Irene Steffens
BA (Hons) NUI Cork, Dip. Nutritional Therapeutics, Dip. Diet & Nutrition for Complementary Therapists, FETAC Level 6 Nutrition & Health, mNTOI, mBANT Dip. Yoga Teaching
My awareness of the link between nutrition and health began at a very early age when I began suffering from skin, digestive and hormonal complaints. I discovered over time that I was sensitive to dairy products, cocoa, caffeine and a host of other everyday foods. It wasn’t until my 20’s that I finally realised I was also sensitive to sugar and gluten. As I slowly removed these foods from my diet, it became very clear that health and vitality were indeed possible, and my never ending mild, but irritating health complaints didn’t have to be a part of every day life. My mother who was always keen to treat my complaints naturally helped me to realise I could experiment on alternative therapies. I now rely on homeopathy, massage, nutritional therapy, yoga, counselling, prayer and acupuncture to prevent and treat illness.
Over the years I have experimented with a variety of eating styles but finally settled back to the whole food diet I grew up on. Always very bodily aware I was able to pinpoint quite quickly the foods that suited me best and those that stole my energy. When my husband handed me a leaflet for a training course in Nutrition and Health it seemed like the most logical thing for me to do.
My current thinking revolves around my certainty that we all have the innate capacity to master our own health. We have been given the tools of intuition and a multitude of ancient holistic therapies to bring about the vitality that is rightfully ours to enjoy. Current stressful, fast paced, media driven lives take away our natural intuition and force us to rely on external means to solve our health problems. My work is now dedicated to bringing people back to their intuition and helping them take control of their own health.
Irene trained as a Nutritional Therapist with the Irish Institute of Nutrition and Health. She is a member of Nutritional Therapists of Ireland (NTOI) and the British Association of Applied Nutrition and Nutritional Therapy (BANT). Soon after qualifying she opened ‘Keola Nutritional Therapy’, and immediately began seeing clients. She is now part of the busy Robin Hill team of therapists dedicated to bringing their skills to the people of Cork and beyond. She is also trained as a Yoga instructor and teaches classes in Cork City.
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