Loula George is a naturopath and medical herbalist specialising in women’s health who started addressing fertility issues with a revolutionary preconception care programme 15 years ago. For years, Loula envisaged a natural health centre that would bring the best quality attention to women and offer babies the best start to life.

More recently, Rebekah Paddy, also a naturopath, and Morella Lascurain, a medical doctor, observed a change in the way their clients wanted to care for themselves and their families. Not only they realised the limitations of curative and palliative care, they also resented the rise of medical costs. The couple opened a small clinic dedicated to women and children’s health in 2004, gathering a team of natural health practitioners under the name of Mother-Well. The group achieved excellent results with their preventative medicine programmes as well as with the gentle therapeutic techniques they offered. They also created a range of natural products for mums and babies that is now available nationwide.

The three women united in 2007 and acquired a beautiful art deco property on Mt Eden Rd to set up Mother-Well Natural Health, which at present offers the services of a growing number of practitioners who work together as a multidisciplinary team. They operate under a true integrative model, which thrives on the power of open communication and collaboration between independent practitioners with different skills and scopes of practice.

The mission of the group is to bring integrative medicine to the general public, to support and guide prospective parents, women and children to optimal health. As a team, practitioners provide holistic healthcare that alleviates burdens such as asthma, allergies, infertility, diabetes and obesity, just to name a few. They also have a primary focus on education and work in a way so that clients learn to change their lifestyle and diet to take charge of their own health.