Happy Healthy Unicorns Nutrition and Health
Where improving your health and wellness is within your control!!
About us
I’m Vicky, mum to Rose my unicorn with autism, and Jack, a loving brother who so innocently and obliviously thinks that autism is 'the season where the leaves turn brown'. We also have Dean, my husband. Who you will see glimpses of on my instagram. But he hates anything social media and is by far my biggest challenge when it comes to picky eating right now!
I worked in sales for most of my career and studied my bachelor of science specialising in human biology. The human body has always fascinated me! When things became more difficult with Rose after Jack was born, I devoted my whole self into retraining and learning everything possible about autism to help her and pursue a career path where I could help others in our situation.
I have been working on this website for a long time! I am not tech savvy at all! But it was something that I felt was missing in the world. A place where all of the information that I would have wanted when I first started out could be found in easy to understand pages!
I created this website to share our story, hopefully help others and connect with other parents who find themselves on this crazy journey!! Since then I have retrained, so I can pursue my biggest passion..helping other families navigate the storms I once went through.
Rose’s progress to date has shocked us all, and is utterly mind blowing. I don't take anything for granted. And am so grateful for how far she has come. I feel blessed, she has taught us so much about everything! She has helped me to understand my own body and how to heal myself on every level.
I am now a certified Practitioner. I specialise in autism, through my experiences of my healing journey with my own daughter. I am excited to be able to support other families like my own. I really do understand how overwhelming all of the information can be!
Meet Vicky!
VICKY FINLAYSON
Vicky created this company out of pure passion. Here we treat every child as if they were our own. Vicky is a Certified Practitioner, Certfied Walsh trained and trainee Naturopathic doctor.
Nutrition for Autism
Good nutrition is monumental for any child, but especially children with autism. You can read more about this by flicking through the pages in this site. This can be extremely difficult to achieve if your child has restricted eating patterns/food fears and biochemical imbalances/ deficiencies which can make diet changes seem impossible. I know this is a huge hurdle for lots of parents/carers wanting to make a change and can make things seem very overwhelming for everyone.
I understand that most children with a diagnosis are extremely sensitive. It is why I advocate natural approaches, using diet, herbs and lifestyle changes in order to bring the body back into balance.
When I first started out on this journey I realised quickly that fun and appealing healing foods don’t really exist and so I spent lots of time in the kitchen creating my own versions of loved foods! I hope this site can be a very easy resource for feeding tips (practised with my own white flour cracker addict!), easy to digest info that is usually overwhelming and fun recipe ideas for nutrient dense/ allergen free/ non-inflammatory foods that I have spent years creating for my own children!
You can also book a 121 session, where I can tailor an individualised plan for your child based on history, symptoms and desired outcomes.
If you do have any questions or want to connect I can be found @thehappyhealthyunicorn on instagram. You can message me here by filling in the contact form, or direct email vicky@thehappyhealthyunicorn.com. My telephone number is 07810085638.
I love hearing from you and am always happy to help in any way I can as I once felt the absolute overhwelm, loneliness, confusion and fear that many parents feel at the beginning of the diagnosis.
How I can help
Talking about helping my child with autism through diet and lifestyle can be seen as controversial, and it may even offend some. This is not my intention! Of course, there is an abundance of research, which is rapidly growing. For me, the facts that matter are the transformations that I have seen in my own child. It is what I see daily with my own eyes that helps me to form an opinion as to whether or not diet and lifestyle can help a child with autism. I connect with other parents every day who are on the same journey. learning and realising that our children can have a better quality of life.
This website is for anyone that might want to use any of the information that I have spent years researching and learning. I really hope that this can help you!!
I also offer 1:1 support for other families! Very exciting and what I feel is my life's purpose! I would love to support your family in the same way and with the same care that I have my own.
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