Testimonials and stories of hope from the amazing parents we work with

Ronnie’s Road to Recovery

Ronnie’s sudden onset of PANDAS turned our lives upside down. He developed severe tics, OCD, germ phobia, and overwhelming anxiety that left him unable to live normally. After months of struggle, we reached out to Stella and immediately felt understood and supported in a way we hadn’t before.

Through functional testing, detoxing our home, diet changes, and supplements tailored to Ronnie, we began to see his spark return. We even discovered environmental triggers in his room that were blocking his healing. A year later, Ronnie is a happy boy again, his tics and OCD are manageable, his anxiety is minimal, and we have hope for his future. We are endlessly grateful to Stella for giving us our son back.

–E.E. Hertfordshire

Alexander Shines at School

Since working with Brainstorm Health, Alexander has made incredible progress. His teacher noticed he is more focused, better behaved, and no longer needs his fidget toy to concentrate. He even earned three “star of the day” awards in one week for his phonics! We are thrilled with his improvements and so grateful for the continued support and encouragement.

–C.M. Surrey

Danny’s Bright New Smile

The transformation in Danny has been remarkable. He now wakes up happy and ready to start the day. His mood is brighter, his skin clearer, and his focus sharper. Most importantly, our family life has completely changed – Danny plays with his brothers, laughs more, and even asked for a sleepover, something we never thought possible. Seeing him smile and enjoy life again is more than we ever hoped for.

–J.W. London

Calmer Days for Our Daughter

When we first started working with Coriander, our 6-year-old daughter with autism was barely eating, had daily meltdowns, and looked unwell. Over the past year, thanks to Coriander’s protocols, she now eats a wider range of foods, is much calmer, and her speech has blossomed.

Her meltdowns have drastically reduced, and she feels more connected to the world around her. I’ve also learned so much about the role of nutrition, and we are deeply grateful for all of Coriander’s support.

–V.W. Kent

Freedom from Pain

Our son used to suffer from daily stomach pain, constipation, and extreme irritability. We felt helpless and didn’t know how to support him. Since starting with Brainstorm Health, his digestion has improved dramatically, his energy levels are higher, and his mood is so much calmer. The difference is night and day—he finally enjoys being a child again.

–S.R. London

A New Chapter for Sophie

Before Brainstorm Health, Sophie struggled with extreme food sensitivities, poor sleep, and constant anxiety. Within months of following Stella’s tailored plan, she became calmer, started sleeping through the night, and even began trying new foods. Watching her confidence grow has been the greatest gift, and we cannot thank Stella enough for guiding us through this journey.

–H.M. Sussex

Focus and Confidence Restored

Our 10-year-old son had difficulty concentrating, constant hyperactivity, and emotional outbursts that affected his schoolwork and friendships. With Stella’s help, we discovered underlying imbalances and started a targeted nutrition and lifestyle plan. Today, he is more focused, less anxious, and his teachers have commented on his amazing progress. His confidence has soared, and our home is calmer too.

–T.K. Oxfordshire

A Healthier, Happier Family

Working with Brainstorm Health hasn’t just transformed our child, it has changed our whole family. We have learned how nutrition and environment affect our children’s health, and we’ve made changes that benefit everyone. Our daughter is calmer and more communicative, and our son’s eczema has almost disappeared. We feel healthier, happier, and more connected as a family thanks to Stella’s support.

–L.P. Bristol

Life-Changing Results for Our Daughter

Working with Brainstorm Health has been life-changing. They put together a detailed plan which met all of our daughter’s individual needs, and it has been pivotal in healing our daughter’s gut. She is doing so much better and continues to improve every day. With Sarah’s support, we witnessed positive changes in her and have been able to see her cheeky personality shine through. I’ve learnt so much about the importance of diet and the impact it has on the gut. We are looking forward to continuing this journey with Sarah and reaching many more milestones.

–D.A. London

The Gradual Return of Our Beautiful Girl

Throughout the years, my husband and I have explored various therapies and approaches to support our daughter Anna’s development. Despite our best efforts to incorporate nutrition and dietary changes based on our own understanding, NOTHING could compare to the knowledge, skills, and understanding that Brainstorm Health has brought to Anna’s journey.

Approximately six months ago, we started their program, and the results have been remarkable. Anna’s self-harming behaviours, which previously scored a 9 out of 10, now rarely exceed a 1 or 2, with significantly reduced intensity. Witnessing Anna’s increased contentment and improved speech and communication skills brings us so much joy. It’s difficult to express in words what this means to us and our family.

Our confidence in the progress so far is unwavering. We firmly believe that Brainstorm Health’s approach is the right path for Anna’s future. With their support, we are witnessing positive changes not only in Anna but also in our family dynamics. Our home is now a much more peaceful and enjoyable space, and we are filled with so much optimism for Anna’s future, much more than ever before. You really can’t put a price on that.

