My Story | Dr Laura Holland

My passion is preventative health and human capability.

I’ve always been fascinated by what allows people to flourish, and equally, why so many experience unnecessary suffering. I genuinely believe that much of the suffering we see today isn't inevitable. Often, it's the consequence of becoming disconnected from ourselves, our bodies, and the environments we live within.

My career has taken a slightly unconventional path.

I initially trained as an economist before making what many considered to be quite the career pivot into nutrition, eventually continuing my studies into Integrative Medicine, but looking back, it doesn’t feel like a career change at all.

Economics taught me to understand systems, incentives and human behaviour. Integrative medicine taught me to understand the human system, within the context of consciousness being the basis of reality, and therefore upstream of the mind and body, and the implications of this relative to healing and optimising human capacity. Together, they continue to shape how I see the collective and individual experience of health and wellbeing today.

For more than fifteen years I've worked with private and corporate clients, often at the highest levels, supporting people with everything from body image and disordered eating to complex medical conditions, chronic stress, burnout, fertility challenges and major life transitions.

Every person has taught me something. My work has never really been about food. Nor has it simply been about medicine. It's about helping people understand themselves more deeply, develop an identity rooted in health, regain confidence in their own sovereignty, and feel empowered to nurture their wellbeing in ways that can genuinely change the course of their lives.

Over the years, I’ve come to realise that understanding one person deeply gives you remarkable insight into human beings. And perhaps that's where the economist in me reappears, because I can't help but ask, if we know what helps an individual change course, heal, build supportive habits and experience genuine wellbeing…

How do we translate that into society?

How do we create environments that make healthier choices feel easier, more natural and more sustainable?

How do we improve health and wellbeing at scale in a way that genuinely enhances healthspan, human capability and quality of life?

These questions have gradually led me beyond clinical practice and into advisory work, contributing to projects that sit at the intersection of preventative health, education, business and leadership.

I love working one-to-one. Those conversations give me an insight into human behaviour that is irreplaceable. They continually remind me that data and statistics alone cannot illuminate the subtle, deeply human factors that shape our behaviours, decisions and health outcomes.

If we want policies, systems and environments to genuinely improve health and wellbeing, they must first understand the human beings they are designed to serve.

This is why I continue to work with individuals. Every conversation deepens my understanding of human behaviour and continually informs the perspective I bring to organisations, partnerships and systems-level advisory work.

This website is a place to share some of those thoughts.

Alongside my private work and advisory roles, I'll be sharing longer perspectives on health, behaviour, leadership and prevention, exploring what I've learnt through science, practice and life itself.

If even one of those perspectives helps someone see themselves, or their health, a little differently, then they've served their purpose.

With love,
Laura