Leah Hechtman is a naturopathic clinician, researcher, author and educator who specialises in fertility, pregnancy and reproductive health for men and women.

She has completed extensive advanced training and is a university lecturer, keynote speaker, author and educator to her peers. She is also a regular media spokesperson for her profession.

Leah leads by example, remembering to live life to the fullest and believes that ill-health is merely a stepping stone to help you reclaim your true state of being.

Rhiannon is an experienced fertility naturopath, presenter, practitioner educator and author. 

Rhiannon is committed to the successful integration of natural and conventional medicine, regularly working alongside Melbourne’s top fertility doctors to achieve the best outcomes for her patients. As testament to this, Rhiannon is routinely invited to present on the topic of collaborative patient care to medical specialists and naturopaths alike.  

After over 17 years of experience in the area of infertility and IVF support, Rhiannon provides professional mentoring and education for functional medicine practitioners in both group and individual settings. This highly specialised area is outside the scope of standard naturopathic education and as such, her reproduction and hormonal masterclasses mentoring programs are a rare opportunity for practitioners to further their skills. 

Rhiannon has co-authored the book Create A Fertile Life. This comprehensive pre-conception healthcare guide for both patients and practitioners, has become a staple for those wishing to overcome infertility and prepare for a healthy pregnancy.   

Website: 

www.rhiannonhardingham.com 

Instagram: rhihardingham 

Tabitha is an experienced Naturopath, founder & director of Awaken Your Health in Woollahra, Sydney, where she has run her own private clinical practice for fifteen years integrating Naturopathic healing principles with the latest scientific research to educate and empower her clients. After attaining her Bachelor of Medical Science (University of NSW, 2001), she went on to pursue her passion for Integrative healthcare by completing an Advanced Diploma Naturopathy & Diploma Nutrition (Nature Care College, 2005), and Post Grad Dip of Applied Science in Nutritional & Environmental Medicine (Swinburne University, 2006). She is currently completing her Masters in Reproductive Medicine through the School of Medicine (University of NSW). Absolutely passionate about improving the health of everyone she comes in contact with, a focus of her practice is working to optimise health and enhance fertility implementing therapeutic diets, whilst educating around the hidden dangers of environmental chemicals to help her clients reach their full potential. 

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Founder, Vera Women’s Wellness

Gynaecologist Paediatric & Adolescent Gynaecologist Fertility Specialist

Dr Wright completed her undergraduate medical degree with Honours at Monash University in Melbourne in 2004 and obtained her RANZCOG Fellowship in 2013. She has completed a Masters of Reproductive Medicine and a certificate in Women’s Integrative Medicine with Dr Aviva Romm.

Dr Wright is deeply committed to all aspects of women’s health care and founded Vera Women’s Wellness in 2020. She strives to take a wholistic approach to managing the health concerns of women of all ages. Peta has a particular interest and expertise in the areas of paediatric and adolescent gynaecology, having completed a fellowship in adolescent gynaecology in 2013. Peta has worked in tertiary hospitals caring for women with high-risk pregnancies throughout her training and early years of becoming a consultant. She has also worked in Indigenous and remote Women’s health in Darwin and the Northern territory for a year during her training.

For patients who are trying to conceive, Dr Wright offers fertility care with a wholistic approach, addressing diet, lifestyle, and environmental factors. If required, she can offer treatment with assisted reproductive techniques such as in vitro fertilisation (IVF), intrauterine insemination (IUI) and ovulation induction.

Peta is also passionate about helping women with pelvic pain and endometriosis, as well as polycystic ovarian syndrome, hypothalamic amenorrhoea, vulva concerns, painful sex, abnormal pap smears and menopause medicine. In addition, she works with women experiencing pre-menstrual syndrome (PMS) and pre-menstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD). When it comes to treating any gynaecological condition, it is of utmost importance to Peta that she educates and informs her patients and aims to empower them to achieve the best quality of life possible.

She is also highly tuned to the ways that nutrition, stress, and lifestyle can affect hormonal balance and aims to help women work on these aspects of their lives as part of their overall health picture.

Peta is passionate about helping anyone who comes to see her feel happy and comfortable in their skin, including trans-men and non-binary people who need help managing periods or requiring hysterectomy.

It is Peta’s dream to help women remember the beauty and power in their bodies and to give them back the tools and knowledge to live happy, healthy, and empowered lives.

Elysia has been a women’s health naturopath and nutritionist for 22 years. She has a special interest in endocrine and gynaecological conditions with an integrative approach that combines conventional medical research and natural medicine to offer solutions for people that cover nutrition, herbal medicine and lifestyle change. She works alongside fertility specialists, offering preconception care education and works in the fertility, pregnancy and recurrent miscarriage space, helping people bring healthy babies into the world.

Elysia has a passion for integrative, multdisciplinary team health care, as chronic health conditions often need a village. Elysia was also co-author of the AIMA inter-professional communications course, which offers education for CAM practitioners to speak the same language to foster communication around team patient care.

She works closely with GP’s, gynaecologists and the team of women’s health physios, osteopaths, chiropractors, nutritionists, psychologists and acupuncturists in her Brisbane-based integrative clinic Vibe Natural Heatlh. She is also working alongside Dr Peta Wright at Vera Women’s Wellness, sharing patients and education with their “doctor and the naturopath” women’s health events and upcoming podcast.

Elysia has a passion for education and women’s health and empowerment and is a proud mum of Tilly & Jude.