ABOUT MANDIE
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Founding Origin has been a personal and professional journey which led Mandie to retrain in Healthcare and Education. Her pragmatic, intuitive and investigative approach to health and well-being, are built upon the foundations of her lived experiences that has entailed, C-ptsd, high risk pregnancies, neonatal loss, chronic health conditions, and as a primary caregiver. Origin is the Functional Health consultancy practice, a division of Mandie's established Care Company within Adult Social Care Sector. She's a Royal Brompton Hospital heart mum; spent lengthy periods of time, in and out of PICU and paediatric cardiac wards with her daughter Tia, who lives with a rare complex congenital heart condition; hypoplastic right heart (HRHS) also known as half a heart and 22q11.2 dup. She facilitates her daughter's home education journey, and main carer for her daughter's complex needs.
Having embarked on her own health journey, searching for the root cause for her health issues. (Root cause is an underlying issue that can be difficult to detect but tends to cause multiple health symptoms). Mandie fell into the world of Functional & Lifestyle Medicine; that had an significant alignment with her own curiosities and values. Conventional medicine had struggled to identify the root cause. She developed her own distinct protocol with a whole health approach; which saw her health results improve, optimal BMI, 15kg weight loss, reversal of debilitating chronic health symptoms that had been developing over years through the exposure of trauma, chronic stress, an eating disorder and the discovery of a health condition that was unknown to Mandie for 35 years. As a lifelong learner, having always had a keen interest in health and wellbeing, she was also a former beauty & massage therapist. It didn't take much persuading to embark on retraining in healthcare, being in her 40's she was in her element! Utilising her lived experiences; the good, the bad, and the scary times, with academic studies, she is part of a determined field of like-minded whole health professionals and coaches. |
The future of medicine is understanding everything is connected ~ Dr Mark Hyman
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Biopsychosocial Model
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Mandie's field of interest and work incorporates the biopsychosocial model, with a focus on emotional dysregulation and trauma.
Exploring the relationship of our psychological behaviours and the physiological impact that can manifest from trauma, carers fatigue, mental health issues, gut health issues, eating disorders, autoimmune conditions, lifestyle related diseases, deficiencies within the body, as well as wider range of other health conditions. Ensuring the latest evidence-based research is applied in a trauma-informed care practice, for your whole health perspective, by capturing your story and working towards wellness. It's a working therapeutic partnership aided with scientifically researched techniques and evidence-based therapies, getting you back to living a healthier and happier life. |
Origin FH currently operates as Employee Assistance Programme service only.
Monthly meditations - open to the public via booking link
Monthly meditations - open to the public via booking link
Mandie champions collaborative practices for whole health care; in collaboration with NHS GPs,
Functional Doctors, Health Professionals, Educators and CQC Registered Managers, and is currently working
on longer-term projects that extends to children and young people.
