How I Healed My Son’s Chronic Gastro Symptoms (When Nothing Else Worked)
This will forever be one of my most cherished healing stories.
Not because it was the most complex…
But because it was my son.
And because there was a point where I genuinely didn’t know how to help him anymore.
If you’ve ever sat there as a mum thinking:
👉 “Something’s not right… but no one can tell me what it is”
then you’ll understand exactly how this felt.
It all started with a gastro bug
On New Year’s Day 2024, my youngest son Harry came down with a nasty stomach bug.
The poor guy was so sick — vomiting, exhausted, curled up on the couch.
It’s awful seeing your child that unwell, and feeling like there’s not much you can do to help.
Thankfully, the acute part passed within 24 hours and we thought he was getting back to normal.
But about two weeks later…
The nausea and vomiting started again.
And then it didn’t stop.
For the next 10 months, he experienced sudden bouts of nausea and vomiting at least twice a week.
It was relentless.
And the hardest part?
👉 No one had answers.
I did everything I knew how to do
As a holistic nutritionist, I threw the kitchen sink at this.
We did:
stool, urine, and blood tests
functional lab testing
bio-resonance hair testing
gut healing protocols and restrictive diets
probiotics, herbs, homeopathy… you name it
Nothing worked.
We even tried anti-nausea medication just to get him through the school day.
He missed so much class. I lost count of the times I picked him up from the sick bay. The school office ladies all knew him — and had his medication ready in the drawer.
We saw a paediatrician and a gastroenterologist.
The tests gave us peace of mind (no sinister causes), but still no real answers.
The only explanation?
👉 “His gut lining might need time to repair.”
Meanwhile, our whole family had the worst year of sickness we’ve ever had.
Gastro. COVID. Influenza. One hit after another.
I felt completely exhausted… and honestly, pretty defeated.
And this is what I see all the time now with clients…
👉 families doing everything “right”… but still not getting answers.
Then someone suggested it could be emotional
Eventually, I took Harry to our Bowen therapist.
She gently suggested that what was going on might be emotional.
That the trauma of the original bug — and everything that followed — could be stored in his body.
At the time, I was only just starting to explore this work.
Curious… but not fully convinced.
Then Fiji changed everything
We went to Fiji over December/January.
And I was honestly dreading it.
I assumed Harry’s symptoms would flare up even more while we were away.
But instead?
They completely disappeared.
No nausea.
No vomiting.
Nothing.
That’s when my husband said:
👉 “It has to be emotional. There’s no school here. No pressure.”
Looking back now, it seems obvious.
But at the time?
I would never have connected those dots.
The moment everything clicked
The day after we got home, Harry had a surf lifesaving session.
He came off his board in the big surf — nothing dangerous, but it gave him a fright.
The next day, when I told him it was time to go back to the beach…
His whole body tensed.
He was fighting back tears.
Ten minutes later?
He vomited.
That was it.
👉 The moment everything finally made sense.
The session that changed everything
That night, I did my first proper session using the Emotion Code.
(If you’re new to this work, I explain it properly here →
👉 Emotion Code Healing
Layers and layers of anxiety came up.
It all made sense:
starting school without his big brother
friendship shifts
moving across the country
the original trauma of the stomach bug
everything that followed
It was all still sitting in his body.
During the session, he had a big emotional release.
He cried. I cried.
And then something shifted.
His shoulders dropped.
His face softened.
His whole physiology changed in front of me.
And from that day on…
👉 he never vomited again.
Not once.
After one session.
That was the moment I stopped questioning this work.
What I know now
Since then, Harry has had the occasional moment of tension or nausea — usually linked to stress.
But now?
I know exactly what to do.
I can clear it quickly.
And he knows it too.
He’ll say:
👉 “Mum, I think I need a session.”
He’s calm.
I’m calm.
It’s just part of our toolkit now.
Why I’m sharing this
Because I know I’m not the only mum who has sat in a doctor’s office, desperate for answers.
I know what it feels like to:
try everything
spend the money
follow all the advice
and still feel completely stuck
If that’s you…
👉 I want you to know there is another way.
This work doesn’t just look at symptoms.
It looks at what’s happening underneath.
If you want to see how this shows up across different kids and symptoms, I’ve shared more here →
👉 Can the Body Code Help My Child?
Where to start (this is your next step)
When my son healed, something shifted in me.
Because I knew I wasn’t the only mum going through this.
I knew there were other families:
trying everything
getting nowhere
feeling completely helpless
And I also knew…
👉 it doesn’t have to be that hard.
If you’re reading this and thinking:
👉 “this sounds like my child”
you don’t have to keep guessing.
You don’t have to keep trying everything on your own.
This is exactly the kind of situation I work with inside my Family Healing Bundle.
Inside this, we work at the root level to:
identify and clear emotional and energetic stress
support the nervous system
shift patterns that keep coming back
and help your child feel calmer, healthier and more like themselves
✨ 5 focused sessions
✨ done remotely (no need to wrangle your child onto Zoom)
✨ full notes and support after each session
