Merridie has always known that she wanted to help people. This led to her embarking on initial studies in Psychology/Psychophysiology before discovering Naturopathy, where her passion for further understanding the mind-body connection was fulfilled.

Graduating in 2013, Merridie then worked in private practice for 5+ years where she educated many children, adolescents and families about the impact of nutritional choices on mood, sleep, sports performance, everything! It was there that she truly honed her Food as Medicine Practitioner skills.

Looking to use her Naturopathic skills in a different way, Merridie then joined the business development team at NIIM. Her role involved liaising with multiple integrative medicine practitioners to enhance the collaborative care model for clients and she observed just how well this can work. She also led some nutritional workshops in 2019 and will be doing more of this again soon!

Returning to practice in 2020, Merridie also completed further study in pathology interpretation with Rachel Arthur and gained her Live & Coagulated Blood Microscopy qualification with Dr. Trevor Douglas.

Merridie is passionate about educating and empowering her clients in a sustainable, realistic and inclusive way. Treatment includes utilising food as medicine concepts, nutrients, herbal medicine and lifestyle techniques from her ever-growing holistic toolkit to assist your body’s own healing capacity when given the right conditions. Merridie really values the client-practitioner partnership – her empathetic nature will ensure that you feel comfortable, seen and heard.