I have been practicing reflexology treatments for over 40 years and teaching reflexology for 38 years I love my job. My courses always have a holistic focus, alongside my teaching style of being practical with a tremendous amount of common sense! When I delivered my report, as chairperson of the Irish Council of Reflexology, to the first European Conference in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne in 2006, I concluded by saying that I saw Ireland as the Holistic Approach: Physical (South); Intellectual (East); Spiritual (West) and Emotional (North). I was congratulated by the delegates for bringing the Holistic Approach into my talk and to this day this is my main emphasis in all my teaching.

Teaching reflexology in Northern Ireland, during The Troubles, took a tremendous amount of work and dedication. Bringing people together, who were from different communities, to teach them a holistic therapy with love and compassion, when some would have never sat in the same room together, was a success in itself. There was a lot more than the wonderful healing therapy of reflexology being taught during those times. It was the healing of attitudes, mutual respect and acceptance and tolerance of others beliefs.

I have dedicated my time and energy to others all my life. This began working in my father’s business from the age of 7, until my first child was born when I was 27. I gave a lot of my time volunteering to different organisations. I was chairperson for Save the Children, founder director of Cookstown Enterprise Centre, and director and parent of Dungannon Integrated Primary School (one of the first co-educational schools in Northern Ireland). The volunteering also included Relate marriage guidance counselling and chairperson of International Council of Reflexologists.

“For stress, Reflexology is best!”