Claire Luckman Naturopath

Claire Luckman Naturopath Naturopath & Nutritionist (BHSc) with a holistic, realistic approach to health & wellbeing. Consultations available in Coledale, Leichhardt & Online.

I specialise in Women's Health, Children's Health and Preconception/Pregnancy Health.

December highlights 🎄
31/12/2025

December highlights 🎄

Can I recommend putting your hand up for Christmas Day dessert and making it GF/DF friendly with the ‘Decadent Chocolate...
22/12/2025

Can I recommend putting your hand up for Christmas Day dessert and making it GF/DF friendly with the ‘Decadent Chocolate Cake’ from ❤️ There’s a buttercream icing or DF chocolate icing recipe included, but if you’re lazy like me you can also just melt Lindt 78% and top with that and berries. Serve with a scoop of good quality cream, ice cream or DF ice cream like Pana Vanilla and you’re good to go 🤗

A few updates for the end of 2025 and start of 2026! My last day online with both consults and emails is Tuesday 23rd De...
21/12/2025

A few updates for the end of 2025 and start of 2026!

My last day online with both consults and emails is Tuesday 23rd December, after which I will be completely offline for 2.5 weeks whilst I enjoy the holidays and our last few weeks in Amsterdam with my family.

I will be checking and responding to emails again from Monday 12th January, but not back seeing clients until Tuesday 27th January 2026. End of Jan and early Feb are booked up, so please jump online or send me an email/message to book your appointment in now for the new year.

I have reopened new client bookings for 2026, so if you had a friend or family member to send my way, now you can do so again! Thank you as always to all my amazing clients for your word of mouth referrals, I appreciate you consistently doing my advertising for me over all these years!!! ❤️❤️❤️

Food snaps of late, keeping the kids involved in cooking and prepping food (even though watching my daughter scramble eg...
12/12/2025

Food snaps of late, keeping the kids involved in cooking and prepping food (even though watching my daughter scramble eggs pains me even time) 🫣😅

Cologne Christmas Markets and baby’s first snow ❄️
12/12/2025

Cologne Christmas Markets and baby’s first snow ❄️

If you’re feeling constant fatigue as a woman, you’re probably trying to work out the cause - is my iron low? Am I getti...
02/12/2025

If you’re feeling constant fatigue as a woman, you’re probably trying to work out the cause - is my iron low? Am I getting enough sleep? Am I eating enough protein? 😉

Investigating thyroid function needs to be added to the list, especially if your fatigue is WORSE with rest or being sedentary. I often ask my clients when discussing energy levels and suspecting low thyroid function - “Does your energy feel even worse when you sit around and do very little, or have a rest? The less you do, the worse you feel?”

This type of fatigue pattern, along with some of my other ‘red flag’ symptoms listed here, make me think of that women’s thyroid function.

Secretion of thyroid hormone is regulated primarily by the pituitary gland in the brain. However, the thyroid gland is indirectly stimulated by physical movement and exercise, so we can see increased sensitivity to thyroid hormone output with exercise and movement.
The more you move, the more sensitive the body is to the production of thyroid hormones and the better you feel. It may not even be a proper exercise session - just getting out and running errands, physical moving the body helps to improve the fatigue picture.

Of course, exercise makes most people feel good afterwards thanks to endorphin release, but if your fatigue patterns or other symptoms match those listed above, it’s time to check your thyroid function.

And no, not just your TSH. We want to see the levels of actual thyroid hormones on blood testing too - FT4, FT3 and thyroid antibodies too, if we’re suspicious of thyroid dysfunction.

London calling 🇬🇧 Had the best long weekend with attending the Nordic Conference on Genetics in Gut & Hormone Health, ...
20/11/2025

London calling 🇬🇧 Had the best long weekend with attending the Nordic Conference on Genetics in Gut & Hormone Health, and eating our way around the city of course 🩵

NOW -> 2 years ago The news of our homecoming has been slowly trickling out to my client community over the past few wee...
17/11/2025

NOW -> 2 years ago

The news of our homecoming has been slowly trickling out to my client community over the past few weeks (as barely a week has past in the last 12 months where at least one client doesn’t ask me when we’re actually coming back 😆) so I thought it was probably time to announce it online.

We are returning home to Australia indefinitely (for now - never say never!) in mid-January 2026. It’s a bittersweet feeling, as it’s been close to 2 years of living in Amsterdam now, and we are feeling very settled and at home here. But our adventure had to come to an end at some point, and so we’ll be back in the Illawarra early next year - right on time to skip the worst of European winter but still be the palest people on the beach.

As soon as I have a date of returning to clinic come end of Jan/early Feb I will be sure to let all of my clients know, but for now I am consulting until Monday 22nd Dec before breaking for the Christmas holidays.

The experience of being an expat family living in the Netherlands has by far been the best thing we have ever done as a family, and I can’t quite put into words just how much we’ve grown, seen and done whilst here, and how much we love and will always cherish our second home. Wanna-be Dutchies forever ❤️❤️

Protein snacks fuelling me of late - practicing what I preach to my clients and aiming to get 3x high protein meals and ...
13/11/2025

Protein snacks fuelling me of late - practicing what I preach to my clients and aiming to get 3x high protein meals and 1-2x protein-based snacks in each day.

The protein amount per snack varies, some as high as 26g (hello large tin of tuna on rice cakes and smoothie with WPI) and some are less with only 5-12g (apples with nut butter, or 2x boiled eggs) But consistency is key and variety the spice of life so keep building your repertoire of protein based snacks that you enjoy eating, and can work into your busy day

Smoothie with whey protein isolate

Clean protein bar - in Australia I like the .nutrition collagen bars

Manchego sheep’s cheese + almonds

Nut + seed based homemade granola, ground linseed, yoghurt with 1x serve unflavoured collage powder mixed through

Apple with mixed nut butter

Boiled eggs (2x per snack serve)

Rice cakes with tinned tuna in spring water

Protein balls with whey protein powder

Edamame beans

Ireland is like the Australia of the north - beautiful landscape (though a touch wetter/greener), friendly people, amazi...
29/10/2025

Ireland is like the Australia of the north - beautiful landscape (though a touch wetter/greener), friendly people, amazing seafood, easy banter, likely a widespread drinking problem and they even drive on the left ! (What a mind trip that was, after 20 months on the right) A 10/10 family holiday 🇮🇪

I’ve got many clients at the moment who are coming up to the end of their pregnancy, or have just had babe and so postpa...
08/10/2025

I’ve got many clients at the moment who are coming up to the end of their pregnancy, or have just had babe and so postpartum healing support via nutrition has been on my mind!

Here are some easy ways you can support your body nutritionally with healing and recovery after birth, whether you had a vaginal birth or a C-section. I encourage my clients to focus on foods that help to speed up healing time, reduce scar tissue formation particularly with a C-section, episiotomy or vaginal tear and reduce inflammation. Ask your partner, friends and family to bring pineapple, vitamin C rich fruits, protein based meals and snacks and fresh oysters over if they come to visit 😉

Food is medicine so don’t underestimate the power of your early postpartum diet!

Dutch summer - she’s short, but she was sweet 💛
13/09/2025

Dutch summer - she’s short, but she was sweet 💛

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Coledale, NSW
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Naturopath, Nutritionist, Herbalist

Claire is a warm and passionate Naturopath who loves guiding women and their families toward better health, naturally. Head to the website to find out what health conditions I specialise in assisting with, and my treatment philosophy - http://claireluckman.com.au/