Holistic Health Coaching and Counselling Services Offered By

Christie Burke

-an innovative, dynamic and integrative practice -

All services available in person in Brisbane and online, Australia-wide

  • Nutrition & Gut Health

    Comprehensive nutrition assessments. Personalised plans with respect for bio-individuality. Detailed contemporary education from a science based, integrative and functional nutrition perspective. Weight management. Recipe inspiration, shopping & cooking lessons. Microbiome testing & support with medical investigations. Exploration of targeted & high quality nutritional supplementation. Overcome disordered patterns of eating. Tap into your intuition, re-connect with the joy of food & heal your relationship with eating. Understand food as medicine.

  • Mental & Emotional Health

    A safe space for reflection, contemplation & learning. Compassionately curious, non-judgemental, person centered, values based therapies and coaching. Working from attachment/relational, neurobiological and trauma informed perspectives. Navigating transitions and unraveling and honouring each unique experience within humanistic, existential and systemic frameworks. Making links between our psychology and physiology.

  • Relationships & Parenting

    Strengthen connections & build better relationships. Improve communication. Establish healthy boundaries. Navigate difficult conversations. Rethink your approach to resolving conflict. Develop a greater sense of trust and intimacy in partnerships. Understand power dynamics. Learn about attachment styles and parenting frameworks. Heal from heartbreak. Overcome betrayal. Explore alternative relationship models. Preparing for parenthood. Work through teenage challenges. Support in navigating solo parenting, new partnerships & changing family arrangements.

  • Metabolic Health

    Exploring lifestyle factors impacting metabolic health. Learning about monitoring blood work, vital signs and other relevant markers. Support with tracking glucose levels. Weight management approaches. Learning about the importance of strength training & building muscle as we age. Understanding risk factors and tuning into the cues your body is routinely giving you.

  • Brain Health

    Understanding the intersect of neurology and psychiatry. Prioritising nutrition, sleep & lifestyle factors impacting brain health. Support for exploring and managing neuro-divergence. Strategies for managing attentional and memory issues. Considering relationship with or dependence on substances. Optimising brain function & performance. Taking steps to decrease vascular & lifestyle risk factors for dementia.

  • Hormonal Health

    Understand the role of your various hormones and how they work synergistically. Navigating perimenopause and making sense of the current medical literature. Help with accessing the right blood tests and exploring treatment options. Consideration of nutritional, supplementation and herbal supports. Achieve improved balance through lifestyle modifications.

  • Sleep & Environmental Health

    Detailed assessments & plans. Understanding the biological requirements for & processes of sleep. Learning about Circadian Rhythm. Getting to the root cause of sleep issues. Exploring social, emotional & environmental influences. Support with medical investigations and education on sleep aids. Connection to gut & hormonal health. Strategic supplementation support. Consideration of home & workplace toxins. Connecting to nature and the natural rhythms. Learn how to hack your sleep and detox your life.

  • Stress Management -Mindfulness, Meditation & Movement Medicine

    Understanding where perceived stress exists and how it manifests in the body. The link between emotional distress & physical illness. Individualised plans for managing and reducing chronic exposure. Introductions to movement, mindfulness & meditation as medicine. Developing meaningful rituals. Start journaling. Learn about the healing power of your own breath. Re-connect with nature, creativity and joy. Increase your nervous system adaptability.

  • Grief & Loss

    Compassionately offering comfort and support during periods of transition by providing a safe space to reflect, feel & share. Explorng writing, story telling & other creative processes that support this unavoidable and life changing human experience. Sitting with discomfort, adversity and loss whilst nurturing sources of strength and resilience. Honouring the relationship and the significance and personalised nature of the loss. Connecting with faith, holding on to hope & gently moving forward into new realities.

  • Traditional Wisdom

    Weaving the profound yet simple ‘science of life’ teachings of Ayurveda into assessment and planning. Incorporating the principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine where attention is given to a whole systems approach to the human body with respect for connection to the mind, spirit and natural world and our innate ability to heal.

    Learn about why merging the masculine and feminine energies of western and eastern approaches to wellness, is the future of the holistic healthcare revolution, the world so desperately needs.

  • Hope, Spirituality & Advocacy in Healthcare - Navigating Systems

    Fostering hope and augmenting individual resilience in the face of health issues. Supporting connection to personal values and beliefs. Facilitating personal advocacy and personal sovereignty. Promoting informed consent. Education on the democratisation of healthcare. Help with care co-ordination & understanding our healthcare systems. Honouring your innate wisdom and empowering you as the expert on you.

  • Professional Mentorship|Supervision

    Looking through the holistic lens. Balancing innovation with evidence base. Cultivating creativity whilst maintaining professional standards and ethics. Daring to dream & to lead whilst staying in scope. Professional development planning. Designing the vision based on the mission. Developing models & administrative systems. Recognising and recovering from burnout. Prioritising self care and learning to know thyself.

    Peer reflection and accountability coaching. Transitioning between clinician and business person.

For more information on any of my services, fee schedules and program structures, or to book your appointment, head to my contact page.