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Jessie Denmeade Clinical Naturopath and Herbalist

Jessie Denmeade
Clinical Naturopath and Herbalist (B. Nat. M.A.T.M.S)
Herbal and Nutritional Medicine
Diet and Lifestyle Counseling

Jessie Denmeade completed a Bachelor of Naturopathy (Bachelor of Clinical Science) at Southern Cross University and has worked in both private practice and an apothecary setting since 2010. She is passionate about helping people to better understand their bodies and supporting them to work towards optimal health. She has a genuine care for the well-being of her clients and understands the need for an individualised approach. Jessie has had extensive experience working with hormonal imbalances and mental health, and has a special interest in adult ADD/ADHD and addiction, detoxification, managing auto-immunity and addressing conditions like cardio-metabolic disease. Jessie's own personal journey with chronic illness, allows her to connect deeply and truly empathise with her clients. Favouring an evidence-based approach to integrated health management, Jessie works at the intersection of traditional and modern medical understanding to support her clients to live a healthier, happier life. She combines herbal and nutritional medicine with specific dietary and lifestyle recommendations, to work with their bodies in order to achieve balance.

24/08/2025

Humble Chamomile; so often overlooked and underestimated. It’s not just to support sleep and particularly god for children. It is also an anti inflammatory, spasmolytic (relieving spasms in smooth muscle), diaphoretic (brings on a sweat in fevers), carminative (to reduce flatulence), anti-ulcer and vulnerary (for healing wounds). It is a gentle bitter herb, supporting liver function and digestion. Chamomile is particularly great for settling an upset stomach caused by anxiety and stress.
With all the incredible scientific literature coming out on new and exotic herbs, it can be easy to look past those that have been supporting us for thousands of years.

21/03/2025

Become a Commitment Ju**ie
One common pattern that many people lack is a commitment to themselves. Ageing gracefully starts with a healthy mindset and clarity on what you’d like to achieve for your body and health. Here are some ideas to help you commit:
1. Set small, achievable health-promoting goals.
2. Prepare what you need. For example, have your running
shoes or yoga mat ready; leave your prescription and
supplements on the bench; pack your healthy lunch the night before you go to work; allocate yourself time for you.
3. Visualise achieving your goals, mentally repeating the
process in your mind. You can do this!
4. Then...just do it! Remember, new goals take time to
become habits; so if you are concerned you might slip, don’t stress - just start again the next day. Practice makes perfect!
Celebrate your wins and reward your efforts. There's nothing wrong with a bit of bribery

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04/03/2025

We’re starting a Mums and Bubs group through Mullum Herbals 🤩 we will gather monthly and discuss various health related topics to do with pregnancy, motherhood and children’s health. There will be a presentation given by a naturopath (and mother) followed by Q&A and some tea and connection time. Feel free to join us, share with someone who may want to join us or contact me if you have any questions.

03/03/2025

Five tips for Healthy Eating Habits
1. Chew slowly and properly. Digestion begins in the mouth and our saliva contains digestive enzymes. We should aim to chew our food until it is almost fluid-like and easy to mix with the gastric secretions of our stomach. Eating quickly reduces our digestion and absorption of nutrients and increases gas production.
2. Don’t overeat. We are more likely to overeat if we skip meals or eat too quickly. Overeating puts a lot of pressure on our digestive tract and is a major cause of obesity. To reduce the risk of overeating, spread your meals out over the day, eat breakfast and don’t leave your largest meal until the end of the day. Stop eating when you’re almost full to gauge whether you need more. It takes about 20 minutes for our brains to receive the signal of satisfaction during a meal.
3. Drink enough water. Avoid drinking too much fluid during meals as it dilutes our digestive secretions and reduces enzyme activity. Aim to drink at least 2 litres of water during the day. Often we eat when we’re thirsty, so reduce thirst by getting enough fluid
4. Prepare. Shop for fresh food regularly and keep your cupboards stocks with good quality staples to make eating a health diet easier. When you cook or prepare meals, make extras and freeze it for easy go-to meals when you’re short on time and might lean towards takeout.
5. Eat with awareness. Check in yourself before and after each meal. If you are stressed, take a little time to create calm before eating. Preparing your meals is also a great way to get ready for eating…touching, tasting and smelling food will prepare your body for digestion, prevent overeating and improve your psychological relationship with food.

Photo of broccoli that was in my garden, just in case we need reminding of what real food looks like 😉

01/02/2025

I'm so happy to now be consulting from the Mullum Herbals Medical Suites. As it's pretty fresh, I though I'd reintroduce myself and my areas of special interest.

Jessie Denmeade completed a Bachelor of Naturopathy (Bachelor of Clinical Science) at Southern Cross University and has worked in both private practice and an apothecary setting since 2010.

