Meet Alex

Welcome.

I’m Alex, founder of Nurtured Spaces, offering gentle, trauma informed support across the Fleurieu Peninsula in South Australia, and online.

Where Nurtured Spaces began

Nurtured Spaces was born from my own journey through life, and from a deep understanding of what it can feel like to move through anxiety, overwhelm and a nervous system that no longer feels settled.

For a long time, I moved through life without having the space to truly slow down and listen to what was happening within me. It was when I finally began to create that space for myself that my healing began.

Having the time and space to pause, reflect and turn inward allowed me to understand myself in a different way. I began learning about my nervous system, recognising the ways I had learned to cope, and gently working through things I had carried with me for many years.

Through this process, I discovered how powerful it can be to have the right support, understanding and practical tools to help us reconnect with ourselves. My own experience, alongside my professional background and ongoing study, has shaped the way I now support others on their own journey.

After a lifetime of working alongside and supporting people, from children through to older adults, I found myself arriving somewhere new. A space where my experience, my own healing and my passion for supporting others could come together.

And so, Nurtured Spaces was created.

It is an offering shaped by both my professional experience and lived experience, a space I wish I had known about, and had access to, throughout the different seasons and stages of my own life.

I’m passionate about creating spaces where people can slow down, feel supported, reconnect with themselves and learn to understand what their body and nervous system may be asking them.

Nurtured Spaces is a reflection of the space I once needed, and one I now feel incredibly grateful to create for others.

Kind words from clients

“I don't think I can thank you enough. I learnt so much! You made me feel so comfortable and supported. You were absolutely spot on with everything you brought up.

I appreciate you so much. I've already been using the techniques you taught me, and they've made such a difference”.

- verity

“I wanted to say how amazing today was. It was calming, it was beautiful, it was just what every soul needs. No lie I went out of the room floating. I loved your explantions, and I loved how real you were. It was such a blissful experience”

- Jenna

“I honestly didn't realise that my nervous system needed that as much as it did. I think it's been years since I've felt that in touch with my body or simply sat still like that.

I've also never felt like I was the kind of person who could really connect with or benefit from these types of practices. But this experience has genuinely made me want to look after myself more. I'm so grateful”

- sophie