–G.P. Northern Ireland

A Complete Transformation in Behaviour

While antibiotics helped to reduce the OCD element of Dana’s PANS, we were struggling to help her recover back to her normal happy self, especially to reduce her anxiety. We knew that finding the root causes and using the correct supplements was important, but the information online was too complex, confusing and often contradictory. We made contact with Stella and her team at Brainstorm because they were highly recommended by other parents of children with PANS and they have first-hand experience of this complicated condition.

We noticed a significant improvement in Dana from the very step of the program we implemented. And the improvements continued week after week. Dana’s resistance to daily routines, particularly her bedtime and teeth brushing, has decreased dramatically. Her mood has improved, and she has begun to show more interest in social interactions and activities. She even initiates more interactions with us and is willing to engage in activities like crafts and schoolwork. Now she is actually capable of finsihing a task, instead of starting lots of new things and never finishing anything!

Dana’s attitude and behaviour have undergone a complete transformation. She has become more sociable, less resistant to daily tasks, and shows better focus and organisational skills. The Brainstorm Health program has brought about profound changes in Dana’s life and her overall well-being. We are eternally grateful for the guidance and support we received through this journey. Dana is on the path to a brighter, healthier future, and we couldn’t be happier with the results we’ve seen.

–A.D. Northern Ireland

A More Grounded Change

To say that I’m glad we’re working with Brainstorm Health is an understatement! After a battery of health tests the team put together a supplement and diet plan and the difference in our 8 year old daughter is remarkable: her eczema has cleared (despite not using any creams) and bedtimes are so, so much better. As often as not, it’ll only take about 15 minutes to drop off, which never ever happened before (even if she was absolutely exhausted).

What’s even more encouraging is that our daughter just seems so well and in my mum’s words, “more grounded” than she was before. Her class teacher took me aside the other day to say that my daughter had been “really sparky” (in a good way!) in class.

The gut-brain health link is real, because I can see it in my own daughter! I’m so grateful for the team’s guidance in helping heal my daughter’s gut – the more I learn about it the more I realise how important this is to my daughter’s physical and mental wellbeing in the short and long term. Thank you, Kirsty.

–R.C. London

Growing and Blossoming

We have watched our daughter (now age 5) grow and blossom over the past 18 months since we started working with Jo. After a few months of applying the protocol developed by Jo, which was informed by comprehensive biomedical testing, we noticed our daughter get stronger, have more energy, be less anxious and engage in social interaction comfortably with peers.

From eating only a limited range of white foods, she will now eat many fruits and while we still have a way to go with other foods, she is a lot more open to trying new foods. She has become less rigid in her behaviours and copes better with changes in routine/unpredictability. She started primary school in September and is already making friends and engaging in play. We are so grateful to Jo for her excellent guidance, support and responsiveness since we started this journey, and for all we have learned along the way that will also serve to help our other children – thank you Jo!

–E.D. Dublin

From Food Refuser to Variety Encouraged

We started in June with Brainstorm Health and in the first 2 months in we’ve seen lots of changes in our 7 year old son – he was a food refuser and would only eat pizzas and oats, but now he eats a much wider range of foods and we have removed pizza completely from his diet! We’ve also seen a whole lot of difference in his oral sensitivity – it was very difficult to get him to open his mouth and brush his teeth but he is now happy for us to do this. Generally, our son is calmer too. The 30 day reset recommended to us looks daunting but is easier to do than it looks and gets very good results. It is also brilliant getting him off junk food and eating real food. We’re still on the programme and looking forward to more progress.

–T.O. Dartford

Feeling Comforted and Safe with Stella

We found Stella after she came highly recommended by our friend, after Stella had healed her daughter’s condition. We are beyond grateful for the work Stella has done so far on our daughter Coco and feel so blessed to have found her as we feel that we wouldn’t have gotten to where we are now without her. Stella is so knowledgeable and caring, having her on board with us has made me feel comforted and safe in the knowledge that we are dealing with the root cause of Coco’s condition, rather than the conventional route of just putting a plaster on it.

After lots of tests with the hospital, Coco was diagnosed with ITP -Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura. She was in and out of hospital monitoring her blood platelet levels for 3 years in total. It was only after working with Stella and doing tests to look deep into her immune system and gut function etc that we realised Coco had super high inflammation, some underlying virus’s and lots of imbalances etc that we have now been working on with Stella for some time using nutrition, supplements and MIT (micro immune therapy). Coco has now been discharged from the hospital as they are happy that her low platelet condition is now reversed and she is at a healthy blood platelet level, she also doesn’t get the rashes or horrible bruises, she looks healthier and is much calmer and less anxious as a child too.

We are still working with Stella currently to now fix her gut flora imbalances but its so lovely to have Coco in a stable and more healthy place now thanks to Stella and brainstorm health.

–L.J. Leicestershire

Calmer and Happier 3 Days In

Well, as you know, he was in a very bad way! I mean, a very bad way. So, naturally, so was I!!! Highly emotional, lots of head banging, very irritable and aggressive towards us, hitting and kicking, terrible constipation, uncharacteristically restrictive with his eating, not sleeping, screaming like mad every time I tried to get him out of the car – not ideal when we live in the middle of a school! To be honest, I was at my wit’s end because I just couldn’t see how I was going to get through this final term here – unless I just moved into the car!!!

