Kia Ora,

I want to introduce myself and tell you a little about me.

My name is Tessa; I live in Kerikeri.

I’ve had many challenges in my life but I know they have all brought me to this point; having my own aromatherapy company - Belladora Aromatherapy (Belladora is my middle name which means beautiful gift in Italian).

I’ve weathered learning difficulties and bullying at school; got a hard-earned Social Work degree that I discovered was not my calling; faced into mental health issues and weathered the broken system that labels and medicates routinely. It didn’t help me and nor did hanging with the wrong crowd of people. But boy did I learn a lot about myself along the way.

Then nearly 5 years ago my life changed; I developed chronic cystitis (a condition that runs in my family), next was the diagnosis of endometriosis and surgery last year to excise it. Later came fibromyalgia. I have tried EVERYTHING and the battle to be listened to, understood and not judged was immense. I was told my pain was all in my head, particularly when they saw the mental health issues on my records. Fortunately, my friends and family stood beside me throughout.

Then, in amongst all of this, I found aromatherapy and a world of healing opened up to me. I just knew this was what I had to do. Following surgery, my pain was better and I completed 200 hours to become a qualified aromatherapist. I’m currently studying massage with a very experienced and highly-skilled family friend, who has been doing massage for years. Studying for these qualifications has changed my life and I want to offer these treatments to women who have autoimmune conditions and mental health issues, like myself.

This is my gift to you women who are struggling with the pain, exhaustion and crippling heartache of dealing with so much.

If you want affordable, personalised aromatherapy treatments as an alternative way of treating physical pain and mental health issues, please message me or call me on +642102562623 or email me at tessabelladora@gmail.com to arrange a face to face or online appt. 

I hope you enjoy the products I have here today and I hope to work with some of you in the future.

Arohanui,

Tessa