MARIE MULCAHY
BSC Western Herbal Medicine, MNIMH
Where do I start to recount how I got to where I am today? I am originally from London. I moved to the North West four years ago and have lived in Darwen Lancashire for two years. I have Herbal Medicine and holistic health clinics in Barrowford, Lancashire and Clitheroe.
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s well as offering Western Herbal Medicine, which works for virtually every medical condition, I am a Medium, Tarot Reader and Tarot teacher. I also offer health coaching which I combine with my training as a Mental Health First Aider. I also can provide Reiki/spiritual healing. I also have a tiny natural health products shop (that includes supplements to order) in my Barrowford Clinic. As a child, I discovered I was both psychic and an animal healer. In my late twenties I went on to formally train in healing human and animals, mediumship and Tarot. Training at the Spiritual Association of Great Britain and The College of Psychic Studies. www.lancmag.com
I studied for my first degree in Modern European Studies at Trent Polytechnic in Nottingham - the first time I ventured towards the North and after graduating. I went back to London, studied PR and Marketing and worked as a PR for National Charities and also in Fundraising roles. Also PR in a PR agency until 2001, when the tragedy of the Twin Towers in the US happened, which ended my move to work for a US PR agency in London. So I found myself starting all over again in 2001, as my longterm relationship ended, I had always been in and out of Retail since my first job as a Saturday girl in Woolworths - who remembers them?!
My plan was to train as a Medical Herbalist, as I loved working for myself, being a people person and passionate about health, this seemed perfect. It was a tough six years parttime while working full time in Retail management roles. My degree, which included 500 clinical hours with patients in our university clinic (and stints in the Dermatology unit at Whipps Cross hospital) treating a wide range of people and conditions. We follow the training of Medical students and my final clinical exam was overseen by a Respiratory Consultant and a Senior Medical Herbalist. My last role in London was four years running a Community Champions health project for public health, (alongside my food growing social enterprise). I loved it and combined it with the last years of my degree. On graduation, I set up a clinic in London before I moved to Greater Manchester in 2018.
I started as a Christmas Temp in the lingerie department of a big M&S store. This led me back into Retail Management, for a variety of high street names and even a year managing a shop at the British Museum. During this time, I set about retraining. Not having any science levels, I had to go back to evening school and take a science foundation at university.
Marie Mulcahy - Medical Herbalist, Healer and Spiritualist E urbanbasedherbalist@gmail.com N 07727 119 629 M 2 Forest View, Barrowford BB9 8PR
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