So, we are now a week into the intense 3 pills a day course of the ‘Microimmunotherapy’. By about day 3 he seemed a bit calmer and happier by day 4/5 head banging had pretty much stopped, no issues getting out of the car. Last night was the fifth night in a row that he slept for between 11-12 hours. He has started eating really well again and has done one normal poo a day for the past five days (that’s the best it has been in months). He’s cuddling us and laughing. No aggression or anger. I mean…it is a miraculous turn around in just a handful of days.

–J.P. Blandford

Hope and Confidence in Future Progress

My son was diagnosed with Early onset Ibd (Pancolitis) just before aged 4. Leading up to diagnosis there was so much uncertainty, confusion, We had a battle to be heard and my son to get a diagnosis. I remember being in the hospital during diagnosis feeling so exhausted, scared and overwhelmed for my boy who I just wanted protect and take home.

We tried various diets, supplements speaking with other professionals all over the world looking for a more holistic approach which felt more adult based in all honesty. My son kept flaring and doctors answer were stronger medications if we dared to challenge this we felt it, very scary times. His now on Sulfazalazine, Azizophrine, 6 weekly infusions. That’s when we were Recommended to speak with Stella through a holistic practitioner.

My husband rang Stella when we were at the hospital I could hear him having a conversation It sounded hopeful. He came into the room at such a tough time smiling. Like a light at the end of the tunnel he spoke so highly of Stella and for the first time felt heard and that someone really cared and wanted to get to root cause and heal our son.

We have been working with Stella for 18 months and my son is now doing the best he ever HAS! His been in remission for over a year, recently having a growth spurt which is amazing. His school attendance has greatly improved, and his anxiety is reduced. He came to Stella with many symptoms and now I struggle to find any which we are so grateful for long may it continue.

Having Stella in our lives has been the best thing For our son and us as a family She gives us HOPE, and CONFIDENCE that we will get to the root cause and heal/cure our son and him be medication free.

–T.B. Hertfordshire

Reversing ADGD Diagnosis in 3 months

When Stella met my daughter, she was running away, hissing at us and hitting out. She was frightened and scared and we didn’t know what to do. She changed overnight – six weeks after having asymptomatic Covid – from being a popular, thoughtful girl, to someone who couldn’t read, couldn’t sit still, couldn’t sleep and couldn’t go to school. She had anxiety and OCD and depression. Through a variety of supplements, over three or four months we gradually got our daughter back. Her ADHD diagnosis was reversed.

She was eventually diagnosed with Long Covid – one of the first children in London – and without Stella’s help in those early days, I don’t know where we’d be now. Gratitude is not the word.

–L.M. London

Significant improvements Within 2 Months

We began working with Brainstorm health, when my son was in nursery aged 3.5 years old. At the time, he had chronic diarrhoea since birth and despite my repeated attempts to get this addressed by his doctor, he was diagnosed with toddler diarrhoea. He had very minimal speech and language skills but still delayed for his age. He also had stims, sensory and sleep issues but, more importantly he was always in his own world.

After a year of working with Brainstorm Health, I never imagined our son would be here. He is above where he needs to be in reading, writing and maths; his comprehension and speech has improved significantly since the start of the year (written on amended EHCP (Reception year group- 4.5 years old). WOW!! Everyone around us have noticed the significant change in him as early as two months into his protocol.

His journey has been nothing but amazing. It brings us so much joy seeing his personality, and this is all thanks to Kirsty. Kirsty has great knowledge, she is easily approachable, very professional and is dedicated to help children like my son.

Every mother I met, I tell her our story and yes, this is a hard, expensive and exhausting process, but I would do it all again if I had to. Early intervention is key but wouldn’t it better if mainstream health professionals had the knowledge like Brainstorm Health!

–F.A. London

Significant improvements Within 2 Months

We began working with Brainstorm health, when my son was in nursery aged 3.5 years old. At the time, he had chronic diarrhoea since birth and despite my repeated attempts to get this addressed by his doctor, he was diagnosed with toddler diarrhoea. He had very minimal speech and language skills but still delayed for his age. He also had stims, sensory and sleep issues but, more importantly he was always in his own world.

After a year of working with Brainstorm Health, I never imagined our son would be here. He is above where he needs to be in reading, writing and maths; his comprehension and speech has improved significantly since the start of the year (written on amended EHCP (Reception year group- 4.5 years old). WOW!! Everyone around us have noticed the significant change in him as early as two months into his protocol.

His journey has been nothing but amazing. It brings us so much joy seeing his personality, and this is all thanks to Kirsty. Kirsty has great knowledge, she is easily approachable, very professional and is dedicated to help children like my son.

Every mother I met, I tell her our story and yes, this is a hard, expensive and exhausting process, but I would do it all again if I had to. Early intervention is key but wouldn’t it better if mainstream health professionals had the knowledge like Brainstorm Health!

–F.A. London