Dr Melissa Raymond

Dr Melissa Raymond Eczema & Inflammation Coach | Healing Symptoms from the Root Hi, I'm Melissa and welcome to this page.

My eldest son has had some health challenges including severe eczema, allergies and anaphylaxis. I have looked to natural options to help him, with great success. Our family diet changes have helped immensely - (GAPS diet, wholefood/non-processed food, fermented foods, probiotics, gluten free etc) as well as naturopathy, managing stress, reducing toxins in and around the home, essential oils and outside play. My background as an allied health professional, researcher, and mum on a mission, has helped me to figure out what works (and what doesn't) when it comes to navigating health within the 'healthcare system'. I support parents of kids with eczema, who are frustrated with the old approach, with a new way forward to help their kids become comfortable and happy in their skin.

Bleach baths, steroids, moisturisers (I know you've got at least a dozen in the cupboard)... That old approach offered t...
11/02/2026

Bleach baths, steroids, moisturisers (I know you've got at least a dozen in the cupboard)...

That old approach offered to those suffering with eczema hasn’t changed in decades.
And it still leaves people on this 'regime' for .. well, sometimes decades.

I hear from so many suffering with eczema that you're frustrated with the same, limited options presented to you at each appointment.

And this temporary bandaid approach still leaves you waking up each morning, checking your skin to see how it will rule the day...

For me as an eczema coach and working in healthcare for decades, the biggest insight to eczema that I've learnt completely surprised me, yet made so much sense:

Eczema isn’t the problem.
It’s the signal.

This is why focusing on the skin alone doesn’t work.
Because what’s happening beneath the skin matters more than what you can see.

I put together the exact approach I use with my clients to help them see what actually matters first and how it’s possible to build a life that doesn’t revolve around skin.

It’s only $7.
365-day money-back guarantee.

👉 Comment ITCH SWITCH below and I'll DM the link to your inbox.

10/02/2026

The goal isn’t perfect skin.
It's getting your life back.

👇🏼THIS helps eczema stop being the main event

Eczema and Topical Steroid Withdrawal running your life? You stop planning for fun things ahead.You avoid mirrors.Your e...
30/01/2026

Eczema and Topical Steroid Withdrawal running your life?

You stop planning for fun things ahead.
You avoid mirrors.
Your emotions are tied to how "good" or "bad" your skin was today.

Most people respond by trying harder.

More products.
More restrictions.
More protocols.

And yet… it keeps coming back.

Here’s the part most people never get told:

Eczema isn’t a skin problem.
It's the messenger.

And you know what they say... "don't shoot the messenger!"

The truth is, eczema is a protection response.

When the body doesn’t feel safe,
it stays on high alert, stuck in survival mode.

Inflammation stays high.
Sleep stays broken.
And even when something helps (even for just a bit - like that new moisturiser or diet tweak), it doesn’t work for long.

That’s why starting with the skin rarely works... because the skin was never the root of the problem.

(BTW, you've just shot the messenger, but the reason for the message, yep... it's still there!)

I put this into a short, ebook called
The Itch Switch.

It’s not about doing more.
It’s about helping your body switch out of survival mode so it can finally begin to heal.

👉 Comment ITCH SWITCH below and I'll DM you the link.

14/01/2026

Imagine not having eczema or TSW consume your life.

It's not about doing more, it's about shifting your body into its physiological healing state.

Because when this is switched off, it turns off your immune system, digestion, and ability to rest and repair.

That's why "healing" can feel so hard... if you miss this foundation and just use creams, diets, parasite cleanses or supplement stacks, nothing seems to stick.

Most of my clients come to me having missed this entire foundation of healing.

And when your body has switched off its healing state, you stay stuck in the eczema cycle.

Learn more about this in my ebook The Itch Switch for only $7.

Not more effort, just a simple focus on the right thing right now, so you can begin to live a life that is no longer dictated by your skin.

If food were the missing piece,eczema wouldn’t keep coming back.If routines fixed it,there wouldn’t be another flare aft...
07/01/2026

If food were the missing piece,
eczema wouldn’t keep coming back.

