Alicia McCarthy a nutritionist, health and wellness coach based in Christchurch, New Zealand, specialising in autoimmune disease, gut health and reducing symptoms of chronic health challenges with a holisitic dietary and lifestyle approach.

Personalised nutrition and wellness coaching to manage gut health, reduce inflammation, and alleviate autoimmune symptoms.

Gone are the days of accepting life as is.

The Grounded Health mission is to help you feel better in your body day to day.

Hey, I’m Alicia, founder and nutritionist, and I’ve been through it.

From dealing with autoimmune disease since a young age, I understand the challenges involved in finding answers and the feelings of desperation when things just don’t seem to be working.

I know how hard it can be to change habits and behaviours and understand the mental challenges involved, especially when dealing with chronic disease, ongoing gut issues, fatigue, and other symptoms, that can make everyday tasks and activities really challenging.

At the heart of my practice is a commitment to providing evidence-based health information and services that empower you to make informed decisions. You’ll get support along your journey to help save you time going through a lot of trials and errors. I give ongoing support as you are changing habits and moving to a more healthful lifestyle so you’re not going through it alone.

About Grounded Health

Learn more about me

autoimmune disease and gut health nutritionist and wellness coach new zealand

Areas of expertise

Whether you struggling with chronic illness, autoimmune disease, gut issues or changing your health and wellness habits and behaviours I am here to help. Specialising in

Autoimmune disease, including arthritis, coeliac disease, and inflammatory bowel disease.
Fatigue, low energy, brain fog, inflammation and immunity.
IBS, digestion issues, constipation, diarrhoea or a mixture, bloating and discomfort after meals and other gut symptoms.

Working together I will provide you with the tools and knowledge to understand your body better and what it’s trying to tell you.

I believe that symptoms are messages, it’s our body trying to tell us something is wrong and sometimes it has to scream at us so we notice or decide that something needs to change. We will look at the messages your body is telling you and work to decipher them, reduce the symptoms and improve your quality of life.

Services

Testimonials

“I found working with you was delightful, I felt at ease and that you were very knowledgeable about gut health and particularly IBS. You also offered on-going support if needed and had suggestions and recommendations for me for going forward. It changed my life, I felt normal again. definitely recommend.”
Brenda.
My experience of working with Grounded Health, to improve my gut health, has been fantastic.
Before I started working with Grounded Health, I had put up with poor gut health for 2 years. I had thought that because I turned 30, that this was just the way things would be.
It was affecting both my social and work life.
Since working with Grounded Health, things have dramatically improved and I haven't felt this good in years. I really enjoyed working with Alicia, and I found her coaching style was the right fit for me. She has great practical knowledge and a wealth of theoretical knowledge on gut health. I liked the way she would review the data and bring it together in an easy to understand way. I also liked how she would start by focusing on the basics of food nutrition, as my knowledge in nutrition wasn’t as good as I had thought. One thing that surprised me was that many of the foods I thought were very good for gut health actually weren’t as good as I had thought and with a few changes suggested by Alicia, my gut health improved dramatically.
I, like most people I feel, didn’t exactly know how to get my gut health back on track and thanks to Alicia, I feel like myself again.
To anyone who is struggling with gut issues, I would say to get in touch with Grounded Health and start your journey to improving your quality of life!
Tim.