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The Live Lightly Centre Naturopathic, nutritional, herbal medicine and other complementary health services. Thyroid: this deserves a special mention as I see so much of it.

Hi, I'm Tracey Walker and I am a fully qualified naturopath (Bachelor's Degree in Health Science) and since starting I have attained a degree in life experience, particularly helping people with stubborn, often undiagnosed and chronic illnesses. I often find that I am the "last resort" after people have exhausted all other avenues and not found answers, and I am totally okay with that! In particular my strengths are as follows:

Autoimmune disease: either diagnosed or undiagnosed, I can help you wind your way through the complicated and painful world of these chronic inflammatory systemic disorders. Often they come as a package deal (ie: more than one!) so that would have you seeing several specialists at once whereas we tend to treat the body as a whole. I explain what is happening to your body, why it is happening and how we treat from a holistic perspective. Female reproductive issues: PCOS, endometriosis, heavy or painful periods, irregular cycle, how to transition off the pill successfully, fertility issues, teenage "coming of age", acne, hormonal migraines, PNDD, PMS/PMT, perimenopause and menopause. Gut issues: diarrhoea, constipation, food sensitivities, reflux, IBS, coeliac disease, ulcerative colitis, Crohns, bloating, candida, recurrent UTI's, pain, mesenteric adenitis, eosinophilic esophagitis, stomach ulcers and gastritis

Mental health issues: anxiety, depression, OCD, ADD, ADHD, migraine/headaches associated with these issues, brain fog, lack of concentration, poor memory, confusion, overwhelming stress, insomnia

Skin issues: acne, eczema, rashes, dermatitis, hives, psoriasis

Whole family health: I see everyone from preconception to old age. Every stage has different physical, mental and emotional needs and hormonal challenges that go with it! It is most often an autoimmune disease but sometimes not and it takes people years to get diagnosed so I help them through this complicated issue. I coach you on how to speak to your doctor about testing, why your medication is not alleviating your symptoms, which tests to ask for and the difference between a "normal" thyroid irregularity and an autoimmune disease. And just WHY it is so important to know this. Chronic and complicated illnesses: I help people navigate their way through several chronic systemic inflammatory diseases such as fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, "adrenal fatigue", autoimmune disease, extremely inflamed gut issues and hormonal disorders - often all in the one body. When your doctors are confused and you have had enough, this is where I come in and I LOVE helping people find their way back to health and learning to understand their bodies and how they need to best support them. Full pathology reviews and polypharmacy: I like to work with doctors who will support the process and help to reduce polypharmacy (lots of different medications) as well as provide treatment that will not interfere with medication. I also give a holistic view on blood and other pathology tests which will most likely differ slightly from your doctor's view. I nearly always refer my clients back to their GP for a full set of bloods and a new perspective on their case. Me: I am a no nonsense, direct but extremely empathetic, supportive and loyal person to have on your team. I won't BS you, I will have your health (and pocketbook!) firmly at the forefront of everything I do. I meet you where you are at, not asking you to do things you are not physically or mentally capable of at this given moment. I have an irreverent sense of humour and I'm not afraid to use it! My consults are extremely informal and relaxed, a place for you to feel safe and heard and all designed to create a strong rapport. I am very evidence based, I love science and everything I recommend has a solid scientific background however if you tell me that something "outside of the realm" has worked for you in the past, we'll include that too. My only aim is to help you get better. My motto is "get you in, fix you up and get you out again!"

My clinic is located in Ellenbrook WA, 34 Ellen Stirling Parade, phone: (08) 6355 6246. I do face to face and phone consults and bookings can be made by calling reception or using the online "Book Now" button on Facebook. "Your Health is my Passion". Tracey Walker, Naturopath, BHSc (Nat)

My morning view, looking out at the beautiful dam surrounded by gorgeous critters at the stunning Swan Valley Retreat, o...
15/03/2026

My morning view, looking out at the beautiful dam surrounded by gorgeous critters at the stunning Swan Valley Retreat, our Chrissy present to each other. Highly recommend for a special occasion! 🥂 🎁 ❤️

12/03/2026

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) is about as useless as a chocolate chisel when trying to ascertain thyroid health. Its not even a thyroid hormone, it is a pituitary hormone which then directs the thyroid to make more (or less) thyroid hormone depending on feedback from the body.

