FOUNDER, CEO / PERSONAL TRAINER
“Personally, I have struggled with emotional eating – something that many people can relate to. Usually this form of eating relates to stress, and can be stopped through knowing the warning signs. I wanted to stop, and I wanted to be able to identify my warning signs. That’s what sparked this idea…

I am a serial retreater! After attending over five different retreats in three years both in Australia and Bali, I realised that I needed help! Some of these retreats resulted in successful weight loss; others, I quit because they were just too hard-core!

I tried searching for the perfect retreat, but I still hadn’t found a fun, challenging and supportive educational health program that would fit into my real life!

The amazing program I dreamt of needed to be close to home, so that I wasn’t travelling too far away from my family or work. More importantly, I wanted to take the knowledge about a healthy lifestyle that I had learnt from these programs and transfer it to my life – I couldn’t keep retreat hoping forever! I needed a complete and permanent change of lifestyle!

So, I began to build a welcoming friendly program that worked; a program that I could attend for a week or even four weeks or more! I desperately needed a program that was there for me; I personally needed a program that could fit into my busy life. This type of flexible retreat didn’t exist in Australia, let alone the world, so I decided to create it!

When I learnt I couldn’t have a baby due to my weight, I went on a journey to become healthy and decided I wanted to empower others to achieve the same. This is why I created WLRA and continue this journey today.”