Órla O'Flaherty Naturopath & Herbalist

Órla O'Flaherty Naturopath & Herbalist Herbal Medicine is one of the oldest forms of treatment dating back to Ancient Greece. It is still used predominantly by 80% of the worlds population.

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Given the right conditions, the body can heal itself."It's the physicians duty to activate & reactivate the body's healing mechanism" Dr. Max Gerson M.D. Naturopathy is a form of complimentary medicine using tools such as Diet/Nutrition, Herbal Medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ayurvedic Medicine, Homeopathy, Essential oils and simple lifestyle changes. The key point of Naturopathy and Herbal Medicine is to get to the root cause of illness and bring the body back into balance, not just treating the symptoms. Using detailed case taking skills, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) diagnostics & Ayurvedic Constitutions, we can get a deeper understanding of what exactly is going on in the body. Working together, using plant based medicines, nutrition, lifestyle changes and mindfulness we can bring the body back to a place of balance. A place of health. "It is more important to know what type of person has a disease than to know what type of disease a person has" - Hippocrates.

03/04/2026

Familiar is safe but not always worth it 💜

Oh memories and the past versions of ourselves that need a little cuddle and TLC. 🥹🥰🥹
02/04/2026

Oh memories and the past versions of ourselves that need a little cuddle and TLC. 🥹🥰🥹

Who doesn’t want to feel seen, heard and understood but the little gremlin inside puts the walls up preventing that? Why...
01/04/2026

Who doesn’t want to feel seen, heard and understood but the little gremlin inside puts the walls up preventing that? Why not get curious on how to gently soothe that gremlin and open up space for regulating together instead of slamming the door closed in a huff.
If you’re interested in a half day workshop learning why you shut down and how to open, get in touch ♥️♥️♥️

31/03/2026

You know that feeling when you’re completely yourself with someone, goofy, open, relaxed and then with someone else you’re closed, tense, can’t quite land?
That’s not a personality quirk. That’s your nervous system doing exactly what it was wired to do.
When your attachment wounds are activated, your body goes into automatic hyperarousal. Guarded. Armoured. Unreachable, even when you want to be open.
But when you’re in the presence of someone safe? Or when you allow yourself to deepen into connection, two nervous systems begin to regulate each other. Limbic resonance. Co-regulation. And slowly, the walls come down.
You don’t think your way there. You feel your way there.
This is why who you’re in relationship with matters so much. Not just romantically but in every relational dynamic. Friends. Family. The people you work with.
Your nervous system is always deciding who gets the real you.
And it’s usually right.

29/03/2026

Somatics isn’t just lying on a floor voo-ing at your organs. It’s the pause before you say yes to something your body is already screaming no at, the meal you actually want, the movement that doesn’t make you want to cry. It’s a gentle check-in woven into the ordinary moments of your day…and my Somatic & Nervous System Recipe Ebook is designed to help you dip in and out in your everyday moments. coming very very soon to help you do exactly that. Watch this space. 🌿​​​​​​​​​​💜

26/03/2026

K.I.S.S Method for the win every time!!!
Eat the food. Wear the pajamas. Lower the bar. Raise the baseline. Your nervous system doesn’t care if it’s pretty. Turns out, neither do or-gas-ms 😘

25/03/2026

Self-soothing is a survival skill. Co-regulation is a human need. There’s a difference between coping and actually feeling safe, and your nervous system knows which one you’re doing. Self care is so important but isolation can make you hyper-independent.
If you’re ready to learn how to connect, drop me line 💜

22/03/2026

My heart is so full ♥️
All I can say is thank you from the bottom of my heart for being so real, so human, so open and so willing to go deep as well as play and laugh. Nervous system regulation and “healing” is not about being stuck in the perpetual “healing” journey. It’s learning how to dip in to the hurt, pain, guilt & shame and then dipping back into life, love, joy, fun and playfulness. These women right here were awe inspiring to watch, hold, cry, feel fear and laugh with. I have love for every single one of you. 🥹♥️🥹 thank you 🙏🏻

If you’ve done therapy, journaling and mindset work and you’re still getting triggered by the same things, you haven’t f...
19/03/2026

If you’ve done therapy, journaling and mindset work and you’re still getting triggered by the same things, you haven’t failed. You’ve just been working at the wrong level.

Here’s the thing most wellness spaces don’t tell you:
Understanding your patterns doesn’t change them. You can know, intellectually, that your reaction is disproportionate.
You can trace it back to childhood.
You can have language for all of it.
And your body will still respond exactly the same way next time. Because triggers don’t live in the thinking brain. They live in the parts of the nervous system that evolved before language existed.

Instead you have to ask your system to unlearn something it spent years building.
That takes patience, softness and baby steps. It’s not about going straight into the bullseye.
But it is possible.
And it starts with understanding that you’re not fighting your reactions, you’re teaching your body something new. If insight alone worked, you’d be there by now. The body needs something different. 💜

When you’re triggered, the goal isn’t to “calm down.”That can actually make it worse.Your body isn’t dysregulated for no...
18/03/2026

When you’re triggered, the goal isn’t to “calm down.”
That can actually make it worse.
Your body isn’t dysregulated for no reason,
it’s responding to a perceived threat.

So the work isn’t to override it.
It’s to show it, slowly, that you’re safe now.
And that starts with simple things.

Looking around the room and letting your eyes settle.
Feeling your feet against the ground.
Positioning your body so nothing is behind you.
These might seem basic, but they speak the language the nervous system actually understands.

The same goes for the breath.
Forcing deep inhales can spike anxiety.
But lengthening the exhale, even slightly, can begin to bring the system down without force.

And the part people most often skip is what happens after:
If your body has gone into survival mode, it needs time to come back out.
Rest. Quiet. Less stimulation.
Not straight back into productivity.
This is how trust is built with the body.
Not by forcing it to cope.
💜

16/03/2026

Because we haven’t already got enough to do, we have to hide re-washing freshly washed sheets🤦🏻‍♀️…come on uterus, the audacity 🙄

I love having my 🩸I know I have limited ones left. But changing my sheets 2 days in a row is a little inconvenient, hiding them, even more so 🤦🏻‍♀️

16/03/2026

Food isn’t just fuel and calories. It’s one of life’s greatest pleasures and vehicle for human connection. I’m a feeder. I get great joy in feeding people delicious, wholesome food. And I can’t wait to share my cooking at this weekends Women’s Wellness Retreat, Sat 21st. Only 3 spaces left. 💜💜💜

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Galway

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Wednesday 9:30am - 9:30pm
Thursday 9:30am - 9:30pm
Friday 9:30am - 9:30pm
Saturday 9:30am - 9:30pm

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