Problem is, I feel the TSH is the last marker to move after much nagging, prodding and poking from the poor old body until it finally hits the magic 4.1 that MAY move your doctor to diagnose underactive thyroid and possibly prescribe thyroxine. And this is after YEARS of uncomfortable and worsening symptoms.

According to where you get your stats, over 90% of underactive thyroid cases are actually Hashimoto’s, an autoimmune disease, which needs very different treatment holistically than just thyroxine alone which is why so many people still feel like rubbish on thyroxine even though their numbers are playing nice.

If your GP won’t do a full thyroid panel for you, which most of them won’t if the TSH is “in range”, and you’re suffering all the symptoms - use this link in the comments for my favourite place, iMedical, to get your own.

You go in, pick the “thyroid tests” icon and pick “Thyroid Function Test 3” as a bare minimum. It gives you TSH, T4, T3 and two antibodies. If you want the FULL kit and kaboodle and you can afford it pick Thyroid Function Test 4 as it gives another antibody and reverse T3 as well.

For my clients I usually ask them to get Test 3 then go in and add a cortisol test as well, which normally always comes back as very low.

The link is in the comments and when you get your results either take them to your GP, although if they are the ones who won’t do any further testing because TSH is in range, they will still interpret them as “fine” even if your hormones are all over the shop and you have sky high antibodies, so I would suggest bringing them to someone like myself to interpret and put together a plan for you.

This is such a fabulous service, I love it so much! 😍

The longer you let underactive thyroid go on, the worse you will feel and the worse the knock on damage will be to your body. It responds so beautifully to lifestyle and herbal support, you don’t have to live this way. 🙏💕

10/03/2026

Sooooo many people asking me about HRT now that it has been reformulated (for want of a better term) and the whole conversation is now flooding the newsfeeds like Niagra Falls.

I’ll give you my take on it no problems - its complicated is my take on it! 🤣

Yes there are risks associated with losing oestrogen to the female body and mind and yes, apparently HRT can negate some of these risks, plus the medications they have today are safer than the ones they did the original studies on to be sure. That is not in dispute.

It is also true that there are a great number of women who will NOT develop those issues whether they were on HRT or not and there are also a great number of side effects and complications of HRT, as with every other medication on the planet so my overarching view is, it is an extremely personal decision. That is also not in dispute, so now we hit the grey areas.

I still believe that lifestyle factors, especially exercise and diet (you knew I was gonna say that didn’t you??) provide the best benefits for overall health regardless of risk factor and being on HRT (or any medication for that matter) is not an excuse or reason to stop doing them.

I am also overwhelmingly happy that finally, women are being heard and offered medical options for their menopausal symptoms. 👏

It saddens me that a lot of them in the general public may not have tried natural treatments first (bearing in mind that if you are on this page, you are already on a natural “bent” for treating yourself so don’t represent the majority of women) and they may not even know they are available but at least they have a supposedly safe new route to take.

You’ll be the ones who say “I’ve tried every natural approach and nothing helped with my symptoms and HRT has been a game changer for me”, and for you guys, I am overwhelmed with happiness and gratitude for you.

There are others who have tried all forms of HRT and none of them worked, in fact, they made things worse for them and only the natural options helped. And of course, as always, there are the Goldilocks tribe, the ones who are doing a bit of both and reaping the rewards for it.

And I say "supposedly safe" not to be inflammatory or worrying, its just that really, in the end, we just don’t know. The goal posts are shifting so quickly and there are so many options available now that it is difficult to determine the actual risk factor and therefore the actual benefits to the only person who matters, YOU.

