Karinda Wholistix

06/10/2025

VERY excited to have the pleasure of presenting some game-changing knowledge about the power of sunlight & darkness in helping our bodies work better with my dear friend and colleague Julie Forrester - Naturopath for VicHerbs at Torrens Uni!

Your circadian rhythm is just as crucial to your health as nutrition, exercise, hydration... yet it gets totally overlooked in modern healthcare. We're here to bring this original medicine back to the spotlight!

The benefits of sunlight, moonlight and darkness are totally underrated, meanwhile artificial lighting wreaks havoc on our body clock, hormone systems & so much more.

The talk will be filled with golden nuggets and useful information for literally anyone, and it will live streamed so you can watch online!

Get your tickets here:

This talk will help natural health practitioners understand just how crucial our circadian rhythm is for entire physiology.

15/05/2025

A great time to support local n' small business, and also a great time to try our range of teas for your Menstrual Cycle that Maddie & I formulated together.

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Get some tea in ya! 🫖

Organic herbal tea blends thoughtfully curated by Byron Bay Shire based Naturopath, Madeleine Lewin, for a myriad of medicinal benefits and taste preferences.

13/08/2024

Hey friends! I recently had the pleasure of being interviewed by Sophie Kate for her new Optimise podcast🎙

Turns out to be one of my favourite podcast interviews to date! We cover some of the most important aspects of my work as a naturopath & menstrual cycle educator: why having periods is important, how to connect to each phase of your cycle, how your nervous system is the key to hormone balance, and ways to holistically & practically support yourself as a female with a body that changes every week of the month.

If you have a menstrual cycle (or love someone who does), I think you'll find a few juicy insights & busted myths in this episode. May it be of benefit :)

‎Show Optimise, Ep 4 // Optimise your Menstrual Health, Cycle Awareness + Nervous System with Naturopath Karinda - 8 Aug 2024

05/05/2024

post inspired by a lovely stranger at the Phillip Island Woolies who overheard .forrester.naturopath and I talking about ingredients in pre-made falafels & vegan protein products, and then asked us if we knew what foods were good to avoid for endo - first I'm focusing on foods that I WOULD focus on if I was actively trying to naturally manage endo & avoid endo flare ups / prevent period pain

hope this helps!

02/05/2024

there WAS a root cause for your period problems when you first started menstruating.

those problems CAN re-appear in your life, after being on hormonal contraception (or even during!), if that root cause wasn't investigated or addressed.

so let's get to the bottom of it, shall we? 🤝

I have Tuesday + Friday availabilities for Connection Calls ✨☎️

→ that's just what I call a free, quick chat that we have, where we get to meet each other on Zoom, talk about what's going on for you, your health & your hormones. then I'll let you know how I think I can weave some naturopathy & functional, wholistic medicine into your life to bring your hormones into harmony! plus, you get to ask any questions about the journey, how I work, what to expect, etc.

→ most gals who book in with me are wanting support for: PMS or PMDD, period pain (endo or adeno or fibroids or no diagnosis), PCOS, irregular cycles, or wanting to prepare to come off birth control.
→ I also help clients resolve HPV naturally & love to help anything v***a-related (bc v***a complaints often get overlooked!) - thrush, BV, etc.

Usually there's a mix of things going on - digestive issues, lots of stress, maybe some insomnia or skin concerns - so don't feel like your symptoms need to fit in a perfect lil box or label to be able to work with me. Come as you are!

You can book yourself in online, or send a lil message my way to get the process started.

I can't wait to help you discover that easeful, regular periods & embracing your WHOLE hormonal cycle are possible for you 🤩

30/04/2024

There is a force in these mOdErN times we find ourselves in;
A force that loves to convince women that there is something wrong with their cyclical bodies.
A force that LOVES to medicalise & pathologise your female body for being a female body
(and in other cases, is quick to dismiss your concerns when something IS off. oooh, love that for us!! 🫠)

🩸This includes the imbalances that can appear with your first period (a time where your body is adjusting to huge hormonal influences that prior to weren't apart of the equation)

🌀 And during childbirth, where you are literally in one of the most potent earthly portals of all time, your being is flooded with instinctual cues on how to birth a baby, and you're told to lay on a hospital bed, encouraged to be cut/poked/prodded/drugged, and not always fully informed of what's being done to your body, because it's easier for the health professionals that way?

🥀 and menopause! Don't even get me started! You don't menstruate forever. Your hormones will naturally drop off. Absolutely, there are things that can be done re: nutrition & lifestyle to smooth this transition. But it's almost classified as a disease to be treated with synthetic hormones? Sorry what???

