'Why did I call it The Health Puzzle?'
Welcome to The Health Puzzle (THP).
My name is Josie Shillabeer, I am a Naturopathic Nutritional Therapist and the founder of The Health Puzzle.
The idea for THP came to be back in 2012 when I began to experience severe anxiety, panic attacks and agoraphobia, which led me to taking a two-year break from my university studies.
I had no idea what was happening to my mind and body and I had no idea how I could rebalance myself so that I could return to university.
I was desperate to find a resource like this that would give me:
Hope that I could get better.
Explanations of what was potentially happening in my mind and body.
Simple and practical guidance on changes that I could put into place to help me take control of my health.
A directory of products, services and healthcare professionals that could help to supercharge my progress.
I was not able to find what I was looking for all in one place and instead have spent many hundreds of hours and pounds scouring the internet, courses, books, health professionals and personal interactions to gather all of the information I needed to begin supporting and optimising my health.
I was able to balance by mind and body enough to return to university and finished my studies but my health was still not where I wanted it to be when I graduated.
I went searching around once again for information and support to help me rebalance my health.
After noticing a clear link between my mind and my gut I decided to seek professional support from a local nutritionist. This really did help to supercharge my progress and enlightened me to the endless amount of puzzle pieces that were out therefore me to try. Finding fresh hope that I could rebalance my body was a very powerful thing.
After seeing the incredible changes a nutritionist could make to someone's health and wellbeing I decided to train to become one myself.
Once I had become a nutritional therapist, I decided to take the leap and work on my dream of creating the resource I once needed, bringing together everything I have learnt and continue to learn. This resource is The Health Puzzle and I hope that with time it can become the go to resource with everything you need to start building your own health puzzle.