Take my own family for an example. My Nanna (mum's mum) died of Alzheimers, my mum who’s suffered depression and anxiety most of her life is in her 80’s, swims every day, walks every day, looks after herself with supplements, feeds herself well and keeps a healthy social life is showing absolutely no signs of developing it. And me? Who knows. Will its “skip a generation” and hit me or will I follow in mum’s footsteps?

Also, I am the only female in my family line on both side who developed breast cancer. I mean, what’s with that??? Not one other woman as far back as can remember on either side direct line or cuzzies etc have had it, and yet I got it? I personally think I know my reasons but that’s for another post, these examples are just to show that it is a crap shoot.

Whilst studies can show "averages" and possible likelihoods, they still don't show YOUR absolute risk.

But the overarching modifiable factors in life for ALL disease are diet, movement, social interaction, keeping the brain active, feeling a sense of worth, getting good sleep and having a supportive community. All safe. No side effects. All evidence based.

So if you are genuinely suffering or genuinely concerned about whether HRT is for you or not, I will be happy to offer an unbiased opinion (seriously, I have even suggested to a client to go on it as what we were doing was not enough) for YOUR case - not a blanket catch all approach that may or may not suit you as an individual.

You can reach me in the comments. 🙏💕

07/03/2026

One of the funniest "who referred you" answers on a form so far - "a woman in the queue in Dough Street Balcatta!"

Well, thank you Dough Street queue lady, I fully appreciate the referral!!! 🤣🤣🤣

05/03/2026

Aaaaaand on a much lighter note, I think its important that we are still seen to be doing the “right things” health wise by our kids even when they are adults.

We may THINK they don’t listen to us, in fact I’m pretty sure they don’t, but they sure as hell watch every single thing we do. 👀

Many years ago I was doing some yoga stretches and I was in my fave position, child’s pose, and the eldest comes in the room, pi**es himself laughing and says “what are you doing mum, you look like a potato!”. Takes photo. Leaves. 🥔

Only last week same child comes past as I’m doing combat in the lounge room, “what are you doing mum, you look good!” Takes video, leaves. 🎥

Only yesterday same child did combat workout with me. 🥋

No time for photos or videos and I can only hope the other two don’t end up in cyberspace somewhere. 🤣

04/03/2026

Warning: very long post, some MAY consider it a rant but it has been nagging at me for a while! Oh and there may be a little swear word or two, don't worry, nothing that rhymes with truck or runt. 🤣

My post yesterday stirred up something in me that’s been brewing for a while and that is this, health is a rich person’s luxury, and by rich I mean people with disposable incomes who can spend money on anything other than just survival, not millionaires.

Someone commented on my post yesterday that $293 is still a lot of money, and it is, I’m not denying that. I'm glad she pinged me on it because it has now inspired this post. 🤣

What I WAS saying was that in my client's context, in the view that she was expecting to be spending upwards of $500 MONTHLY because that’s “just what naturopath’s charge” plus the amount she was spending seeing her GP almost monthly and getting slugged a hefty $120 with little return for it, the 5 supplements she was already taking that she had bought because of others recommendations and online slick marketing, the hundreds of dollars on testing an unqualified person told her to get plus whatever else she was spending in the interim for ABSOLUTELY NO RESULT then I will say yes, $293 is cheap.

She learnt more from me in that hour than she’d learned from her GP across the whole time she’d been seeing her. The supplements were not doing her any good for her particular concern. The tests she’d paid for herself where so far off the bullseye of what she needed to diagnose her condition and who knows how long she was going to go down this path before resolution. Well actually, there would not have BEEN a resolution had she continued.

Right, got that out of the way, that’s been eating at me all night. 😅

Secondly it riles me beyond belief when I see all of these rich wankers doing all of these scientific experiments on themselves to improve their longevity and spruiking that they are doing it to “further science and benefit humanity”.