She is passionate about helping people to better understand their bodies and supporting them to work towards optimal health. She has a genuine care for the well-being of her clients and understands the need for an individualised approach.

Jessie has had extensive experience working with hormonal imbalances and mental health, and has a special interest in assisting IVF treatment, PCOS, thyroid abnormalities and addressing conditions like diabetes and other cardio-metabolic disease.

Jessie's own personal journey with chronic illness, allows her to connect deeply and truly empathise with her clients. Favouring an evidence-based approach to integrated health management, Jessie works at the intersection of traditional and modern medical understanding to support her clients to live a healthier, happier life. She combines herbal and nutritional medicine with specific dietary and lifestyle recommendations, to work with their bodies in order to achieve balance.

Thank you for having on your clinic practitioner team. I really do love this work.

04/01/2025

Teach them young 💚 my budding herbalist learning about plant medicine this morning 🌿

, I got a visitor ♥️

21/11/2024

A perfect rainy afternoon of learning about the locals. I am loving these books by full of practical wisdom. Never underestimate the humble “weed”. Food and medicine are all around us 💚

03/11/2024

A little bush food gathering from this morning’s walk. The seasons are shifting and the abundance is upon us 🤩 here we have Blue Quandong, Davidson Plum, Pandanus, Blue Flax Lily and Brazilian Cherry (non native/naturalised) and flowering Lemon Myrtle for a fragrant anti microbial tea ☕️
Our native foods are often very nutrient dense compared to the diets our bodies are used to. So if you’re new to bush tucker, go gently. Start with small amounts (of confidently identified) bush foods and slowly build your in take. They’re packed with antioxidants, prebiotic fibres and a lot of flavour!

28/10/2024

Some of the flowering medicinals coming up in the garden at the moment 🥰 echinacea (in white), chamomile and calendula ♥️ I love this time of year

26/07/2024

Magnolia has been shown to increase Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDFN) expression.

BDFN has an important role in the central nervous system. It is involved in the development and maintenance of physiological brain functions. Lower levels of BDFN are shown to reduce neurogenesis (the production of brain cells) and may be linked to anxiety and depression. Chronic stress has the ability to reduce BDFN levels and cause both structural changes and cell damage in the brain. Magnolia can be our ally in helping to reduce and even repair the damage caused by long term high levels of stress.

19/07/2024

Willpower Is A Muscle
If you think of willpower as a muscle, it is easy to see that it can fatigue with excessive use. It seems we can only exert strong willpower on three to four things a day, after which time it becomes difficult to apply. Essentially, if you have to use willpower all day, your resolve to make change (which requires willpower) becomes diminished. You may be able to relate to this. You wake in the morning and declare to yourself that you are going to/or not to [insert behaviour] (e.g. go for a run this afternoon, not have that afternoon coffee, not drink today) and all seems well; however, you get to the end of your work day and you’ve not followed through on your resolve that seemed so strong in the morning. Instead, your work day used up all of your willpower and it was easier to fall back on the old habit. “I’ll do it tomorrow” you decide.
Like a muscle, willpower can be strengthened with practice. Perhaps most importantly, it is worth noting that willpower is stronger in the morning. Understanding this (and the components of habit formation) can be used to strengthen willpower; helping replace undesirable habits with more beneficial habits, as well as to help create new positive habits.

15/07/2024

How decisions become habits

Everyday, as we go about our lives, our brain is activated, and there are thousands of electromagnetic signals and impulses that process and control what we do. As we repeat patterns, we reinforce and strengthen the neural pathways. Researchers at Duke University found that approximately 45% of what we do daily is habit. A habit is a behaviour we once made a decision on and learned, but then eventually stopped thinking about consciously, and instead continued the behaviour automatically. The three parts of the brain that are involved in the creation and ex*****on of habit are:
• The decision making region; the prefrontal cortex (PFC);
• The region that holds the pattern behaviour; the limbic system, specifically the basal ganglia; and
• Our reward regions.
When habit behaviour occurs, the neurological studies show that the decision-making process powers down. For most of the day we are largely on autopilot, rather than in decision-making mode. This is important as the ‘powering down’ eases pressure and stress on the nervous system, saves physical, mental and emotional energy, and frees up our brains for thinking about other things, as well as freeing up space for willpower.
More on willpower to come...

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Jessie Denmeade completed a Bachelor of Naturopathy at Southern Cross University and has worked in both private practice and an apothecary setting since 2010. She is passionate about helping people to better understand their bodies and supporting them to work towards optimal health. She has a genuine care for the well-being of her clients and understands the need for an individualised approach. Jessie has a special interest in detoxification, managing auto-immunity and addressing conditions like cardio-metabolic disease and chronic fatigue/fibromyalgia. She favours an evidence based approach to health, combining herbal and nutritional medicine with specific dietary and lifestyle recommendations, to work with your body in order to achieve balance.