CANDIDA

Having suffered from Candida for years, it was time to treat the cause and not the symptoms.
Tara changed my diet, prescribed supplements and flower remedies to strip away the emotional layers from the past. Nine months later I am clear from the Candida, am more in tune with my body and have more energy than I ever had.
D.P.
Crewkerne
Somerset

DIABETES

Tara was recommended to me by a homeopath in 2005. I had had a long period of ill health beginning with many years of both physically and emotionally debilitating infertility treatment. When I was diagnosed with an underactive thyroid in my mid-forties it became clear why the infertility treatment had been so pointless. My weight steadliy increased and along with it my misery. My late forties saw a catalogue of back problems including a slipped disc and a hospital stay with chronic shoulder pain. In 2004 I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes with blood sugar levels of 18. All the investigations leading to this alerted poor liver function and severe anaemia. By the spring of 2005 I was regularly seeing a gastroenterologist, a gynaecologist, a diabetologist, two physiotherapists, a podiatrist, a NHS nutritionalist, a homeopath and my GP every four weeks. I was taking 8 different medications. I was morbidly obese, unable to do the things I wanted to do easily, constantly exhausted and struggling to hold down my very demanding job and marriage.
At my first session Tara was completely unphased by my catalogue if disasters. By the end of an hour I left clutching what I thought was an impossible nutritional programme, an enormous list of required supplements, drops, elixirs, but a sense of wonder that made me share her belief that we could deal with this; no mountain to big to climb, no condition to be left unchallenged. And she was right.
Within six months I had lost a couple of stone and my sugar levels were nearly halved. My energy levels were quadrupled at least, and I felt I was starting over. By the end of a year my blood test results were astonishing: sugar levels down to 6.2, liver function completely restored, iron levels normal, and my blood pressure 'perfect' according to my GP. One by one my specialists signed me off. I was able to return to my regular swimming and my ability to walk distances - in fact do anything physically that I wanted to - returned. I felt my life had started again. With confidence riding high we returned to the possibility of considering a last ditch attempt at the fertility treatment. It would be too good to be true to say that this succeeded! In typical real life fashion as my health transformed and I began to believe that at last I would get my longed for baby, my husband bailed out, never to return. All I can say about that is, that if I hadn't worked with Tara to reach the physical and mental strength her treatment gave me, I doubt if I would have survived the last year.
So here I am now, still attending my regular appointments. Every six months I have my bloods done and the results confirm that my diabetes is controlled and everything is boringly normal! I still take medication for diabetes and my hypothyroidism but the only treatment I now have is from my GP and Tara. I'm still as fat as a pig but it's a healthy fat and I exercise several times a week and am about to start with a personal trainer (recommended by Tara of course!) I have flirted with yoga and am now keen to start meditating. Tara all along has addressed my spiritual life as well as my physical and emotional. That's another story. The important thing is that she is the first person I have ever worked with who is truly holistic and she believes that anything is possible. That positivity has changed my life.

Amanda Ebborn
Somerset

My husband and I had being trying for a baby for several years; we had done everything including failed IVF. I was fast becoming a nervous wreck and it was having an effect on our marriage. I saw Tara’s leaflet and was in such a state of desperation I decided to give her a call. Tara was wonderful, from the outset she helped me to deal with the emotions which were part of the problem plus at the same time dealing with various nutritional imbalances. It was hard though as the first thing she said was that we were to stop trying for a baby for the next 3 months; to somebody who had spent nearly 10 years trying it was a difficult mind set to get round, however, I did it. Six months after seeing Tara I conceived, this in itself was not new as I had had 4 miscarriages in the past. I am pleased to say this time I did not miscarry, and 9 months later had a very healthy little boy. We are now thinking of having another, I will go back to Tara to do her preconception programme again as I now know that it is not just about having a baby, it is about staying healthy whilst you are pregnant and having a healthy baby. Thank you Tara for all you have done, my family will always be grateful to you.

G.D.
Sherborne, Dorset

'I came to see Tara earlier this year after I'd had my baby. I was attracted to the fact that as a holistic nutritionist, Tara takes the whole being into account when suggesting nutritional advice. I wanted to lose weight naturally and healthily and to change the unhealthy eating habits that I had got into. My blood sugar levels were all over the place and I frequently comfort ate on sugary and white flour products and I was finding it hard to break these eating habits.
I went to see Tara for an initial consultation and she took a full case history asking me all about the events in my life, the emotions I had gone through, the issues was facing now, what foods I ate. It was very thorough.
Within days she had sent me a detailed personal eating programme that addressed my particular problems. She also took into account that I was breastfeeding so the individually tailored programme allowed for that.
Since that time, with Tara's help, I have transformed my eating habits and, therefore, those of my family and I have lost about a stone; naturally, slowly and healthily which is what I wanted. I have never gone hungry. Throughout, Tara has been available to answer questions through email or over the phone. I have more energy, positively and have broken the cycle of comfort eating the sugary and starchy foods that I found so addictive. My skin glows and I have no more energy slumps. The programme itself was very detailed but easy to follow. Additionally Tara's approach is gentle and compassionate, she made me feel I was doing really well and never made me feel a failure if I slipped a little at times.
I would definitely recommend Tara to anyone seeking nutritional advice and would not hesitate to consult her in the future. Seeing Tara has turned around my long held eating habits and has been a real long term investment in my health as I hope to maintain her suggestions for life'.

Janet
Pimlico, London

STRESS AND GENERAL WELLBEING

"Tara's advice on nutrition has permanently changed the way I view what I eat".

Ian
South West, London

Tara has helped me very much with emotional and physical symptoms, especially around changing long established behaviours and eating patterns which weren't productive and were distressing. I found the foods and supplements that Tara suggested were very helpful and she also explained in the consultation why she was recommending them, which was reassuring. Tara's approach is a welcome change (from tackling these issues on my own) because she is understanding and encouraging, not coercive, which really helped with old patterns of struggling or failing and being judgmental.

Amanda
Westminster, London