About me

My Story

My journey with herbs started in 1997 and I have been using herbal remedies to cope with my busy and stressful lifestyle since then.

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​Working and living in Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia and Thailand as well as several years in Hong Kong, I had the opportunity as a patient and as an observer, to visit local herbal medicine practitioners and see them at work. Some of them were even showing me how, what and why they were preparing their formulas, ointments and infusions. Their herbs, roots ( even animal parts, dried or preserved in some unidentified liquid)  were kept in old drawers or glass containers of dubious cleanliness, displayed on their dark wooden counters, and their spaces were filled with strange, pungent scents.

I found it all fascinating and disturbing at the same time, yet I dreamed that one day I too could understand their secrets. 

Since I was a teenager my dream was to become a doctor and I could see myself surrounded by children in need and to be happy helping people.

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But, as often happens,  I didn't become a Doctor as my life took an other wonderful professional directions which allowed me to live and travel around the world meeting a lot of people from many different cultures. Then I got married and navigating through testing times both personally and with my family too.​

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As many of us, life was provided with good and bad times and  I have suffered physically and mentally struggling with the loss of people close to me and with my own health.

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When my mother passed away unexpectedly I started to question about what the real meaning of life might be.  We all think to be invincible, strong and capable of coping with any situation that we might be confront with. 

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I remember the speeches at my mum's funeral, with my father and brother lost in their sorrow, when I was reading a passage given me by the priest, I was referring to her as my northen star, my light in my life path and I realised in those moments that I was scared, lonely with an unbereable feeling of emptiness. That was the time that my life was starting take on a different direction ( but I didn't know yet) and I searched for help and support mostly from natural and holistic solutions so the herbs became part of my life.  On the path of my journey I studied Vegetarianism embraced the Vegan philosophy and I was lucky to be supported by fantastic practitioners, my own herbal remedies, and my spiritual connections.

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But the real turning point, which actually took me to create NatuRemedie, came when I had an heart attack as result of long, extremely long time of stress, worries about me, my family, the very premature loss of my sister in law and my health in general and my uncertain future.

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That episode shook me to my core and led me to questioned myself and what was my real purpose .

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My heart attack triggered my survival instinct and the support and love of my husband gave me the right reasons to start to recover and help myself. That was the time when I thought that many of us are struggling for many reasons and it is not necessary to reach the bottom to understand that we might do something to help ourself and each other. Yes, help ourself first, love ourself and understand that we are not abandonned or alone but we can help each other, support each other through our journey, the good and bad and perhaps, sharing our knowledge we can go happily and go through our life with acceptance and knowledge of ourselves.

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I have to admit to find the light at the end of the tunnel has been difficult, but I didn't give up and I found my purpose in pursuing my idea to help and support me and others with love and care.

I love to use the movie line " Help me to help you " .

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Then I started studying Essential Oils , Herbal Medicine, Bio Resonance, Flower Essences and more, I became a member of CMA ( Complementary Medicine Association ) and I have expanded  my experiences of natural healing into more modalities.

I feel now that my listening, caring and putting my energy and love into supporting other people's  journey to restore and rebalance in to practice is my purpose and my goal in my future.

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So, here I am, ready to listen and support you in your journey.

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We all deserve to shine and to thrive through our own natural path.