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Philip Western

Years ago, I found myself stuck. My gut health was a mess and my energy was gone. I could barely take a short walk and was, at times, bedbound.

I was bloated with constant indigestion, urgency, and a body I couldn’t predict from one day to the next.

I cut out foods until my “safe list” was almost nothing. I saw doctor after doctor. The answer I kept getting, in one form or another, was learn to live with it.

I didn’t accept that.

Then I went to functional, “naturopathic” medicine, which gave me hope, but after a few years of completely changing my diet, I realised that it could only be part of the answer.

What didn’t add up for me, is that one day a food was fine and the next it wasn’t. One day my digestion almost worked, the next it didn’t.

Clearly something deeper that food groups was going on.

Instead I went deep into neuroplasticity and how the nervous system actually works, and using this to compliment my already deep understanding of nutritional therapy.

Then I started helping other people and the amazing thing was they didn’t need to wait as long as I did to see results.

My journey had been one of trial and error that cost me years of pain and effort. I now get results with people in a matter of weeks, as unbelievable as that may sound.

The work I do also has a very strong backing from peer-reviewed research.

The core truth is that your gut may well not be the core issue, but merely the presentation of a deeper issue. When your unconscious mind stops sending messages of danger to your nervous system, your body knows how to heal itself.

I remember the resistance to starting this work myself, so I’ll leave you with a proverb I’ve come back to more than once: the best time to plant a tree was thirty years ago. The second best time is now.


My background
My training is specifically in gut-brain retraining for IBS, alongside broader work in nervous system regulation and applied psychology.

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