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Flow Natural Health and Healing We help tired and stressed women optimise their hormones and start thriving!

We are for women who want to understand & improve their monthly cycles, optimise their hormones, improve their metabolic health & find more ease in their lives. Little Alchemy is owned by Lou – a double degree – qualified naturopath with over ten years experience in clinical practice. Lou has expertise in treating a broad range of health conditions including: Naturopathy & Herbal Medicine, Healing, Reiki, Natural Fertility Management, Menstrual Cycle conditions and Period Problems, Nutritional Therapy, Mindset Transformation, Pregnancy, Digestive Complaints like IBS and food intolerances and Stress and Anxiety conditions. Based out of the Mornington Peninsula, Lou can provide a fully online telehealth consultation to patients from all areas Australia Wide including: Brighton, Elwood, Sandringham, Black Rock, Hampton, Highett, Cheltenham, Mornington, Mount Eliza, Mount Martha, Frankston & Seaford.

18/10/2026

🎯 Staying home, eating my veggies, drinking my water, going to bed early, getting some fresh air, having a quiet weekend and absolutely no plans. 🌿

Choosing a home-cooked meal over takeaway, a long walk over a night out, eight hours of sleep over staying up late and a slow Sunday over a packed social calendar.

Getting excited about fresh produce, a clean house, a good night’s sleep and waking up without an alarm.

Turns out everything I once considered a childhood punishment has somehow become my idea of absolute luxury. 😂

No going out? Perfect….. most of the time I do enjoy a catch up with my friends
Early bedtime? Even better.
Eat your greens? Happily.
Stay home all weekend? Don’t threaten me with a good time.

Funny how the things we used to resist are now the very things we crave.

Peace, quiet, good food, a little sunshine and a whole lot of doing absolutely nothing.

Turns out my parents weren’t handing out punishments. They were giving me a preview of my dream life 😂

15/10/2026

Life lately >>>> 🍀✨

Leaning into this season of life. One filled with fun, hard work, building resilience, growing my business and finding joy in all the little moments along the way.

Learning that life can be busy, challenging, exciting and beautiful all at once. And that there’s so much joy to be found in the process, not just the destination.

Working hard, laughing lots, saying yes to new experiences and feeling incredibly grateful for this chapter.

Here’s to making the most of the season you’re in. ✨

05/10/2026

Your early 40s are a VERY good time to stop looking at health as just “your standard bloods are normal.” 🩸

Tests + checks I think women should have on their radar 👇🏼

🦴 Bone health — consider a DEXA scan, particularly if you have risk factors for low bone density.

🩸 Metabolic health — fasting glucose, fasting insulin + HbA1c. Don’t wait until diabetes develops to start paying attention to metabolic health.

❤️ Cardiovascular health — full cholesterol/lipid profile PLUS ApoB and a Lipoprotein(a) test. These can tell us more about cardiovascular risk than total cholesterol alone.

🔥 Inflammation — hs-CRP and other inflammatory markers where clinically appropriate.

🦋 Thyroid + nutrient status — thyroid markers, iron/ferritin, B12, folate and vitamin D depending on your history, symptoms and diet.

👀 Eyes — regular comprehensive eye examinations, even if you think your vision is fine.

👂🏼 Hearing — consider a baseline hearing check, especially if you’ve noticed changes, tinnitus or have significant noise exposure.

🎀 Breast screening — know your breasts and discuss mammography/breast screening based on your age, family history and individual risk.

And of course, keep cervical screening up to date.

Your 40s aren’t the decade to panic about your health — they’re an incredible opportunity to establish your baseline, identify risk factors early and protect your future self.

Prevention > waiting for symptoms.

Save this for your next health check 🩸

30/09/2026

OSTEOPENIA: WHAT CAN YOU ACTUALLY DO? 🦴

Osteopenia doesn’t automatically mean osteoporosis is inevitable. There’s a lot we can do to support our bones:

🏋🏼‍♀️ Lift heavy — progressive resistance training gives bones the mechanical stimulus they need to adapt.

🦴 Consider ONERO™ — a supervised high-intensity resistance + impact program based on the LIFTMOR research, typically performed twice weekly.

🦘 Include impact — jumping, hopping and landing can provide an important bone-building stimulus when appropriate for you.

🥛 Get enough calcium — ideally through food first, supplementing when intake is inadequate.

☀️ Optimise vitamin D — essential for calcium absorption and healthy bone metabolism.

🍳 Prioritise protein + adequate nutrition — muscle supports bone, and chronic under-fuelling isn’t your bones’ friend.

🩸 Consider hormones — declining oestrogen during perimenopause and menopause can accelerate bone loss.

🔎 Investigate WHY — especially if low bone density occurs younger than expected. Consider hormones, thyroid/parathyroid health, coeliac/malabsorption, medications and other underlying factors. I’m currently getting all of this checked ✅

📊 Know your fracture risk, not just your T-score — age, previous fractures and other risk factors matter too.

Your bones are living tissue. Give them the stimulus AND the nutrients they need to adapt. 🦴

17/09/2026

More wellness trends that are terrible for your hormones 🫠🫠🫠🫠

10/09/2026

WELLNESS TRENDS THAT MIGHT ACTUALLY BE TERRIBLE FOR YOUR HORMONES 👀

Just because it’s trending in the wellness world doesn’t mean your hormones are loving it.

🧊 Cold plunging when you’re already stressed + exhausted
Another hormetic stressor isn’t always what an already overloaded nervous system needs.

