Our Team

Meet your healthcare team.

Our diverse healthcare team has extenstive experience helping clients manage chronic health conditions through lifestyle medicine. They are well equipped to walk alongside you through your journey as each of them use low carb nutrition in their personal lives too.

Dr Laureen Lawlor-Smith

DIRECTOR / LOW CARB DOCTOR BMBS FRACGP

Laureen Lawlor-Smith has been a doctor since 1982. She has owned and managed her own General Practices in Adelaide’s southern suburbs for much of her career. She is passionate about helping people change their lives and improve their health through lifestyle medicine.

Laureen has been using a low carbohydrate/ketogenic approach for years and has experienced both personally and professionally the dramatic health transformation this dietary change can produce.

Dr Catherine Peterson

RESTORATIVE REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE DOCTOR MBBS BSc(Med) FRACGP CFCMC FEMM

Dr. Catherine Peterson is dedicated to empowering women with specialised care in restorative reproductive medicine, a holistic approach that works in harmony with the menstrual cycle to restore hormonal balance and function.

Her areas of focus include infertility, polycystic ovarian syndrome, irregular periods, abnormal menstrual bleeding, premenstrual syndrome or premenstrual dysphoric disorder, menopause and the metabolic impacts of conditions such as insulin resistance and obesity.

By addressing the root causes of gynaecological and menstrual disorders, Cathy helps her clients achieve improved health and wellness, guided by a philosophy of treating underlying issues rather than merely managing symptoms.

As a certified FertilityCare Medical Consultant, Cathy integrates the science of NaProTECHNOLOGY™ to provide cutting-edge solutions for reproductive and general health concerns. She has further honed her expertise through advanced training with the Reproductive Health Research Institute (RHRI) in FEMM™ Medical Management, enabling her to diagnose and restore hormonal imbalances that impact fertility and overall health.

Cathy is passionate about helping women achieve their reproductive goals through natural and effective methods, nutrition and lifestyle interventions. She offers fertility education for natural family planning and antenatal shared care, supporting women who seek to avoid pregnancy without hormonal contraception.

Cathy's compassionate and individualised care empowers women to take charge of their health, transforming challenges into opportunities for restored health.

Nicole Moore

DIRECTOR / LOW CARB DIETITIAN MNutr&Diet APD DAA

Nicole has been an Accredited Practising Dietitian (APD) for 20+ year. She is a Low Carb Specialist helping people to manage chronic disease and improve their general health and well being through nutritional therapy. She also coaches, trains and mentors dietitians nationally and regularly presents to GP groups and the general public about the benefits of low carb nutrition and how to practically achieve this lifestyle.

Nicole has first hand experience living the low carb lifestyle. She discovered the benefits of it for herself over ten years and continues to live the low carb life today.

Jody Bund

MANAGING DIRECTOR / LEAD COACH BCom, GAICD, PREKURE Certified Health Coach

Jody is a Certified Coach and holds a bachelor’s degree in Commerce, as well as qualifications in Practice Management and Governance. With a love for the business of healthcare, Jody has 20+ years consulting in the private practice sector within Australia and thrives on identifying and leading the implementation of strategy and new business development initiatives.

Jody also has a passion for supporting individuals achieve personal success through coaching. As a Certified Health Coach, and adopting the NLI's brain-based coaching methodology, Jody empowers clients to implement change in their life and health through goal setting, accountabilty, navigating life change and, maintaining forward focussed action.

Jody fully understands the power of lifestyle medicine and has been on her own low carb journey since 2019.

Kirsty McQueen

CLINIC CO-ORDINATOR / CERTIFIED HEALTH COACH

Kirsty has over 25 years experience successfully managing general practice and specialist medical clinics in Adelaide. She holds qualifications in practice management, has completed study with The Nutrition Academy and is a PREKURE Certified Health Coach.

She is passionate about real food, lifestyle medicine, mindset management and believes we should all be able to age well and live our best lives. Kirsty has been on her own low carb journey since 2016 and actively practices yoga, mindfulness, breathwork and loves being out in nature.

Kirsty recognises behavioural change is hard and loves to meet people where they are at to support them in their personal journey towards positive and meaningful change in their lives.

Jessica Zaknic

CLIENT LIAISON AND SUPPORT

Jessica has 15+ years in the Health and Wellness field with experience working as a Social Worker alongside older people in the community.

She is passionate about supporting people to make positive changes in their lifestyle and enjoys working with them to achieve a rewarding and fulfilled life.

Jessica is a kids sports coach and volunteers her time as a netball coach and coordinator for her local community.

Most important of all, she is a mum of two and loves spending time with her family and friends.

Robyn Cruickshank

VIRTUAL MEDICAL ADMINISTRATOR / CERTIFIED HEALTH COACH

Robyn has over 15+ experience in managerial roles within healthcare and, provides high-quality virtual medical administration support across the Low Carb Keto Health clinic operations.

She is an Accredited Mindfulness and Meditation Coach, a Certified PREKURE Health Coach and, her day to day life encompasses all things health and wellness.

Robyn is a mum to 4 adult children, has 8 grandchildren and in her spare time loves exercising, cooking, writing, being in nature or, travelling in a van. Robyn is currently studying to become a Certified Health Coach and has a love for continuous learning and personal growth.

Courtney Kynaston

VIRTUAL DIGITAL MARKETING CO-ORDINATOR

Courtney has 15+ years of experience in digital marketing, with a real passion for writing and a creative eye that fuels her love for crafting blogs, social media captions, and designing eye-catching graphics.

Her forte is keeping our Low Carb Keto Health digital platforms fresh and engaging. Crafting newsletters and providing detailed analytics reports are other areas where she shines.

In her free time, Courtney plays ice hockey and provides digital marketing support to her local teams and clubs. She is also an avid black cat lover and loves working with clients who help people make their lives better and healthier.

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