Rachel Boon, Naturopath and Herbalist in Worthing

18/12/2025

MY MIND IS BLOWN!!

TW: Discussing personal gynae stuff!

I felt SO validated after going to in Shoreham this morning (where I booked and paid for my scan in full) that there actually WAS something where it shouldn't have been and that my body knew the location and size of it down to the millimetre!!

A sudden loss of appetite, abdominal pain, bloating and nausea ++ is never to be ignored ladies and hopefully my outcome will be as benign as I now suspect it is. My CA125 has (finally!) come back at 9 so within the healthy range.

I like to keep things pozzy vibes on here but let's just say I will be moving GP surgeries without further ado.

The utter lack of sympathy I've received from mine when clearly in distress (think a grown woman crying in front of a queue of people in the reception area twice in six days) and not ONE person has apologised for the comedy of errors that led to me getting my own private scan done just so they'd take me seriously. They just look or speak to me like they are dead behind the eyes.

I can honestly say, in 20 years in private practice, I have never treated any of my patients the way I have been treated this week. And I am privileged enough to have the education, means and confidence to procure a private scan.

It breaks my heart to think of someone in a less fortunate position who would still be waiting for their CA125 to come back (it said on my NHS app it would be back in a month-I knew this couldn't be right so I went in to query it after 3 days-cry number 1-when they wouldn't give me my results despite them being in!) and hoping that they had been referred via the 2 week wait (they wouldn't have been) so they'd just be waiting...and waiting...and waiting...It makes me SO angry!

Ah well, not so pozzy vibes from me after all🤣 Over and out peeps I got yoga to goto 🧘‍♀️💚🧘‍♀️

Thanks to everyone who has been so kind to me over the last few weeks and all my patients that let me move appointments around so graciously.

You are all AWESOME!

Love ya!
R x

28/11/2025

CLINIC OPENING HOURS + SPECIAL OFFER!

Hallo! I have a handful of face to face appointments remaining in my Worthing clinic this December (virtual availability slightly better) so if you'd like to be seen before 2026 (when my prices will go up) do book in ASAP!

It is NEVER too early to start working with a women's health specialist to help you get a handle on your hormones!

Our ovarian (s*x) hormones can feel like herding drunk children at times so please don't waste another hour doom scrolling for 'hormone hints and tips' or subscribing to yet another 'miracle/all in one powder' that promises the world but delivers an empty bank account.

You are worth SOOOO much more than that!

Google/instagram/TikTok/whatever influencer is killing it with the algorithm this week (!) has never had the privilege of meeting you!

They've no idea if you're on HRT, hormonal birth control or the copper coil or even if you're pre/peri or post-menopausal! And it kind of matters a LOT!

They've certainly never chatted with you for over an hour and looked through all your latest blood work/stool tests (and more!) and run every single recommendation they make, through the unique lens of the women sitting in front of them.

Influencers have no idea about your close family history, or taken the time to learn about your current diet and lifestyle (or maybe what you've done in the past that really didn't serve you).

Can you see how only the very lucky few will strike gold with a 'miracle off the shelf hormone-balancing powder' or by introducing HRT (MHT) and making zero other changes?

Our diet and lifestyle are absolutely foundational and herbalists, naturopaths and nutritionists are the lifestyle OGs babbbyyy!!!

On that note, I'm off to catch sunset down the beach, but I'll leave you with my special lucky Black Friday give back code *BLACKFRIDAY28* which will give you a whopping £28 off ANY initial or follow up consultation booked before Monday 1st December (the consultation can be for any time, it just needs booking before 1/12)

Visit my bio to book yourself in-I'd love to see you enter 2026 in a better place hormonally.

With love and phytooestrogens,
Rach x

26/11/2025

WOT NO PATIENTS?

Here's what I like to do as a Naturopath and Herbalist of 20 years ( class on 2005 🙌) when I have a few quiet days in my professional diary.

Mainly, I try to enjoy it!

I love:

🐕 Not having to rush back from morning dog walks

🐶 Going for even longer dog walks (and even grabbing a posh coffee afterward!)

🌛Making evening plans (I'm out x3 times this week-and have a friend coming for dinner x1-who even am I?!)

🖥 Having no outstanding emails to respond to. Unattended to emails gives me mental noise!