In the meantime they are flogging their expensive products that they have formulated as a result of all of their benevolent work on behalf of us mere mortals. Some people can’t afford a cabbage and these tossers carry on as though they are saving humanity.

I am painfully aware that I am one of the lucky ones, in fact one of the luckiest ones in life in general.

I have been blessed with parents who loved me and supported me in everything I’ve ever done. I’ve been blessed with a great husband (s!) and healthy children and I have never had to fear poverty or food restrictions or make a choice between feeding my kids and paying rent.

You think I don’t think about things like this every day? Especially with all of the absolute HORRORS going on in the world at the moment, I feel a weight in my heart and on my body that I can’t shake and there is very little I can do about it. These thoughts shape every decision I make for myself, my family and my clients.

But you know what I CAN do? I can use this degree of mine to help people who can afford it.

People who are spending way too much money on stuff that is NOT helping – supplements, GP visits where they get very little back from Medicare, specialist visits, time off work due to pain, special food products, other service providers who are not helping the person see improvement, online programs, pain relief medications and creams, hosptial visits, ongoing and increasing medication loads, expensive testing either through other naturopaths, integrative GP’s or because they’ve read about it online – my God the amount of money people spend on stuff when one simple visit with someone like me (not even me specifically!) could get them on the right path IMMEDIATELY.

Now I’m not saying those things above can’t and haven’t helped people and we should chuck everything other than naturopathic treatment in the bin. If you read that into this post, you clearly don’t know me and what I stand for. There is room for all of us in the health sphere.

What I AM saying is if you are spending ongoing money on any or all of these things and you are not seeing improvements well, what’s that old saying? What’s the definition of crazy? Doing the same thing and expecting a different result.

Also if you’re dropping hundreds a month on what I might consider luxuries, vices, or just living your best life and you are complaining constantly of poor health, fatigue, pain etc then you might want to re-assess where some of that precious expendable income is going, and redirect a little bit towards your health.

Again, because I always need to be clear in these posts lest I offend someone, I’m not saying not to do these things. I’m not saying to give up your joys and pleasures in life, God knows we all need them at the moment, and to spend all of your money on naturopaths or stressing about your health.

But if you ARE stressing about your health, then there are options outside of whatever the hell it is you’re doing now. Especially if you’re doing nothing. 😂

Its not my job or place to define the difference between cost and value to you, only you can do that, but what I will say above all else is that your health is by far the most important gift you will ever be given, apart from those of us with kids. Then THEIR health becomes the most important gift we have ever been given.

I do feel guilt that I can afford these things as I know people are often born into their circumstances and I spend a lot of time thinking about that and hurting about that, but I do not feel guilt for doing what I do and charging what I charge because I honestly believe the amount of value people get from my consults is worth every penny and more.

People leave educated, people leave with a plan, people leave with short term improvements heading towards a long term result, people leave feeling positive, and people leave feeling empowered. I reckon that’s a pretty fair exchange of energy don’t you?

So, apologies for what can only been seen as a massive rant, but I am in a constant state of flux and turmoil about the way things are going in the world and if I feel I can help someone with genuine love and empathy in my heart, then I’m going to fight for it.

We need to change the way see health and treat it medically or we will all just get sicker and sicker and sicker. Which we are. I ain’t no prophet, you just need to look around and see for yourself.

You get one life, you get one body, hopefully you were born into good health, but you get many many choices from adulthood onwards - and what you choose to do for yourself now, makes a huge difference as to how you will age in the future.

Thankyou for attending my sermon. 🙏 😂

04/03/2026

Oh my God, just had a beautiful young girl say she was worried coming to see me was going to cost "$500 a month" forever and was pleasantly surprised when her first consult, including three supplements that will last her a month, only cost her $293.00.

She was spending WAY more than that on GP visits, out of pocket blood tests, advice from people unqualified to give that kind of advice and supplements online as it was, and each month with me will be less expensive than that.

