Welcome to the very first episode of Healthier with Elizabeth! I'm thrilled to officially launch this content creation project across multiple mediums—video, podcast, and blog. Let me introduce myself and give you a glimpse into who I am and what you can expect from this series.
Who I Am
So, let me start with the basics. I'm Elizabeth, a Naturopath, Nutritionist, and Crystal Essences Practitioner with a background in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). My practice is called Vintage Health.
I've been in private practice for almost 15 years now. I've also worked as a community Naturopath in a busy little health food shop in Canada for about eight or nine years—I learnt a lot there. But if you're good with accents, you'll know that I'm Australian. I'll share more about my journey and how I even ended up in Canada at a later date, but I just wanted to say Hi for now.
Currently, I work privately with clients on a range of issues. I bring in all the modalities I've just mentioned and then some. I tend to specialise in things like insomnia and sleep issues. I also work with energy issues, hormones, and I cover the gamut in terms of clientele—I work with kids, older people, women, men, on various different issues. I also work with digestive issues and I've even done a little bit of healing on animals. So, I'm going to bring all of this experience into the Healthier with Elizabeth series.
My Personal Life
Well, I'm a mum. I've got two boys—they're currently 10 and 13. We are on the neuro-sparkly side of the nervous system gamut. In particular, ADD and ADHD runs through my crew. So, you may find that if I go off on a bit of a tangent or talk a million miles a minute, that'll be my operating system coming through. But yeah, it's great. I don't mind it. I actually see a lot more positives than I do problems. I just have to make sure I manage my energy.
As I go along, I'm going to talk to you in these intro episodes about who this podcast will be for, where and when. I'll probably explain particularly as part of the "when" that consistency is not my strong suit, but I want to be continuous. So anyway, we'll get into that in another episode.
For now, I'm married to my beloved and we've been married for almost 15 years. I'll share about him and us and just how inspired I am by being married to this man. And I have two cats—Pearl and Jose. They're joys in my life and really a fun little part of our family.
I'm a plant mum. I love my pot plants. I love my garden. I've collected herbs in the past, so I'll reflect on some of my adventures. That was more in Canada. We're now in Western Australia and the collection ecosystem here is a little bit different. It doesn't mean it's impossible, but it's not necessarily as abundant as I found collecting different medicinal herbs in Montreal. But anyway, I'll speak to that later.
And yeah, I think that's really about it. I will tell you about the "why" as well—that'll be one of the episodes and that will really cover more about my journey and why I've decided to release this series, Healthier with Elizabeth, now.
Format and Approach
Just so you know, I won't be doing massive long episodes. And if you're coming across this on YouTube and sometimes it's me in a video and sometimes it's just a static picture, that's because I didn't get my act together and I didn't feel like being in front of the camera, but I didn't want to let that stop me from getting the information out.
My general format will likely be this: I'll be inspired in the moment to share something about what I've discovered, what a client and I have been dealing with, what I've been dealing with in my personal life, what I've noticed in the universe, what I've noticed with my friends. I'll write myself a few bullet points, and then I'll just press record. So really trying to make this as easy to disseminate as possible—the focus is on getting the information out in whatever imperfect form it will be in.
Connect With Me
So well, I hope you decide to subscribe wherever you are. Whether you found me on a podcast or video, I hope you'll follow along. If you've got any questions, you can find me at my website: www.vintagehealth.com.au (don't forget the .au!). There's a contact form through there or you can just email me at info@vintagehealth.com.au.
All right. Thanks so much for being here and I look forward to speaking to you soon. Bye for now.