Meet Lynn
Longevity Living Food Chef & Lifestyle Medicine Coach
My Personal Journey
I write this in April 23 and I am enjoying my 63rd trip around the sun. I live with my two adorable omnivores, Merlin and Mario in the lovely Surrey village of Laleham in the UK.
Although I practice lifestyle medicine, I am not a medical doctor. The clients I work with are keen to improve their wellness, practice ageless aging, prevent disease and recover their health following an illness. The power is in all of us if we have the right tools.
How do I know that Lifestyle Medicine is so powerful?
In 2005 I suffered a complete mental breakdown, following an arduous 4 year relationship followed by bereavement. It also took me into early menopause. I was in and out of hospital for 18 months during which the doctors prescribed numerous drugs that made my condition much worse. And to add insult to injury my weight sky rocketed to 13.5st from 8st...
“ Wellness is realised by small steps, but is truly no small thing"
- Zeno 334BC, Greece
Unfortunately they never once treated me from the neck down, they assumed the problem was all in my head. Oh how wrong they were!
The decision was to abruptly withdraw me from the drugs. Then I began my descent into hell. During a more lucid moment I had my adrenal glands checked and discovered that they were flat lined. The adrenals play a major part in your stress response and with adrenal insufficiency medication will be not be delivered into your cells and will just course around your blood stream causing mayhem.
I discharged myself and once home I made plans to address my lifestyle starting with my adrenals. With the help of natural hydrocortisone, transitioning to vegetarian and then a vegan diet, practising yoga and meditation and having infra red saunas daily, I felt myself coming back to life.
And what a life it is. I am now happier, healthier and full of positivity and purpose than ever before. I am a drug free zone and have been for 15 years. It may seem strange to say, but in many ways this was the best thing that ever happened to me. My lifestyle truly was my medicine.