As I said to her, if you're spending that much a month and seeing no improvement, something is wrong!

I also told her that the more effort she puts into making the dietary and lifestyle changes I suggested, the quicker she will get better and can start coming off supps and reintroducing foods.

This really pi**es me off to be honest, the view that we are "so expensive" when people don't stop and take a long hard look at what they are already spending their money on that is NOT helping and in a lot of cases doing more harm. 😩

As I always say, if you want the quickest and least expensive long term route to good health, get thee to a naturopath.

Disclaimer: I know there are nats that charge outrageously and prescribe waaaay too many supplements for ongoing use, but I am NOT one of them! 😡

03/03/2026

What’s the difference between a reason and an excuse? Maybe its best illustrated using myself as an example!

A few months ago I got plantar fasciitis and I used to do hour or more long walks several times a week with one of my girlfriends and fragmented hours on the other days (15 min/30 minute bursts several times a day to make up an hour). 🚶‍♀️

Well, ol planty put paid to that! Its not so painful I can’t walk as a rule but after a long walk, or anything much over 15 minutes, my foot really started to hurt. So I stopped walking other than taking the hound on his daily sniff and pees. 🐕

I was getting annoyed with myself - feeling frumpy, fat and lazy and just generally pi**ed off then a chance catch up with one of my other girlfriends lead to her telling me about the Les Mills app she had downloaded on her phone and uses every day to exercise.

I was intrigued as I used to LOVE doing the Les Mills classes at the gym, particularly combat (there seems to be such a healing effect punching and kicking thin air, like I am unleashing the rage of my ancestors) and I didn’t mind pump (weights) and I loved Balance (a mix of sort of tai chi, yoga and Pilates). 🧘‍♀️

Anyway I am into it and LOVING IT once again, smashing s**t out of invisible foes and feeling the benefits of both anger release and exercise in general and because of my many years of past gym classes I can modify the workouts to be low impact, so I’m mainly working top and abs and no jumping as such.

It was then that I had the realisation, the sore feet were a REASON (and a genuine one) as to why I stopped walking, but then they were an EXCUSE as to why I stopped exercise altogether.

I hear many excuses generally in life, usually revolving around time, money and perceived lack of commitment levels – and they are just that, excuses.

Then I deal with clients with genuine hard core reasons for not being able to do something and they are beating themselves up about it and I’m like “not on my watch baby, that is not an excuse that is a bona fide reason!”

So I guess the big question is, what’s stopping you from doing or getting better? Are they genuine reasons? Or are they excuses? 🤷‍♀️

You are the only person who can truthfully answer that. 🙏💕

I love making one pot meals and they are so economical to boot. You can use cheaper cuts of meat (or any proteins you li...
03/03/2026

I love making one pot meals and they are so economical to boot. You can use cheaper cuts of meat (or any proteins you like) and use up slightly past their best-by veg in the fridge. 🫑 🧅 🍅

There are a few massive flavour bombs in this one too.

Firstly I cooked the rice in water (obvy!), salt, dried vegetable stock, dried beef stock and cumin seeds.

When it was nearly cooked I threw in a few blocks of frozen spinach plus right at the end a handful of frozen peas and corn. So the water flavoured the rice and the whole lot flavoured the water, hint number one. ☝️

I looked at it and thought “man, that looks good enough to drink” – like literally it is a soup base when you think of it - so I sieved the rice and the liquid through a colander and caught the liquid into a jug to use in the “curry” to as a stock (apologies for my grotty sink, it didn’t all go in the jug!), hint number two! ✌️

The rice is now cooling in the fridge developing resistant starch etc and I browned the meat in a little cornflour to thicken then added the curry powder to cook through.

I knew it wouldn’t have enough “oomph” so I added some more salt, mixed herbs and some chilli flakes then added a tin of tomatoes plus the stock.

