About Nicola
My Story
I'm a qualified pharmacist and a qualified colon hydrotherapist, and I've always been fascinated by how the body works — I studied Health and Performance Science before pharmacy, and I trained in colon hydrotherapy in 2019 with one of the founders of the UK's Association of Registered Colon Hydrotherapists (ARCH). But the reason I do this work isn't really academic. It's personal.
Chronic Constipation
I was living with chronic constipation and digestive issues for years so I understand the role it can play not only on your physical comfort but also your mental health.
I suffered from chronic bloating, digestive problems and constipation leading to the reliance on enemas before I began using colonics.
I underwent colonoscopy's and other procedures to try and find out what may be the cause, however no apparent cause was found. When I heard about colonics I decided to see if they could help me in my situation. Even after one colonic I felt the immense benefits of it.
Since then, my digestive issues have largely become a thing of the past. And on the odd occasion something does crop up, a colon hydrotherapy session is the perfect reset to get me back to feeling myself.
Career Expansion
I decided to expand my career from working as a pharmacist when I realized how many people were suffering from digestive issues especially constipation and IBS. I was constantly supplying remedies in the pharmacy and I felt that the provision of colonics for many of these patients would be life changing.
After seeing the immense benefits that colonics provided to me as well as others, I chose to study as a colonic hydrotherapist in order to provide the same relief to others that I experienced myself.
I am so aware of how food, exercise, stress and other daily habits can impact how we feel as well as how our body functions. I am really passionate about helping people improve their digestive health, learn to take control their digestive health and to help people feel better through the use of colonics, diet and exercise.
Feel your best
I'm passionate about helping people feel their best and take control of digestive issues they've often lived with for years.
I've experienced colonics on both gravity-fed and machine-based systems, and — from my own experience and from speaking with other experienced colon hydrotherapists — gravity-fed is the method I chose to build my practice around. The water enters gently, at the pressure gravity provides rather than machine-generated pressure, which many people find gentler and less intense. It's the original method of colon hydrotherapy, and the one a lot of long-standing practitioners come back to.
Why I work the way I work.
Two things from my background shape every session at Wellness Within.
The first is the pharmacist's instinct toward the gentlest thing that works. In pharmacy you learn to reach for the lowest effective dose, enough to help, never more than the body needs. When I set up my own clinic, I chose a gravity-fed system for exactly that reason. The water enters gently, at the pressure gravity provides and no more. I'd experienced both gravity-fed and machine-pressurised systems myself, spoken to other experienced therapists about it, and the gentler method was the one I wanted to build my practice around.
The second is the athlete's view of the body. I've played sport at a high level my whole life — I've earned 33 senior caps for Ireland in hockey — and I studied Health and Performance Science before I ever studied pharmacy. Athletes understand the gut as a performance organ — something that affects how you recover, how you feel, how you show up. I bring that lens to the work too.
What I want for the people who come to see me.
Most people who come to Wellness Within are a bit nervous, especially the first time. That's normal, and I never rush it. I'm in the room with you the whole way through, and my job is as much to put you at ease as it is to deliver the treatment.
I've been the nervous first-timer. I know what it's like to feel let down by things that were supposed to help. And I know what it's like when something finally does.
That's the whole reason Wellness Within exists.
