Shelley Gawith

Shelley draws on her life journey and shares her personal near-death health story going from an over achieving work-a-holic to having a physiological body breakdown that left her almost bedridden for two years. Up until having her own health scare in 2014, Shelley was a Chartered Accountant working at a large investment bank in Australia. Her health scare led her down a new career path but it wasn’t an easy journey. Shelley was told by countless medical practitioners that she was going to die. She spent the next two years in bed, not doing much but being determined that food and nutrition was going to be her way to healing. This was what led her to discover the Nutritional Therapy Association. She is now a Certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner (NTP), and a Certified Gluten Practitioner. As a Certified Restorative Wellness Practitioner this enables her to specialise in functional laboratory testing to further enhance her functional testing skills. It seems unreal looking back to when she could literally only crawl up the stairs and would then need to have a nap (at the top of the stairs) and to when her 50 year old dad had to carry her (his 30 year old daughter) into the doctors’ visits to now where Shelley has her own successful practice in Wellington’s CBD, where she combines all of her training, knowledge and first hand experience to assist her clients to get to the underlying root causes of their health symptoms. Shelley works with many corporate clients to transform their health, so they too, can live life to their full potential. She also supports clients with chronic illnesses in order to turn their lives around and help them reclaim their own health once again. As a result, she see clients in person and worldwide via Skype depending on their needs. Shelley now has a clinic where she manages other practitioners, they do a range of alternative therapies and she also has an online course, where she teaches people to eat right for their bodies. Shelley has worked with thousands of clients one on one, online through the 3 Steps to Find Your Power Foods course and through keynote speaking at international, in person and online events. Known for her energy and positivity, her presentation style is entertaining and animated in a way that leaves people feeling uplifted and empowered with some clear take-away tips and actions to move towards the health and life they want. She also has a very strong side and both expects and demands results. Rather than telling people what to do, she opens their eyes and educates. Shelley has worked with countless clients including Z energy, Talent Recruitment, NZ Institute of Chartered Accountants, Aurecon, Women’s forums and various law and accounting firms.