If routines fixed it,
there wouldn’t be another flare after a “good day.”

If effort worked,
you wouldn’t be awake at 2am, itching, monitoring, waiting again.

Whether it’s you or your child with eczema,

the pattern underneath is the same.

The foundation for healing is switched off.

Most approaches start with what to change:
food
triggers
products
routines

But they skip miss the key physiological state the body needs to be in so it can start to heal.

It's not their fault - most practitioners don't even consider this at all... so they don't tell you.

But once you understand how the body works - in fight, flight, freeze 'survival' mode - or rest, digest and repair mode...

It just makes sense.

Because survival mode switches off your immune system, digestion, and ability to heal, of course it makes sense to deal with why your body's in survival mode in the first place.

To start there.

Not with creams, avoiding foods, and detoxes.

But what really shifts the skin out of that angry, itchy, raw state, and into what's it's meant to be- calm, smooth, and something that you don't have to think about every second of every day...

is the autonomic nervous system.

This is the control centre for healing - or not healing.

Switch this back into its healing state, and everything else will flow.

This is what my free mini masterclass walks you through.
Comment MINI below and I'll send you the link.

29/10/2025

This is why I don't start with restricting foods or "eczema diets" to clear eczema...

13/10/2025

If your child's eczema isn't any better even after trying everything they've told you to do, it isnt your fault. This is biological reason why ⬆️

It doesn't have to be this way.

Follow for more ways to heal your skin at the root.

Super excited to be guest on Megan's TV show this week!
04/09/2025

Super excited to be guest on Megan's TV show this week!

03/09/2025

Stop using that eczema moisturiser. Do this instead 👇👇👇

17/07/2025

Your skin can't heal if your nervous system is stuck in survival mode 👇

17/07/2025

My client went from Topical Steroid Withdrawal,🚫😴& low mood, to calmer skin & able to 😊at herself in the mirror💃 Here's how ⬇️

12/07/2025

My client focussed on THIS and her skin started to heal🤯
It wasn't her skin.
It was her nervous system.
(It blew my mind how much it helped, too!)
You see, her nervous system was stuck in fight or flight mode.
This lead to the inflammation in her body being sky high.
It was making her topical steroid withdrawal a nightmare.

Sleepless nights.
Extreme fatigue
Flaking skin - and NOT just where she had her original eczema.
Painful all over.
Itch - oh the itch! She couldn't stop scratching on our first call.
She was constipated, had low mood, and was at her wit's end.

But on that first call, she said to me - I trust you can help me.
I know you can help me.

And over the next 4 sessions, we found the root causes for her eczema and reaction to stopping the steroids.

We focussed on her nervous system.

She released the fears and stored emotions from her childhood.

And her skin started to improve.

Sleep returned to her.

Her digestion improved (yep, she became 'regular' again).

And most importantly, joy entered her life again.

THIS is the reason I do what I do.

And if you're not focussing on the nervous system, this is why you're still stuck in the eczema cycle.

If you're ready to break it, comment HEALING below and I'll send you some options. I have 2 available spots this month to work with me in my 1:1 program.

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Melbourne, VIC

Website

https://yourjourneytohealing.net/

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Hello and welcome! My name is Melissa and my page is dedicated to supporting YOUR journey to healing through reducing chemical exposure, making own skin care and cleaning products, using essential oils and herbs for our health, exercise, and wholefoods to optimise nutrition.

I help parents of children with eczema and allergies implement evidence-based approaches, so their child can finally feel comfortable physically and emotionally and the entire family can start living their life again.

I interpret the latest research to inform change with practical and actionable steps.... yep, I’m the research nerd, so that you don’t have to be. :0)

My first son has had some health challenges in his young life including severe eczema, allergies, anaphylaxis and asthma. At the time he developed eczema and allergies, I was doing my PhD - I had access to a wealth of journals and research that helped us along the way. I researched and researched into causes and ways to help him, looking to find ways to heal instead of merely treating the symptoms. I looked into more natural/alternative options to help him, with great success.