Fatigue & exhaustion
You’re exhausted, and nobody can tell you why.
Read more →Sleep & recovery
Exhausted all day. Wide awake at 3am.
Sleep problems get reduced to sleep hygiene very quickly — screens, caffeine, a cooler room. Most people I see have done all of that already, and are still awake.
What I want to know is what your sleep was like before it changed, and what else changed at the same time.
Recognise any of this?
You may be experiencing…
- Lying awake unable to switch off
- Waking at 2 to 4am most nights
- Waking repeatedly through the night
- Waking early and unable to get back to sleep
- Sleeping a full night and waking unrefreshed
- Feeling exhausted all day and wired at bedtime
- Needing something to get to sleep
- Poor recovery from exertion or illness
You don’t need to fit neatly into a diagnostic box to deserve a proper investigation.
Where we start
What I investigate.
- What your sleep was like before it changed, and when the change happened
- The shape of a typical night — getting to sleep, staying asleep, and what wakes you
- What you do in the hour before bed, and what time you actually go
- Caffeine and alcohol, including amount and timing
- Evening meals and blood-sugar pattern overnight
- Stress load and whether the mind is racing or the body is wired
- Medications and sleep aids, including how long they’ve been used
- Whether snoring, breathing or restless legs are part of the picture
The crucial part
Why this often gets missed.
Sleep is usually treated as the problem when it is just as often the symptom. It commonly changes at the same time as energy, digestion and mood — and asking which one moved first is more useful than taking each in turn. Where the history points toward something like sleep apnoea, that needs proper medical assessment, and I’ll say so.
I investigate the whole picture, not just the loudest symptom.
What happens next
A 45-minute consultation, one to one.
Online from anywhere in Australia, or in clinic at Willow & Saige in Warrnambool. The fee is $135, the same either way. There’s nothing to prepare beyond bringing your history, any previous results you have, and your questions.
Where something in your history warrants medical investigation, I’ll tell you and refer you back to your GP. This works alongside your existing care, not instead of it.
Often connected
These rarely turn up alone.
Mood & resilience
It isn’t only in your head, and it isn’t only your mood.
Read more →Perimenopause & menopause
This is more than a list of symptoms to get through.
Read more →Frequently asked
Common questions.
Can a naturopath help me sleep?
I can take a proper history, look at your sleep alongside everything else, and build a plan from it. I won’t promise you a result. Where your history suggests a sleep disorder needing medical investigation, I’ll refer you rather than work around it.
I wake at 3am every night. Why?
I can’t answer that honestly without your history — it depends on your timeline, your evenings, your stress and what else has changed. It’s a common pattern and a specific one, which makes it worth investigating properly rather than guessing.
I’ve already tried sleep hygiene.
Most people who come to me have. That it didn’t work is useful information, and it means the answer is somewhere else.
I’m on sleep medication. Is that a problem?
No, and I won’t tell you to stop it — changing prescribed medication is a conversation with your doctor. It’s simply part of the history.
Is sleep worth a whole consultation?
Sleep is rarely on its own. In a 45-minute consultation there’s time to look at what sits around it, which is usually where the useful questions are.
Ready to find out what’s really going on?
You don’t need to have all the answers before you book. That’s what the first consultation is for.