Endeavour College of Natural Health

Nutritionist and Endeavour Clinical Supervisor Heike Hohaus is no stranger to starting again. She recently moved from the Melbourne suburbs to the seaside, where she’s relishing the opportunity to create a garden from scratch, organising a new local farmer’s market and sharing her belief in food as medicine.

The majority of Australians regularly use or have used natural and complementary medicine and therapies. They are an established part of how our population manages its health. But as health practitioners, how far have we come towards integrative medicine?

Nestled on the rooftop of Endeavour College’s Brisbane Campus is a bee colony busy creating natural, raw, delicious honey from nectar and pollen gathered in nearby urban green spaces.

Endeavour graduate and former employee Jennifer (Jen) Osborne loves to support the natural health industry because, as she says, it has served her well.

Endeavour academic Patricia (Patty) Stuart-Macadam was stuck in a stuffy office during her summer holidays when she decided to apply for work on an archaeological dig in British Columbia, Canada.

Claudia Ioulianou is the first to admit she loves food and is passionate about feeding her family well. So much so that instead of returning to her law career, she’s pursuing her dream to study Nutrition.

Ashlea Howard had been in the Navy for more than four years when she stumbled across naturopathy. It drew her in, and she started gathering books about natural health. Having grown up around conventional medicine, Ashlea had no idea what a naturopath was.

When she was growing up, Annabelle Delir was puzzled by her relatives. They had various health complaints and took medications but just didn’t seem to get better. It got her thinking about why.

International student Emma van Leenen worked in kitchens for years and even ran her own small catering business in the Netherlands. But she also dreamt of learning to surf. That dream led her across the oceans to Australia and natural health study.