About

Wendy Goujon

I first started training in gyms when I was 16. I was already playing netball and other sports, however, with asthma and injuries, I found it hard. Weight training seemed a good answer to replace my sports as I could rest, recover and still challenge myself. This became a better option for me after contracting glandular fever in year 12. 

I was never the fat kid. This wasn’t my driver for change. My driver came from going to university and studying engineering and psychology. As the sole female in my engineering class, I decided that I really needed to look after myself. Late night classes and walking around the city at night sadly brings some realities to light. I decided I needed to be strong enough to protect myself. This is where my strength and fitness journey began. 

I continued to train with various levels of commitment over the years. I even trained during the pregnancies of each of my kids. I trained to 38 weeks with my first, and 32 with my second. Even while suffering post natal depression after my second, I still trained with my trainer. It became my coping strategy, my time for me, just me. It got me out of the house, even when I had baby vomit down my back and didn’t realise. It truly was my sanity. 

After my kids were old enough, I decided to re-enter the work force and my PT career began. With ongoing stress from some life events, my health started to deteriorate. I was sluggish, fatigued all the time, couldn’t sleep, trouble concentrating, etc. I became sick and tired of being sick and tired. This was about the time one of my kids was diagnosed with autism. My focus towards health and wellbeing began. 

I started doing courses based on functional medicine. I started reading about nutrient therapy and how this helped those with autism. I learnt about how the body works and how nutrients are required to function optimally. I learned about adrenal fatigue, methylation, pyrroles, hormones, autoimmune disease, arthritis, epigenetics and more. The more I read and learned, the more I realised I didn’t know. The human body truly is bio-individual. 

In 2014, as I was about to compete as a Fitness Model, I triggered what was thought to be an autoimmune disease (ended up being diagnosed as severe osteoarthritis in 2022). Within 3 months my body exploded with cortisol and I was dripping with stress. I overworked my adrenals and sent my hormones spiralling. I put on 8kg of body fat, I couldn’t eat solid food, I couldn’t train, I could barely walk and I became stagnant. It felt soul crushing. I reduced my training load and began to focus on getting my body working efficiently from the inside. The better I felt inside, the more I could manage outside. I cleaned up my nutrition, I took advice from respected practitioners, and slowly started to rebuild.

While I worked with the physical side, I didn’t work on the emotional side that came with it. I kept going, and eventually ended  up with a significant hip injury that stopped me moving, literally overnight. Then 6 months later a heart procedure that really brought it home.

I really needed to change my mindset from believing my body was betraying to me, to understanding my body was loving me enough to tell me it needed help. I didn’t need to fight me, it was exhausting. The universe was clearly telling me to slow down and reflect. I needed to grieve the loss of what I was able to do and feel gratitude for what I could do. I needed to embrace the wisdom of the Crone. I followed the path to became a Meditation Therapist and a Holistic Counsellor, which then lead me to Sound Healing and eventually Biofield Tuning. I am forever grateful for this journey. We are more than our physical selves, we are our mindset, we are our emotions, we are the energy that permeates our body. Harnessing this energy empowers us to prioritise self care, embrace our inner strength and lead the life we authentically align with.