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Let’s Talk

This is your time. No judgment, no pressure, just practical support and honest conversation about what’s actually going on in your life and your body.

Choose from:

I feel so good knowing it’s not all in my head.

“After all the tests from my GP came back normal I loved that Gemma showed me insights that explained so much of what I am feeling at the moment. My husband also understands now why I have struggled with sleep so much and has been much more supportive.”

Sarah, U.K.

The Classic

This is a great standalone call where we review your timeline to identify how you got here and determine where you want to go next.

This is the perfect starting place. In this call we will build a strategic health rebuilding plan using the Metabolic Chaos™ scorecard and Functional Medicine Timeline.

This is a coaching only call. No labs.

“I had such a great experience working with Gemma! Her warm personality, kindness & humor paved the way for me to feel comfortable exploring my health & wellness vision. She helped me see things from a different perspective and create habits that were more in line with my goals”

jonathan, U.S.
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work with me 60 mins
  • Structure your health rebuilding plan with insights from the Metabolic Chaos scorecard and/or Functional Medicine Timeline.
  • Explore ideas collected from around the internet (and other people) in the context of your health and your life.
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work with me 90 mins
functional lab GI Map
  • A detailed walkthrough of 1 to 2 large-scale functional labs (such as a GI-MAP gut profile or a DUTCH hormone test) or 3+ smaller labs.
  • We map out the underlying patterns in your functional results and correlate them directly with your real-life experiences and symptom timeline.
  • We finish by identifying clear, practical directions for your diet, sleep, and lifestyle habits based on what the data shows.
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The one for Functional Labs

This deeper dive is perfect if you want to walk through functional labs like DUTCH and GI Map.

This session is designed to translate complex biological data into plain, actionable English.

If we have not met before – we will spend the first 60 minutes doing what we would do in The Classic call so if you have multiple labs – book that call first.

” I love sending my labs to Gemma to hear what she has to say. I’m all about using data to help me focus on what i want to do next.”

Pam, greece

The Quickie

This is a for when you have a specific question you need answering and I know you – existing clients only!

This is for things like:

“I have read something about parasites but last week I decided to focus on gluten free – can we have a quick chat to help me stay focussed?”

“My auntie told me that I should not be eating animal fats but I’m day 5 into Keto can we talk this through?”

“I tried taking more Vitamin C last night and poo’d myself. You said more is not better with supplements and I’m ready for that conversation now 🤣💩”

I kept getting stuck because I wasn’t sure I was on the right path, and I just wanted to ask quick questions along the way. If I’d had a coach I’d have made progress so much faster.

me, when attempting my first parasite cleanse.
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work with me 30 mins
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Why work with me?

You deserve guidance from someone who truly understands both the science and lived experience of psoriasis. Psoriasis is un-arguably connected to stress – but stress is not just your boss being an a-hole or your toddler refusing to wear socks; it’s also the food your eating (or not eating), sleep dysfunction and bacteria in your gut that keep making toxins for your liver and kidneys to sift out. Its your thoughts and your subconscious thoughts. And your environment. Its so easy to get caught in the weeds with this, which is why I’m here to help you stay focussed and figure out your next steps.

What I am not (and will never try to be) is a doctor. I do not diagnose, treat, or prescribe. The work we do is entirely educational, helping you understand your own body’s inbuilt systems so you can build a personalised lifestyle toolkit to help you calm the chaos and regain confidence in your bodies ability to heal itself.

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Frequently asked questions

I recommend everyone starts with 60 minutes as we’ll really get to know each other. If you already have labs from another practitioner you know you want me to look at – then book 90 mins.

I write like I talk and have a blog and podcast. If you like me in these places you’ll like me in real life. This is not a £2K 6 month program – its a 60 minute call. So no, not for this.

I cannot give advice on, manage, or alter any medical treatments prescribed by your doctor or dermatologist. If you are currently taking biologics, immunosuppressants, or using topical steroid creams, you must remain under the care of your medical team for their management.

Our session will focus purely on building up your underlying health habits, regulating your nervous system, and reducing lifestyle-related inflammation alongside your conventional medical care.

To keep your sensitive data completely private and make sure we remain 100% GDPR-compliant U.K. standards for data protection), our default method is reviewing your results live on the call using screen sharing.

If you are on a computer: Just have your lab PDFs open on your desktop and hit share screen.
If you are on your phone: You can easily share your screen and show me your results straight inside your NHS app.

What if you can’t screen share?Or this gives you anxiety around it not working because you’re not techy? WhatsApp is my preferred backup because it uses end-to-end encryption. If you choose to email them to me, you do so at your own risk. Please note that to protect your privacy, any lab documents sent to me via email or WhatsApp will be permanently deleted from my system immediately after our call closes. I do not host or store your medical files long-term.

