Karen Saunders BHSc. (Nat)

I love working with women. I love what I do! No two days are the same, and no two women are the same.


What lights me up is helping women understand their bodies - I’m driven at my core to understand what makes things work. This makes me a curious and empathetic practitioner.

I also am a woman who has navigated successfully my own health stuff - recurrent vaginal issues, anxiety, PMDD and crazy oestrogen stuff.

My grandmother had such heavy periods that she had a hysterectomy in her 40’s and also lost her teeth from the resulting B12 deficiency. I only learned this fact a few years ago, and I find it soothing to my soul that somehow I found myself helping women with heavy bleeding and endo…somehow ‘righting the wrong’ of what my grandmother had to experience.

- Women’s health is still poorly understood and under-researched!

I’ve spent 16 years of my life to understanding all aspects of women’s health, I have guided over a thousand clients in my clinical practice I also provide clinical support and mentorship to my fellow practitioners in and around Australia.

I love the delicate hormonal interplay within our bodies, and everything it tells us. Someone once called me a ‘health detective’ which made me laugh but it’s true! Being a naturopath is like working out a complex new puzzle with every new client.

Qualifications & Mentorships:

  • Bachelor Health Science - Naturopathy

  • Yoga Teacher RYT200

  • Higher Diploma Visual Communications

    Mentorships:

  • Dr Fiona Enkelmann - Integrative Gut Health - 1 year

  • Dr Miranda Myles Female Reproductive - 1 year

  • Moira Bradfield 6 Month vaginal Health mentorship

  • Rachel Arthur - 6 month Pathology Mastercourse

  • Rhiannon Hardingham - Female Reproductive Health - ongoing

*I am keen to connect with like-minded educators and collaborations - so please reach out if this is you!