Herons Water
Herons Water
Your body has never been against you
Your body has never
been against you
Herbal medicine, inner journeying and ancestral wisdom for recurring illness
Herbal medicine, inner journeying and ancestral wisdom for recurring illness
Work With Me 𓅯
I support people with recurring chronic symptoms that just won’t shift.
We find the deeper stories of illness together. No more silencing your body's wisdom.
I support people with recurring chronic symptoms that just won’t shift. We find the deeper stories of illness together.
No more silencing your body's wisdom.
You've been to the doctor with symptoms that worry you, only to be told everything is fine. Or offered medication that doesn't feel right, without anyone stopping to ask what's going on underneath.
Trying to work it all out alone is exhausting.
If you...
Sense your body holds so much more than any diagnosis has captured
Have been dismissed, or not taken seriously by your doctor
Are tired of being treated as a collection of symptoms rather than a whole person
Have symptoms that don't fit into a neat box and leave you without answers
Are looking for healthcare that truly listens, and feels relational and respectful
Then you are in the right place.
Journey through
The Marshland
The marsh, the bog, the mire…
I'm guessing you've been stuck here for a while?
This liminal space, between illness and health, is exactly where we begin.
The marsh, the bog, the mire…
I'm guessing you've been stuck here for a while?
This liminal space, between illness and health, is exactly where we begin.
A three month one to one journey for people living with chronic illness.
A three month one to one journey for people living with chronic illness.
Find out more
Ways of working that your ancestors would recognise
My work is rooted in pre-colonial ways of healing and knowing from Britain and Ireland.
My work is rooted in pre-colonial ways of healing and knowing from Britain and Ireland.
Herbal medicine
Forget silencing symptoms
Rather than suppressing symptoms, plants and mushrooms work gently with your body. They support and rebuild, helping you recover from the ongoing strain of chronic illness.
Journeying
You already know what you need to heal
Journeying is an ancient practice of going inward to receive guidance. Like dreamwork, it speaks in images and symbols. Together we interpret what arises and bring it back to your everyday life.
Animism
Build relationship with illness
Illness is rarely just physical. It's alive, relational, part of you and a wider context. Illness speaks and we listen, uncovering what you truly need to heal.
Worldview
How you see the world shapes how you heal
Modern medicine expects healing to move in a straight line. But healing spirals, loops back, and circles around again. This is how it works. We learn to move with cycles rather than against them.
Animism
Build relationship with illness
Illness is rarely just physical. It's alive, relational, part of you and a wider context. Illness speaks and we listen, uncovering what you truly need to heal.
Worldview
How you see the world shapes how you heal
Modern medicine expects healing to move in a straight line. But healing spirals, loops back, and circles around again. This is how it works. We learn to move with cycles rather than against them.
I'm Lauren Goodey
I am a herbalist, medicine maker, forager and inner-journey guide, from rural Somerset in the south west of England.
I am absolutely obsessed with learning and sharing the pre-colonial cultures of my land, with a focus on decolonial health care and worldview.
I support people with chronic illness to find deeper meaning in their experience. To stop fighting the body and instead, start trusting.
My story 𓅣
I'm Lauren Goodey
I am a herbalist, medicine maker, forager and inner-journey guide, from rural Somerset in the south west of England.
I am absolutely obsessed with learning and sharing the pre-colonial cultures of my land, with a focus on decolonial health care and worldview.
I support people with chronic illness to find deeper meaning in their experience. To stop fighting the body and instead, start trusting.
My story 𓅣
Testimonials
Somang
"Working with Lauren is a really eye opening experience. I got to understand the health of my body and mind in a connected way. Lauren has a gift for making you feel truly heard and cared for."
Nic
"Lauren is a natural born herbalist. She knows her stuff but more importantly she loves and has a deep relationship with the natural world, and that's the magic of her medicine."
Summer
"She was easy to talk to and made me feel seen and heard. Incredibly, I haven't had an infection for nearly 3 years now. I can't recommend Lauren enough."
Fran
"I very much enjoy the participating nature Lauren creates, where it feels like you are collectively finding the correct solution."
Karolina
Somang
"Lauren created a calm, safe space where we carefully explored different aspects of the body, lifestyle, and overall health. Her warm and thorough approach made me feel heard and well looked after."
"Working with Lauren is a really eye opening experience. I got to understand the health of my body and mind in a connected way. Lauren has a gift for making you feel truly heard and cared for."
Sarang
Nic
"After only a few weeks I noticed an improvement in digestive symptoms. Then the increased emotional balance was palpable. Lauren works methodically, including her sense of intuition."
"Lauren is a natural born herbalist. She knows her stuff but more importantly she loves and has a deep relationship with the natural world, and that's the magic of her medicine."
Teresa
Summer
"She listens deeply and through that she respects and empowers my own values and decisions around my health and healing journey."
"She was easy to talk to and made me feel seen and heard. Incredibly, I haven't had an infection for nearly 3 years now. I can't recommend Lauren enough."
Karolina
"Lauren created a calm, safe space where we carefully explored different aspects of the body, lifestyle, and overall health. Her warm and thorough approach made me feel heard and well looked after."
Sarang
"After only a few weeks I noticed an improvement in digestive symptoms. Then the increased emotional balance was palpable. Lauren works methodically, including her sense of intuition."
Teresa
"She listens deeply and through that she respects and empowers my own values and decisions around my health and healing journey."
You are cyclical, multilayered and alive.
Influenced by the sun, moon, stars and earth.
Part of a complex, breathing system.
Fierce and soft.
Able to heal and return to
your own natural balance.
You are cyclical, multilayered and alive.
Influenced by the sun, moon, stars and earth.
Part of a complex, breathing system.
Fierce and soft.
Able to heal and return to
your own natural balance.
You are cyclical, multilayered and alive.
Influenced by the sun, moon, stars and earth.
Part of a complex, breathing system.
Fierce and soft.
Able to heal and return to
your own natural balance.
Lauren Goodey
Herons Water © 2026
I support people with recurring chronic symptoms that just won’t shift. We find the deeper stories of illness together.
No more silencing your body's wisdom.
You've been to the doctor with symptoms that worry you, only to be told everything is fine. Or offered medication that doesn't feel right, without anyone stopping to ask what's going on underneath.
Trying to work it all out alone is exhausting.
If you...
Sense your body holds so much more than any diagnosis has captured
Have been dismissed, or not taken seriously by your doctor
Are tired of being treated as a collection of symptoms rather than a whole person
Have symptoms that don't fit into a neat box and leave you without answers
Are looking for healthcare that truly listens, and feels relational and respectful
Then you are in the right place. Where illness shifts from enemy to ally.