🪴 Having a gorgeous clear work space and house to just BE in

✍️ Tying up lose ends

As an ADHDer I'm QUEEN of loose ends (more in my personal than in my professional life, although the latter is not entirely unheard of and is usually made up for by free months worth of herbs!) SO to FINALLY get my sons ASD diagnosis this week was HUGE!!

I struggle SO much with forms/boring paperwork/chasing people I almost gave up a few times but I'm so glad we persisted as he seems pleased with the outcome.

What are your favourite things to do when you have a bit of spaciousness in your work diary?

I'd love to know, whether you're a or otherwise?!

Oooo ooooh I forgot! I like to clean my laptop screen which always looks like someone's eaten a bag of chips whilst using it!

Despite my penchant for chip shop chips I 100% do not eat them, or anything other than dark chocolate, whilst typing so I have absolutely no idea why my screen gets so murky!

OK, Andy's dinner is not gonna make itself.
Over and out gorgeous ones!

With love and decluttering head and physical space-vibes,

Rach x

PS-I also want to know what advent calendars you've all got. OK? Hit me up! I've bought Finn + Andy chocolate ones only for them both to announce over dinner last night that neither wants them as they're trying to avoid sugar at the mo, grrrrr! The one year I'm organised and all 🤣

20/11/2025

If you're aiming to prioritise your health this Black Friday, look no further than The Boon Shop, my own little online store with ALL my most regularly and successfully recommended books, supplements, drinks and courses, ALL in one easy spot with some lil' discounts and freebies in there too!

Grab a cuppa and get browzing The Boon Shop here:

The Boon Shop is where I'll be sharing my most tried and tested herbal, naturopathic and educational, women's health staples. I hope you find something to help YOU on your health journey. ​

11/11/2025

DON'T OVER THINK YOUR LUNCHES, LADIES!

If you're short on time, here's a gentle reminder that the following are all okay make pretty decent lunches to down tools to:

-Fresh section soups (check protein content and pinp with beans/avo/tofu cubes accordingly)
-Fresh section stews and curries (I like as they have 2 of your 5 a day which you can then further pimp with coriander, parsley, spring onion, tahini etc)
- puy lentil and/or precooked quinoa sachets are great to add to a poke bowl, chuck in a jacket sweet or white potato or make a sinple cheat bolognaise with
-Shop bought falafel, left over rice, dollop of houmous, half an avo and handful of mixed leaves, olives, cherry tom's, grated carrot/courgette etc
-leftover ANYTHING is the ultimate easy lunch, so try to make extra, coz rules 🙌
-beans on gluten-free seedy toast with a side salad, avocado, and mixed seeds
-Store bought superfood salads (go for the beany/quinoa-y ones if poss)
-Scrambled tofu with mushrooms, spinach, garlic, onion and a side salad

These are all GF/DF options which omnivores can add their preferred animal protein to quickly and easily knowing that they've already hit a big fibre tick.

Right, I'm off to my hypnotherapy session with now!

Happy Tuesday to you!
Much love,
Rach x

19/10/2025

Word up plant-lovers, a new study shows that following a greener Mediterranean diet may actually help keep your brain younger! Green tea and leafy greens for the win! R x (small caveat-I would suggest naturally decaffienated green tea for my menpausal community as caffeine tends to be more of a foe than a friend at during this life phase) X

The low-meat eating plan focuses on whole grains, nuts, and polyphenol-rich foods.

06/10/2025

UNFORTUNATELY I DO LOVE

Love this trend! Here's mine...warts snd all!

-Badedas
-Processed potato products
-A bedtime insta scroll
-Buying allll the books
-Being pressure prompted
-Bath snacks
-Oversharing
-Brutal honesty
-Percy Pigs
-The C word
-Travelodge beds
-Chipshop chips
-Vegan cake (I'll take the gluten hit)
-Talking about progesterone non-stop
-Dan Brown, Colleen Hoover, Freida McFadden (bite me🖕)

AND saying, f*ck it, YOLO pretty much daily which is why my house and garden appear 'lived in' but my heart is full!

I'll have a tidy house and nice garden when the kids leave home (maybs 🤣)

Tell me what YOU love that you prolly shouldn't in the comments👇👇👇

Because you know I'll be taking a sneak peek at bedtime when I deffo should be asleep-arggghh!