Can we just let our bodies BLEED & BREATHE & BE & AGE as they are destined to?

I don't believe this modern force is greater than the life force within you; the life force that is constantly showing you how beautiful, powerful and NATURAL your human body is in all it's menstruating, cervical-mucus-producing, climaxing, baby-birthing, ovulating & menopausing glory.

25/04/2024

💫⏳⌛️⏳💫 How delicious it is that we have all this time & space & energy to create with 💫⏳⌛️⏳💫

22/04/2024

Taking the oral contraceptive pill potentially:

⬇️ DECREASES:
• B2
• B6
• B9
• B12
• Vitamin C
• Zinc
• Magnesium, selenium and zinc

⬆️ INCREASES:
- Vitamin K
- Iron
- Copper

These nutrients play a HUGE ROLE in not only your hormone health, but also:
→ DNA synthesis & health
→ Immune function
→ Energy & oxygen carrying capacity
→ Liver health
→ Cognition & mental health
→ Skin quality & tissue repair
and SO MUCH MORE!

Just something to be aware of if you're currently taking the pill, OR if you've recently stopped taking it.

This can be a huge cause for how symptoms come back with a vengeance after stopping the pill (like acne, breakouts, period pain or even irregular cycles) - but of course, stopping a medication and your ovaries + brain coming back "online" to your own hormonal rhythm can cause symptoms while your body adjusts and gets back into the swing of things 💃

Listen to episode 3 of the Oh My Me**es podcast where I cover this issue in depth! 🎙

16/04/2024

Your OG period problems weren't caused by not being on the pill...
So what WAS going on?

And has this root cause been addressed since you've come off the pill?

If not, it's possible that those original hormonal symptoms or period problems can come back (sometimes with a vengeance... eep!)

My FAVE and highly recommended areas to focus on to give your hormones the best chance of balance & thriving: food/nutrition, sleep, movement/exercise, light (that's a new one hehe) and nervous system/emotional regulation.

I've got a couple of episodes on my Oh My Me**es podcast about the pill - some facts, some stories, some thoughts. Tune in on Apple or Spotify!

P.S/A post for a later time - there seems to be this phenomenon among those who've taken the pill (including my clients/friends/fam and even myself) where there comes a point when it just doesn't feel "right" to be on it anymore; we don't necessarily have all the facts or clear understanding of the harm it may be causing, but there's this strong inkling to get off it and start looking at another form of birth control (if that's what you were on it for). What is this? Intuition? Feminine instinct? Our hormones rising up to reclaim their throne in our bodies? I'm curious! Feel free to share your takes or if you've experienced this phenom' before.

15/04/2024

some inspiration: areas in ya life where you can take action or make a lil change, to zhoush up your hormones & have a better experience within your cyclical, female body ✨🌈🌷

14/04/2024

Based on what my clients diagnosed with PCOS have told me (and my own journey!), their doctors & gynos make it seem like it's a syndrome "you just have" for no apparent reason... like you either got it or ya don't, and once ya got it, ya got it forever.

I'm here to bring some nuanced & empowering PIZZAZ into this convo and clarify: there ARE factors that cause hormone imbalance to start in your body, which can then develop/grow/exacerbate/persist, and then become chronic, and then create a state of unwellness.

I get that it might be easier to go along with the "oh well, guess I just got this thing that impacts my life and health in X ways" - like if there's nothing you can do about it, there's no point in stressin' about it, right?

But, as I continue to move through this human experience... I'm being reminded of the importance of knowing/finding what IS within our POWER & control in all given moments. ESPECIALLY when it comes to our bodies, health & healing.

And I never thought I'd quote Spiderman in a caption???? But here it goes: "with great power comes great responsibility."
Oooft! Any other responsibility-phobes out there shuddering and cringing with me? I've been thereeeee, heck I've LIVED there, and still visit there some days.

Again, I get it. Not taking responsibility or accountability offers *A* sense of a sort-of freedom... to a certain, limited extent.

I think it is human nature to inevitably go towards your inner power.
Even if it's in miniscule ways.
I think tapping into our power would bring about a better human experience for all of us, anyway.

So yes, let's lament/rejoice together:
"omg, my health is such a responsibility, blaahhhh"
AND
"omg, my health is within power, I am the creatrix of my life, weeoooowww!"

11/04/2024

There's a big difference between what's normal/to be expected in modern healthcare for women...

And how I work.

If you're digging what I'm laying down on the second slide, rest assured that YES, that kind of healthcare exists. And yes, it's available to you.

Feeling called to start making some changes to your health to balance your hormones, calm your PMS and improve your periods? Comment "connect" to get started or browse my links to book a free connection call