My journey to low tox and low waste sustainable living

From CURIOSITY to career.

In 2015, when walking home I came across an eco-fair and grabbed a seat during one of the free talks. The speaker was Therese Kerr (model Miranda Kerr's mother) who has her own natural beauty line. She spoke so incredibly passionately about low tox living, sharing her knowledge about the science and research behind chemical mainstream products. What I learnt had a huge impact on me and began my shift into living more in tune with nature and natural products.

What Therese shared aligned with what I had already learnt from traditional Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda, health is holistic. If you are not sick that doesn’t mean you are healthy. Health is about thriving and being your best self; happy - fulfilled - connected.

In 2017, I watched Blue, an Australian documentary and things my world instantly changed. I could no longer ignore the amount of waste I was producing, particularly single-use plastic, and committed to do better. Very slowly, I began to shift my lifestyle to be more sustainable and low tox.

The more I learnt about sustainability and waste the more fascinated I became. I found that the simpler I lived, with fewer things, but things I truly loved and used, the happier I became. I discovered you could live a wholesome holistic lifestyle and still have luxuries and beautiful items aka holistic luxe living.

In 2019 I decided to turn my new passion into my career. Resigning from a 10 career working in marketing in fashion. I recently completed a Masters of Sustainability at the University of Sydney and began working for a food rescue not-for-profit, which are committed to halving food waste by 2030 and inspiring and influencing others to do the same.