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How I Began my Journey into Health & Wellness -part1

Paula Rose Parish M.A.
6 min readJul 1, 2024

Hello. It’s nice of you to visit and read my blog article. I hope my personal story will be helpful to you as you begin your journey into health and wellness.

I remember when I began my health and wellness journey. It was really daunting because I asked myself, where on earth do I start? There are so many voices about what we should or should not be doing, so knowing the best way forward can be confusing.

It’s Never too Early or too Late to Start.

I started my health and wellness journey over 40 years ago when I realised I was constantly grumpy, tired, and stressed. I was a teenager, but really, I didn’t feel that well. I felt I should have been in top form being young — but I wasn’t. I was active, a competitive member of the Port Adelaide Harriers athletic club and a gymnastics teacher, and I constantly felt totally exhausted.

So I made a decision.

That decision would change the course of my life and afford me good health and wellness with each passing day. What did I do?

Time to Act

I began by researching nutrition and realised that my diet lacked several key nutrients. I set small, achievable goals, like eating more vegetables and protein and incorporating daily…

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Paula Rose Parish M.A.
Paula Rose Parish M.A.

Written by Paula Rose Parish M.A.

Psychotherapist and Author Paula Rose writes on Holistic Health and Wellness, True Crime and Christian Spirituality.

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