY KATE WATERS

It is a personal delight that in January 2026 I joined my great friend Kate Waters in her clinic, Intimate Health By Kate Waters - one of the UK's leading Nutritional Therapists in intimate health.

Under her mentorship, I work with women navigating menstrual health and perimenopause, as well as vulvo-vaginal and bladder conditions.

MY TOOLKIT

I’m always gathering new tools to help my clients achieve the best possible results—tools that address the psychological, emotional, and spiritual patterns affecting their health. Since early 2023, I’ve dabbled in Human Design, completed a 12-month certification in Archetypal Alchemy (a system that integrates behavioural archetypes, the chakra system, and the metaphysics of health), and qualified in Integrative Hypnotherapy under the guidance of the incredible Melissa Tiers. I am currently in a year-long mentoring programme with the wonderful Tanya Borowski and a 6-month deep-dive training in Intimate Health (thrush, UTIs, vaginal dryness, Bacterial Vaginosis…) with Moira Bradfield.