🥤 Cold-pressed juice “detoxes”
Fruit and veggies? Amazing. Living on juice for days with barely any protein, fat or fibre? Your body deserves better.

⏰ Joining the 5AM club at the expense of sleep
Getting up at 5am isn’t a health flex if you went to bed at midnight. Sleep is one of the most underrated foundations for hormonal and metabolic health.

🍽️ Extreme calorie deficits
Eating less and less isn’t always the answer. Chronically under-fuelling can affect energy, thyroid signalling, reproductive hormones, recovery and your menstrual cycle. This includes restricting carbs!

⏳ Fasting because the internet told you to
Fasting can work well for some people, but longer isn’t automatically better — especially if you’re training hard, under-eating, sleeping poorly or already feeling stressed and depleted.

🏋🏼‍♀️ Training harder when your body is asking for recovery
More HIIT. More cardio. More steps. More classes. Sometimes the thing moving your health forward is actually adequate food, strength training and REST.

Your hormones don’t care how aesthetic your morning routine is.

They care about the basics:

Enough food.
Enough protein.
Enough sleep.
Blood sugar stability.
Movement + strength.
Recovery.
And not treating your body like a never-ending self-improvement project.

Wellness should support your physiology — not become another stressor. 🤍

And yes, context matters. Cold exposure, fasting and calorie deficits aren’t inherently “bad” — it’s the dose, timing and the person they’re being prescribed to that matters. If you want help forming an individualised effective plan to support your hormones you can book a consultation with me via the link in my profile’

Most of us left school knowing the basics of periods and pregnancy… but very little about what actually happens across t...
08/09/2026

Most of us left school knowing the basics of periods and pregnancy… but very little about what actually happens across the menstrual cycle.

Your cycle isn’t just your period.

There are FOUR phases:
🩸 Menstrual
🌱 Follicular
✨ Ovulatory
🌙 Luteal

And across those phases, oestrogen, testosterone and progesterone fluctuate—which can influence things like your mood, energy, sleep, appetite, cognition and even how you feel when you train.

Which explains why you might feel motivated, social and ready to take on the world one week…

…and then wonder why everyone is suddenly SO ANNOYING the next. 😂

Your cycle can give you useful clues about your overall health, too. Changes in cycle length, bleeding, ovulation patterns or premenstrual symptoms can sometimes be signs worth paying attention to.

Imagine if we were taught to understand these patterns from the beginning instead of spending years wondering why we don’t feel exactly the same every day of the month.

Maybe it’s time we started teaching girls about their hormones BEFORE they have to Google them at 35. 👀

Save this if you wish you’d learnt more about your cycle at school.

03/09/2026

I just got a DEXA scan in my 40s… and here’s why 👇🏼

We hear a LOT about muscle, metabolism and hormones in our 40s — but we don’t talk nearly enough about bone health.

Our 40s are actually a really valuable time to understand where our bone density is sitting — particularly as we head towards perimenopause and menopause.

Why? Because oestrogen plays an important role in protecting bone, and as oestrogen becomes more erratic and eventually declines, bone loss can accelerate.

I didn’t want to wait until my 50s or 60s to find out where I stood.

I wanted a baseline now.

A DEXA can give you information about your bone mineral density and help identify whether there’s anything worth addressing before it becomes a bigger issue.

And the things we do NOW matter:

🏋🏼‍♀️ Resistance training
🦴 Impact/loading exercise where appropriate
🥛 Adequate calcium
☀️ Vitamin D
🥩 Enough protein
🍽️ Actually eating enough
🚭 Not smoking
🩺 Addressing hormonal or other medical risk factors

For me, this isn’t about being scared of ageing.

It’s about going into the next few decades strong, informed and proactive.

Ovulation matters more than you think 👀Most women are told their cycle is just about getting a period…But ovulation? Tha...
19/03/2026

Ovulation matters more than you think 👀

Most women are told their cycle is just about getting a period…
But ovulation? That’s where the magic actually happens.

✨ It’s when your body produces progesterone (your calm, grounded hormone)
✨ It supports mood, sleep, metabolism & thyroid health
✨ It’s essential for bone strength and long-term hormone balance
✨ And yes — it’s a key sign your body feels safe enough to thrive

👉 No ovulation = no true hormonal balance
Even if you’re bleeding every month

So if you’re dealing with:
– PMS
– heavy or painful periods
– anxiety or mood swings
– irregular cycles
– or feeling completely off hormonally

There’s a good chance ovulation isn’t happening optimally (or at all)

This is exactly why I look beyond “normal” blood tests in clinic
Because you deserve real answers — not guesswork

I’ve just dropped a new blog breaking this all down about why ovulation matters more than you think (and how to support it naturally)

Read it via the link in my bio

Follow for real hormone education that actually makes sense

12/02/2026

MIlLLION DOLLAR LOADED WATER 💰 This isn’t just “drink more water.” This is hydrate like the woman you’re becoming. You deserve to feel amazing!

Minerals. Citrus. A pinch of salt.
Because plain water is survival mode — this is optimisation mode.

Better energy. Fewer cravings. Clearer head.
More stable moods. Less 3pm crash.

It’s giving glowy skin, regulated nervous system, and main-character energy all in a loaded water. 💎

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Victoria, Brighton
Mount Eliza, VIC
3186

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Tuesday 9am - 3pm
Thursday 1pm - 8pm

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