chronic diseases especially thyroid conditions for which I was finding no satisfactory answers.

To me it was intuitively wrong to merely give someone thyroxine for a low thyroid condition – it felt like I was missing something – I just didn’t know what.

This approach to medicine didn’t sit well with me.

In so many other chronic conditions including other autoimmune conditions, gut problems and skin problems such as eczema, psoriasis, rosacea and acne the story was the same – I was not finding satisfactory answers.

So I sold my practice and set off on a quest which would take me around the world in my search for answers. Eventually after several years, I came back full circle to New Zealand where I discovered integrative medicine and the gut microbiome.

It was then that everything clicked into place – I had found the missing pieces that I had been looking for.

I then went to training after training and conference after conference in my mission to learn this new field of medicine.

I was hooked.

So now when I see someone especially with a chronic disease I have so many more tools at my disposal. The results with this approach to medicine are both exciting and rewarding and they continue to inspire me to keep learning more.

This is the kind of medicine that I love to practice.