I look at systemic symptoms through the lens of an academic background in immunology and cellular biology:

  • BSc (Hons) in Applied & Human Biology (Immunology Specialism): My thesis investigated how simple sugars modulate immune responses in cystic fibrosis.
  • MSc in Industrial and Commercial Biotechnology (Genetics Specialism): My thesis focused on immune manipulation, specifically investigating how parasitic wasp venom hijacks a host’s immune pathways.

I’m also a certified Functional Medicine Health Coach and Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner and use lifestyle investigative frameworks to help you track down where your underlying physiology is experiencing chaos.

Yes, because as a scientist, I don’t focus on the downstream medical label, instead I focus on the upstream physiological mechanisms. Whether your symptoms are flaring on your scalp, your joints, or your legs, the underlying drivers are part of the exact same complicated systemic picture involving your immune system, gut, nervous system and more. By looking at your health through the lens of Metabolic Chaos™ rather than chasing a specific symptom name, we work on supporting your body as a whole, interconnected system.

That being said, there are some really interesting papers on the less common forms of psoriasis filtering through the medical literature at the moment and I will share some of these with you if they’re relevant.

Trust me, I feel your pain I once spent a miserable month eating nothing but rice and celery in a desperate bid to calm my skin ( I was 17, never do this!)

The important thing to remember is that everyones bodies are different. So yes, nightshades are talked about a lot in our community but what works for one person does not work for another.

And more complicated still… what works for you now may not work for you in the future! I was sensitive to nightshades for 7 years, but not now. We are all different and our bodies change with our diet, lifestyle, stress and gut leakiness – so many variables! Which is why its great to talk to someone who has experience working with exclusion diets.

We are also at risk for giving ourselves malnutrition by cutting out so many foods. It depends on how bad your flare is – if its out of control burning then diet right now won’t stop that. Your immune system thinks its trying to save your life and will mask any evidence from your food testing. You need a doctor to get these symptoms under control so you can start to test effectively. This is very nuanced. Get yourself on your doctors waitlist and book in for a call and we’ll see where you can go next.

Supporting your body is not a quick fix. Because we are focusing on underlying cellular health, sleep, and nervous system regulation rather than suppressing symptoms with a drug, things take time. While many clients report shifts in their digestion, energy, or stress levels relatively quickly, lasting structural shifts in chronic skin patterns typically require 3 to 6 months of consistent lifestyle foundation-building. If you are looking for an overnight miracle, a one-off Tuesday session with me is not the right fit.

Not at all. When booking, you’ll answer a few quick questions about what you want to get out of the call, alongside your current medications and supplements.

Your automated confirmation email will then contain a download link for a blank Metabolic Chaos™ Scorecard and a Functional Medicine Timeline template, along with a quick 3-minute video showing you exactly how to use them. It takes about 10 to 15 minutes to fill out the scorecard at home. You do not need to send this back to me. Keep it for yourself and just bring your section totals to the call. The Functional Medicine Timeline is for you to fill in (if you want to) during the call. You may just want to print that out.

No, because I want our focus to be on practical action, not creating piles of digital paperwork. We will spend the final 10 minutes of our session summarising your specific action items together so you leave the call knowing exactly what to do.

Before we start, you can decide if you want us to turn on automated AI notes for the video call (the default is off for privacy) so you don’t have to frantically write things down.

At the end, you’ll walk away with 3 clear, do-able goals mapped directly to your immediate priorities.

Because I approach data like a scientist, I only review labs where I have clinical experience. I am experienced in walking through the following profiles:

  • Hormones: DUTCH tests and similar advanced hormone panels (like Genova Women’s+).
  • Gut Health: GI-MAP and comprehensive stool analyses.
  • Immune & Allergy: IgG food sensitivity panels.
  • Genetics: eg: Methylation and DETOX profiles.

What I do not (currently) cover: HTMA (Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis). If you have an HTMA report you need help with, I am not the right practitioner for it, but I will happily refer you out to a trusted colleague who specialises in that specific testing framework. If you have a different lab not listed above, please pop me a message before booking to make sure it’s in my wheelhouse.

Yes, I can facilitate the lab ordering process for you. But here is a bit of strategic advice: a lot of people end up wasting hundreds of pounds buying advanced labs online that don’t actually answer the specific physiological questions they need answering.

To make sure you aren’t flushing money down the toilet, the best approach is to book The Classic (60 Mins) first. On that call, we will get clear on your health goals, map your unique timeline, and identify where your system is struggling. If testing makes sense for your case, I will recommend the exact, targeted lab profiles for you to go off and read more about and facilitate the order for you if you decide you want them.

No. Our conversations around food are strictly focused on general lifestyle and dietary optimisation to help lower total physical stress on your immune system. We do not use nutrition as a clinical treatment or “cure” for a diagnosed disease label. We can discuss how you can track your nutrient intake and share recipes to help you increase your nutrient intake.