About The Founder - Shari- Leone Vida

 Some people find their purpose through careful planning. 

 Others find it through life itself — through the moments that break them open, force them to grow, and ultimately show them who they were always meant to become. 

 My story is the second kind. 

Before I was even old enough to understand what resilience meant, my body was already teaching me
about it.

As a child I developed a rare type of pneumonia, and that was when doctors discovered I had a hole in my
heart. Not long afterwards, I underwent major open- heart surgery.

My heart was removed from my body so surgeons could repair the damage.

It saved my life.

But something changed.

Years later, when I asked my father what I had been like as a child, he paused before answering:

“Which childhood?”

Before the surgery, he said, I had been quiet, gentle, the kind of child who would do anything for anyone.

Afterwards, I was different.

Stronger. More rebellious. More determined.

My parents felt like they had to get to know their daughter again.

At the time I brushed that story off as just an unusual childhood memory.

Now, I see it as the first moment in a lifetime of transformation.

Life rarely teaches us through comfort.

It teaches us through experience.

Over the years I encountered my share of challenges:

A serious car accident that left me temporarily without the use of my hand.

Losing my mother after an 18-month battle with cancer.

Relationships that forced me to learn about boundaries, self-worth, and emotional resilience.

Moments where I had to rebuild my life from scratch.

Each experience changed me.

But the loss of my mother was the turning point that planted the first seed of my life’s work.

Watching someone you love disappear slowly changes how you see the world.

It changes how you see health, grief, and the fragility of life.

And it made me ask a question that would shape the rest of my journey:

What if the pain we experience in life can become the catalyst for helping others heal?

In the years that followed, my own health began to shift.

Stress and emotional trauma started showing up physically.

Food intolerances appeared where none had existed before.

What began as lactose intolerance gradually expanded into reactions to gluten, eggs, soy, oats,
and other foods.

I went through the medical system searching for answers.

Eventually, after tests and appointments, I was told:

“It’s just IBS. There’s nothing more we can do.”

But something inside me refused to accept that explanation.

My body was clearly reacting to something deeper.

And that moment sparked a new chapter in my life.

I began studying nutrition, herbal medicine, gut health, supplements, and the deeper connection between the body and emotional stress.

I worked in health food stores, where I loved helping people understand how food and lifestyle could support healing.

Eventually I launched my own food business creating products for people with food sensitivities.

But what fascinated me most wasn’t just food. 

It was transformation.

Watching someone realise they could feel better again — that moment when relief appears in their face — was what truly lit something inside me.

Through my studies and personal experience, I began to understand something that shapes my work today.

The body is always communicating.

First it whispers.

A headache.

Fatigue.

A subtle ache.

If we ignore those whispers, it begins to speak louder.

Digestive issues.

Inflammation.

Persistent discomfort.

Eventually it starts shouting.

Chronic illness. Autoimmune conditions. 

Burnout.

And when we still refuse to listen, the body begins to scream. 

Dis-Ease.

Most people have simply forgotten how to listen to the wisdom of their own body.

That realisation changed everything for me.