My name is Taisia and I created this website to empower woman to optimise their own health and wellbeing and support them with this transformation. I am a family medicine doctor, board-certified in lifestyle medicine and have done additional training in Menopause and Womenâs health. I am also the mother of three small children who inspire me daily about the importance of kindness to ourselves and our planet.
Why did I study to be a doctor? Because I wanted to help people feel better. I wanted to learn how the human body worked and what made people tick. After working in the hospital in various specialties such as orthopaedics, rehabilitation, surgery, paediatrics, emergency, obstetrics and gynecology I decided to train as a general practitioner. I wanted to hear people's stories, meet their families and keep people out of the hospital and feeling well.Â
After several years as a family doctor, I couldnât shake the feeling that something was missing.
Every day, I saw patients strugglingâtrapped in a cycle of quick appointments, temporary fixes, and a system that didnât allow for true healing. With only 15 minutes per visit and limited resources, I felt like I was merely putting band-aids on deeper wounds. The wave of people feeling unwell, unheard, and exhausted felt endless, and it broke my heart. A quote I read recently summed it up beautifully:
âThere comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why theyâre falling in.âÂ
Archbishop Desmond Tutu
It wasn't until I was encouraged by a friend to undertake studies to become a board-certified lifestyle physician that I found the missing piece of the puzzle. I had found my tribe - a group of health professionals who were interested in âhealth careâ as opposed to âsick careâ. A new global movement of lifestyle medicine using a scientific, evidence-based approach, to prevent, improve and cure conditions through lifestyle change. A way to stop people falling into the river and support them to walk upstream and find their own path to wellness, through empowerment and autonomy.
 My mission is to empower women to take control of their health naturallyâusing a holistic, evidence-based approach. And Iâve seen it work. Time and again, women have transformed their lives, regained their energy, and rediscovered a sense of well-being they never thought possible.
