with Debbie Townsend
About Me
1989
1999
I graduated from Chiropractic College in 1989 on fire with excitement to help people feel better!
In those first 10 years I had 3 children and opened 6 practices, it was full on and to be honest I was a little burned out, however, I’d had my eyes opened to the value of chiropractic care for children so instead embarked on a Masters in paediatrics over the next 3 years.
2007
I found myself sitting in a seminar being inspired by a Canadian Chiropractor Dr James Chestnut. He was the first person to pull together everything I was so passionate about in health and I discovered for the first time that there was a collective name for my area of interest…Wellness!
From that day my life has never been the same, the genie truly was out of the bottle!
I studied in the UK and Canada with Dr Chestnut and became one of only four UK practitioners at the time to be qualified in Chiropractic Wellness care, incorporating what we eat, how we move and what we think into everyones care programme.
2009
I wrote and published a 12 month health programme, stepping people through change, this rolled out in 6 countries and served thousands of people over those years.
2012
I affiliated myself with Arbonne, a B-Corp Health and Wellbeing company focused on producing the cleanest skincare and nutrition products, minimising their environmental impact, using only sustainable ingredients but also working on personal wellbeing, mindset and community. All vitally important in this day and age.
2019
I published my first book - 'Get Off Your Iceberg', it addresses health topics from infancy to older age and from maintaining great health to preventing chronic ill health.
2021
I launched my paid membership group on Facebook, the inspiration for this group comes from a desire to work with you on a more personal level. To make myself available for health support anytime and to regularly bring you current health topics that I aim to help you understand better.
2022
I joined my son in his new Chiropractic Clinic just outside Harrogate. With an idyllic location and only part time hours it’s been the perfect way for me to keep working as a chiropractor whilst still having time to follow all my other interests and drive Complete Lifestyle forwards.
2023
I launched my Complete Lifestyle Community Facebook group - this is a FREE group which anyone with an interest in their health is welcome to join. This group has grown fast and is now the place I hang out most. That is unless you are on one of my courses! Then you get me 24/7!
In January I coached an amazing group through a detox, for a whole month we worked together to reset habits and create a health kick start to the year!
In May I launched the first Menopause Course, something I have personal experience of and have researched deeply. It was an absolute pleasure to share all that information with a group of ladies.
Also and probably most importantly, I now have the foundational Complete Lifestyle Course that anyone can access anytime. It consists of 4 modules and can be done at your own pace. You can binge all 4 instantly or work on one a week and build your own health journey. This course is the practical accompaniment to my book.