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Charlotte is a clinical and translational neuroscientist specialising in neuroendocrinology. She is the sole creator, director, educator and lead neurotherapist of Neurofocused Solutions.
My core values and philosophies revolve around helping people to understand themselves on a deeper level so they can live enriched, fulfilled, balanced and successful lives. I have a deep love and passion for understanding the brain on every level. From the genetic, molecular and cellular level right through to the behavioural, functional and anatomical level. My deepest clinical love is embedded in the relationship between the brain and the body’s survival hormone (cortisol). Just knowing about the brain however, still isn’t enough for me if it doesn’t have a translational purpose, so creating a space where I can translate my deep love of brain science into a functional, helpful purpose for people who wants to benefit from it, well, for me, that is the jackpot!!
I love to learn about the emotional and cognitive perspectives of those I work with, so I can provide them with the knowledge, skills and tools they need to better understand themselves AND feel in control of the process.
I have always been driven by a love for serving humanity.
I spent many years studying towards becoming a doctor, hoping that this is where I could exercise my love for serving humanity the most. Whilst studying, I worked on the frontline in a medical emergency responder role as an ambulance officer. The experience, knowledge, wisdom and clinical skills I gained from these areas over these years would be the start of finding where my love for serving humanity truly lived.
My academic and university background consists of pathology and laboratory medicine which included molecular genetics, cancer research and biomedical science. There was varied and vast learning over many years that helped me learn about the intricacies of the human body and disease processes, but still, it wasn’t quite scratching the itch.
After many years of clinical experience and frontline emergency medicine, I had the opportunity to reflect on where my deepest love for serving humanity truly lived: the relationship between the brain, body and behaviour.
Ironically, this opportunity stemmed from a job as a first responder. I responded to a job where I contracted a life threatening airborne virus that infected my brain. I was now the patient relying on both my family in green and blue, as well as my fellow hospital colleagues to keep me alive. This was the pivotal turning point for me. It took me 6 months of grit, hard work and perseverance to recover enough to get back to work. When I went back to work, I saw the world, my job, my colleagues, my purpose through a whole new lens. Things were so different, things were broken.
This is when I decided to gratefully resign from the pursuit of medicine and my active role on the frontline. I grieved as I made a massive, confronting, scary, yet exciting decision. I shifted my concentration into studying the brain and all of the beautiful layers that make us humans the amazing beings that we are. I dived head first into studying the depths of neuroscience and completing my degree at the University of Western Australia.
I knew immediately that this is where I could make the difference I had always desired. This is where I could combine my love for serving humanity and passion for understanding the brain, body and behaviour. My drive to understand the brain, combined with my personal and professional experiences in high levels of trauma and stress, made my passion for helping others understand themselves more deeply, a “no brainer”.
Today, I work as a clinical and translational neuroscientist, specialising in neuroendocrinology, where I teach people to understand and address trauma, stress, burnout and crisis. I employ all of my academic, clinical, professional and personal experience to create models, systems, education and neuroplasticity training therapy to help my clients achieve their desired brain training outcomes and aspirations.
That big scary decision I made years ago has led me to a job I am head over heels in love with!
I personally use every tool I teach on a daily basis to enhance my own emotional and cognitive balance and performance, as well as maintain a balanced state of well-being in my work, relationships and life.
I am a firm believer in practicing what you teach!