Katie Kempthorne

Hi, I'm Katie.

I wasn't always the picture of health. I was the kid who ate McDonald's daily and thought exercise was something crazy people did. I've had serious acne, IBS, and PCOS. I've had to learn — the hard way — how to cook, how to rest, how to actually take care of myself.

So when a woman sits across from me and says she knows something is wrong but can't get answers, I get it. Not theoretically. Personally.

That's also why I don't believe in the yogic vegan fantasy. Most of us eat too much, drink too much, and stay up too late — and we can still have bodies that function beautifully. You don't need to be perfect. You just need to know which pillars matter for you specifically. That's what I'm here to find out.

I trained at South Pacific College of Natural Medicine — where I've also taught — and later studied Traditional Chinese Medicine Acupuncture at AUT, spending several months training in hospitals in China. My first mentor after graduation was midwife and TCM acupuncturist Anneke Robinson, who ignited in me a passion for fertility that has never left.

That was over 20 years ago. Fertility and women's health have been my focus ever since.

Today I combine naturopathy, Chinese Medicine and Mayan Abdominal Therapy — not as a formula, but as a set of lenses. Together they give me a remarkably clear picture of what's out of balance and exactly what's needed to restore it.