R x
PS-Giant v***a courtesy of this weekends event in London

19/09/2025

RACH RANT!

Never personal, always patient- focussed.

Love to hear your thoughts, herbalists AND naturopaths/nutritional therapists as I'm increasingly finding that influencers are often giving unqualified nutritional advice too.

No naming and shaming please, that is deffo not my vibe (hence not tagging DT) but are you all hearing an increasing amount of nonsense on here or is it just me?

R x

17/09/2025

Hallo and welcome to my lil' womens health corner of the 'gram!!

Incase we've not met yet, I'm Rach, a vegan, dog-loving, Mumma of teens, wife of Andy, runner, yogi, snowboarder and sauna-loving-cold water afficionado, who is as addicted to fresh air, houmous and talking about hormones as she is eating in the bath, reading allll the books and dancing to house music.

Work-wise, as a women's health specialist naturopath and herbalist, I help women get a handle on their hormones, so they can experience:

-Easy and pain-free monthly cycles (without the side of psycho)

-A reduction of endo, adeno and PCOS symptoms (so you can suffer less and live more)

-A kinder menopause transition (think rduction in hot flushes/night sweats, anxiety, insomnia, migraines and more!)

-A degree of hormone literacy that will serve them life-long

Professionally, my raison d'etre is simple: To reduce suffering in women and I feel that bespoke herbal medicines, alongside targeted naturopathic diet and lifestyle adjustments, have SO MUCH to offer!!

I've been seeing patients face to face in clinical practice for the last 20 years, and virtually for the last five years too.

As a human biologist first and naturopath and herbalist second, I have a foot in BOTH the scientific and traditional medicine camps and I relish working with each wonderfully unique woman to create action plans that are simple, achievable and sustainable so they fit in alongside their already busy lives.

There is no one size fits all here, so no sodding female multis, no miracle 'hormone balancing powders' and definitely no pre-mixed herbal tinctures or capsules! The latter are made to measure, we are herbalists not H&B!

If you'd like to hear more about how herbal medicine and naturopathy can support you (or your daughter), do book in for a FREE 30 minute Discovery Call via the link in my bio, so we can chat about where you're at, where you'd like to be and how we can get you there ASAP. Turns out 'm a poet too 😂

Chat soon babes!
R x

15/09/2025

OMG the long awaited Tropic Skincare advent calendar just dropped!!! £320 worth of skincare for £149 (saving you £171!!) -it is SOOOO mega featuring 12 daily treats including 6 FULL SIZED products!!! Beautifully designed as a keepsake, the calendar features 12 numbered, dark green drawers that you can treasure and refill for years to come. Available for pre-order now/delivery in November. This is the first time Tropic have EVER done advent calendars so these will sell out for sure! R x

Discover 12 days of Tropic magic with our natural beauty advent calendar. A festive treat packed with skincare, body care, and makeup bestsellers and exclusives.

29/08/2025

LASTCALL for anyone who'd like to join us on next week's Boon Juice Cleanse (1st-5th September, 2025):

If you live in the Worthing area and dream about getting away for a juice retreat but just can't swing it, this is for you!

The Boon Juice Cleanse includes:

🍋 4 days of zesty, organic, cold-pressed juices (3×500mls/day) using mostly local, organic produce from 🌿
🥒 1 day of nutritious, colourful smoothies (3×500mls)
🍋Hand-picked detox support supplements and teas
🥒A tick box schedule to take you through each day to help you stay on track
🍋Real time online support (WhatsApp) from a Naturopath and Herbalist, experienced in supervising juice cleanses since 2014 (moi!)
🥒Pre-cleanse guidance and breaking the fast support so you go into and come out of the cleanse gently and safely (full PDF emailed upon booking)
🍋End of fast recipe sheet of everything you've enjoyed during the week so you can continue juicing and blending at home!
💚The charge is £185/5 days INCLUDING NEW doorstep delivery in the Worthing, Goring, Lancing and Shoreham area

You just have book (link below) and get excited:

https://www.rachelboon.co.uk/product-page/5-day-boon-juice-cleanse-package-august-25th-29th-2025

We have just TWO places left for September 1sr-5th cleanse, so don't hang about if this is something you'd like to do.

With love, lemons and hope you can join us!

R x

PS-Most of the current Boon Juice Cleanse gang are repeat cleansers which speaks for itself *blushes*