In goes the roughly chopped onions and capsicums that were feeling a little, shall we say leathery 😂 and b**g it in the oven on low to cook through nice and slow.

I gotta say, already it tastes amazing and the flavours haven’t even had time to develop yet.

I’m not overly hungry so may eat a little later but the boys are out late tonight with uni and cricket so they will have a bowl in the fridge when they get home. 🍛

They are past the age where I have to sneak veg into them but without a piece of broccoli or bean as a side dish in sight, they are getting no less than 7 different veg and probably about 9 or 10 different herbs and spices, not counting the ones in the stock. 👌

Now THAT is what I call bang for buck, and it will feed us for days. 🙏 ❤️

02/03/2026

I posted a long post yesterday about a thyroid appointment I have available but I feel it would be too long for most! 🤣

In short, If you have one or more of the follwoing symptoms and feel extremely sluggish, brain fog, chronic fatigue that even a good night’s sleep won’t fix, weight gain, puffiness, fluid retention or difficultly losing weight, chronic temperature dysregulation, gut issues, heavy periods, hair loss – even if you are medicated – I suggest you read that post of yesterdays (scroll one post down in my page) and if needed, book in and get that sorted!

I only re-shared because in my humble opinion it is by far, (apart from peri/menopause) the most under-diagnosed and poorly treated women's health issue of today. 🙏💕

I had a new client in on the weekend who was commenting on how common thyroid issues must be seeing as I have a specific...
02/03/2026

I had a new client in on the weekend who was commenting on how common thyroid issues must be seeing as I have a specific appointment for them and my only response was, “they are!!!”

If one or more applies to you, you have several of the symptoms mentioned later on, you keep being told you are “fine” and your bloods are “in range” then I would be making great use of that appointment if I were you!!!

🦋 If your TSH is constantly 2 or over, or it is increasing every year.

🦋 If it is over 4 and your GP is adopting a “wait and watch” approach (I’ve got news for you, it’s already underactive!)

🦋 If your blood tests have ever shown positive thyroid antibodies.

🦋 If anyone in your direct family blood line have or had Hashimoto’s, Graves’ disease, thyroid cancer, goitre, nodules or anything at all that affects the thyroid

🦋 If anyone in your direct family have been diagnosed coeliac

🦋 If you have the coeliac genes and thyroid symptoms

🦋 If you are gaining weight slowly and steadily and changing nothing about your diet or lifestyle to cause it.

🦋 If your hair is thinning or falling out, including eyelashes and eyebrows, and your iron is fine.

🦋 If you constantly have unexplained low iron

🦋 If you have been diagnosed with any of the thyroid diseases and are medicated for them

🦋 If nothing has felt the same, or quite right, after the birth of one of your kids.

🦋 If you were told you had an underactive thyroid during pregnancy, and may even have been medicated for it, but they say you are fine now even though you are still suffering symptoms.

🦋 If you feel the cold excessively (or the heat!) especially in the extremities

If you have one or more of the above and feel extremely sluggish, brain fog, chronic fatigue that even a good night’s sleep won’t fix, weight gain, puffiness, fluid retention or difficultly losing weight, chronic temperature dysregulation, gut issues, heavy periods, hair loss – even if you are medicated – you need to book in and get that sorted. ❗️

You can use the same appointment for overactive thyroid too which presents as more anxiety, dizziness, difficulty sleeping, unexplained weight loss, bulging eyes, feeling the heat excessively and loose bowel movements.

As a general rule, the only person who suffers with the “watch and wait” approach is YOU. 🥱

Even when you finally get diagnosed they may give you thyroxine but, as a lot of my clients will tell you, it is not enough to help you feel better over time. It’s a long story as to why, that’s a whole other post. 😅

The link to the appointment is in the comments, or call 6355 6246 and we’ll get back to you. 🦋🙏💕

It's NEVER just about the sock. 🤣🤣🤣
27/02/2026

It's NEVER just about the sock. 🤣🤣🤣

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