Anthia Koullouros

Anthia Koullouros Welcome to Apothēca
founded by Anthia Koullouros, Naturopath & Herbalist. ANTHIA KOULLOUROS BHSC ND DBM DH MATMS

Home to Anthia’s Naturopathic Clinic & Apothecary in Surry Hills, Sydney, offering Apothēca Organic Teas, Tisanes & Natural Remedies, as well as Akadēmeia Courses & Programs.

01/06/2026

EP 16: Comorbidities and Multimorbidity

Ever felt like your "wellness plan" was actually just another full-time job?

Most people are handed a massive list of everything that’s "wrong" with them, but that just feels like a prison sentence. Real healing starts by looking at what’s actually working. It’s about creating "capacity", clearing out the clutter, simplifying the routine, and finding small pockets of energy so you can actually breathe again.

If your treatment plan feels like a burden, it’s not working for you. We need to make healing something you can actually live with.

Watch or listen to this weeks episode of This is How We Heal Podcast on YouTube, my Website, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts:
https://youtu.be/D5n8coauXUw?si=X1MoocfxRsFkPALF

When the work of managing your health consumes most of your energy, little capacity remains for healing itself.Over the ...
01/06/2026

When the work of managing your health consumes most of your energy, little capacity remains for healing itself.

Over the years, I have come to appreciate that healing is rarely about doing more. More supplements. More appointments. More protocols. More information.

Sometimes the first step is creating capacity.

Creating enough space, energy, clarity, and support to participate in your healing rather than feeling buried beneath it.

In clinic, I often meet people carrying far more than symptoms. They are carrying appointments, medications, test results, responsibilities, decisions, and the emotional weight of trying to make sense of it all.

Sometimes the work is not adding more.

Sometimes the work is helping a person catch their breath, regain their footing, and reconnect with themselves.

This is the subject of my latest Substack essay, Creating Capacity: When Health Becomes a Full-Time Occupation, drawn from themes I explore in my forthcoming book, This Is How We Heal.

Read the full article via the link https://anthiakoullouros.substack.com/p/creating-capacity

I'd love to know: What would creating more capacity look like in your life right now?

With warmth,

Anthia 🌿

28/05/2026

Are you struggling with a "tangled web" of health issues? When you’re dealing with comorbidities, especially multiple chronic conditions like diabetes, autoimmune issues, or cardiovascular disease, treating isolated symptoms often isn't enough. In fact, it can lead to burnout and medical fatigue.

In this episode, we move beyond fragmented diagnoses. We explore how multiple conditions interact within the body and, more importantly, how to reclaim your health by "threading the good, " focusing on your existing strengths to build a foundation for genuine recovery.

What We Discuss:
The Web of Comorbidity: How conditions like inflammation and metabolic health interact to create a cycle of illness.

The Hidden Mental Load: Addressing the psychological strain of managing multiple specialists, medications, and appointments.

Capacity & Resilience: Why simplifying your routine is often more effective than adding more complex treatments.

Threading the Good: A strategic approach to stabilizing what is working to create a safe environment for deeper healing.

Rewiring the Mind-Body Connection: Creating new neural pathways to move past the "identity of illness."

Episode Timestamps:
00:00 The challenge of modern healthcare: Too many labels
01:23 Defining Comorbidity vs. Multimorbidity
03:32 The Interplay: Why one condition aggravates another
04:40 The Hidden Mental Load: Dealing with "specialist fatigue"
05:41 Dee’s Story: Untangling a complex health history
07:25 Integration Over Fragmentation: Seeing the whole person
09:00 "Threading the Good": A new strategy for healing
09:53 Capacity & Rewiring Vitality: Small wins, big impact
11:41 Reflection Questions: Assessing your own intersections
13:15 Final thoughts: Living beyond your diagnosis

Reflection Questions for You:
How do your various health conditions intersect and affect one another daily?

What are the existing "strengths" in your health right now that we can build upon?

How can you simplify your current health routine to create more "healing capacity"?

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Something I have wanted to do for a long time — share the book I am writing, This Is How We Heal, as it comes to life, w...
24/05/2026

Something I have wanted to do for a long time — share the book I am writing, This Is How We Heal, as it comes to life, week by week, with the people who matter most to me.
Every week I will be posting a piece of it on Substack (it's free!) — wrapped in reflection, clinical insight, and an invitation to go deeper together.
We begin this week with fear. Not fear as a problem to solve, but fear as a messenger. One that has, for many of us, been quietly running the show for a very long time.
Come and read the first post.
https://anthiakoullouros.substack.com/p/swallowed-by-fear

23/05/2026

Ep 15: Swallowed by Fear
Chronic fear does something sneaky: it narrows your field of possibility until life is just about avoiding loss rather than actually living.

The irony? Healing can actually feel threatening. Why? Because healing asks us to be open, to be vulnerable, and to expose those soft, unguarded parts of ourselves we’ve spent years protecting.
Don't let the fear of what might happen stop you from experiencing what could happen. Life is meant to be inhabited, not just survived.

watch or listen to this weeks episode from This is How We Heal Podcast on YouTube, my Website, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCT0PMQl6k8

22/05/2026

Ep 14: The Myth of No Time

Making a cuppa without checking your phone. Sitting in the sun for ten minutes doing absolutely nothing. Doodling. Daydreaming.

In a world that treats "busy" like a badge of honour, these aren't just small breaks, but radical acts of rebellion. Your body doesn't care about your productivity metrics; it cares about light, rhythm, and safety. Nature doesn’t rush, and neither should you.

When you align with "body time," everything changes. Your breath deepens, your gut settles, and life stops rushing past in a blur.

In this episode of This is How We Heal I discuss:
- The Myth of No Time & When Rest Feels Unsafe
- Reclaiming Time Practices
- A New Relationship with Time.. and so much more.

Listen or watch this episode via YouTube, my website, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZWJuVxL9Nc

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Thank you for having me I loved chatting with your team about recalibrating overwhelm holistically.If you would like m...
22/05/2026

Thank you for having me

I loved chatting with your team about recalibrating overwhelm holistically.

If you would like me to speak at your workplace, you can discover more about our Workplace Wellbeing offerings under Events on our website.

And I received some fabulous “instant” feedback via the app afterwards. Amazing!

Thank you again for all of your thoughtful questions too. I hope something meaningful landed for each of you.

20/05/2026

Avoidance is a cheeky one. It feels like a massive relief in the short term, but it’s actually a bit of a trap.

Every time we dodge the thing that scares us, we’re telling our nervous system: "You’re right, that is dangerous." We think we’re being "careful" or just "waiting until we're ready," but really, we’re just making the fear bigger. Inaction starts to feel like safety, even when it’s actually making our world smaller.
The best time to act? Usually, right when you’re trying to find an excuse not to.

Listen to Ep 15 of This is How we Heal on YouTube, my website, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCT0PMQl6k8

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