Ellen Sorlen
My name is Ellen and I’m a nutritional therapist with a great passion for educating and guiding my clients to achieve optimal health through all aspects of life.
I believe nutrition is so much more than the food we eat. It’s about the way we nurture our bodies through the relationships with ourselves and others, it’s about our happiness, thoughts and purpose. Food and exercise play a role but it shouldn't be the main definition of health.
I believe nutrition is so much more than the food we eat. It’s about the way we nurture our bodies through the relationships with ourselves and others, it’s about our happiness, thoughts and purpose. Food and exercise play a role but it shouldn't be the main definition of health.
During my mid 20s, my skin decided to pass on the message that something inside my body wasn’t the way it should be. During the first couple of years, I didn’t look at my acne in that way, that something wasn’t right. I was too focused on external treatments, different skin products and various medications. None of these made any real improvement so I was clearly focusing on the wrong thing.
I decided to enrol to the College of Naturopathic Medicine as I had always had a huge interest in nutrition. During the first year in college, I decided to properly investigate my diet, my stress levels, the way I was exercising and my mental health. Within 6 months, my acne had reduced significantly alongside some other symptoms I was experiencing. I was no longer running to the mirror first thing in the morning to look for any new breakouts.
The problem is that I had previously been focusing on the symptoms rather than looking at the potential root causes. Hormonal imbalance, a nervous system that was under a lot of stress and a pretty sluggish liver caused some internal suffering which my body tried to communicate through painful breakouts, irregular cycles and low mood. When symptoms creep up, this is our body’s way of telling us that something isn’t right so we shouldn't ignore it.
Food is there to be fun and enjoyable and it’s a way of bringing family and friends together but it's also there to nourish our bodies which preferably should optimise our future health.
I decided to enrol to the College of Naturopathic Medicine as I had always had a huge interest in nutrition. During the first year in college, I decided to properly investigate my diet, my stress levels, the way I was exercising and my mental health. Within 6 months, my acne had reduced significantly alongside some other symptoms I was experiencing. I was no longer running to the mirror first thing in the morning to look for any new breakouts.
The problem is that I had previously been focusing on the symptoms rather than looking at the potential root causes. Hormonal imbalance, a nervous system that was under a lot of stress and a pretty sluggish liver caused some internal suffering which my body tried to communicate through painful breakouts, irregular cycles and low mood. When symptoms creep up, this is our body’s way of telling us that something isn’t right so we shouldn't ignore it.
Food is there to be fun and enjoyable and it’s a way of bringing family and friends together but it's also there to nourish our bodies which preferably should optimise our future health.
