Catriona Murray Introduction

I’m struggling to write this as I’ve changed so much over the last however many years that to describe myself is an issue! Who am I? Good question.

This is what I originally wrote:

I’m Catriona Murray, an intuitive life coach, marketer and wellbeing practitioner, who incorporates Shiatsu and Eden Energy Medicine as part of her practice. 

I have a background in publishing - though I started as a translator - having worked across sales, editorial and marketing, before ending up as Head of Sales and Marketing at a Scottish academic press. 

In 2011, around the same time as I set up as a publishing consultant, I started training as a shiatsu practitioner, later working in clinics in Edinburgh between 2013 and 2016.

I had a health hiatus of 7+ years when I collapsed in 2017 following a period of ill health - digestive issues and multiple food allergies. While shiatsu and coaching had previously helped me manage anxiety and pain, I needed new supports. I discovered the Medical Medium protocols and finally got better when in 2023 I followed them to the letter.

My health issues included multiple chemical sensitivities, chronic fatigue and a plethora of food allergies. I found myself so sensitive - at times - that I couldn’t walk down the street lest someone swept past in a cloud of vape or perfume. After I collapsed, I moved in with my parents. I thought this would be for two weeks while I healed. Over the 7 years that followed I had stretches of energy, followed by longer stretches of rest and seclusion. I had the menopause to contend with, and very heavy periods left me dangerously low on energy, struggling to walk upstairs without stopping, or go down the garden and come back again!

With the support of family, friends, my shiatsu practitioner and a good coach, I made my way to full health, returning to work full-time in June 2024. I was blessed to find a position as a maternity cover marketing manager at my old company, working with people I knew and trusted. 

There’s so much more on the illness front, including the original allergic reaction in 2014, which started everything off (for 3 months I could only eat 3 foods without reacting). I could go back even further … in 2009, my brother died. I seemed to weather it well, but found myself struggling with fatigue, heading home from work to bed, rather than doing my usual marathon training. And going back even further, I’d overworked like crazy in a demanding job, not giving myself downtime, and when I did, I would be dancing tango, running or seeing friends (forget the washing up!). Oh yes, and not eating the right foods (i.e. the ones I knew worked for me).

All these lovely habits and experiences led me to explore the self-help sphere over the many years I spent at mum and dad’s. I had sold my house, so money was not an immediate issue and I invested in coaching and courses - Eden Energy Medicine being one. I completed the Fundamentals - a gruelling year spent over 4 long weekends, which started with me exhausted and retiring to bed early most days, and ended with me full energy and dancing with the rest, celebrating our completion. I’ve incorporated their routines over the years and the focus on self help has become a cornerstone of my practice - I think it is brilliant and I thoroughly recommend the Daily Energy Routine!

I am now back in a space where I can fully contemplate renewing life again in a new way - a journey I began - just before I collapsed in 2016 when I decided I would make a shift away from publishing and try out something new. I had intended to do a bit of travelling then - it was not to be. Yet in October/November 2025, with my friend Jenny, I set out on a serendipitous journey to the Greek island of Ikaria, where I spent a restorative month. It felt like a graduation of sorts! When we weren't swimming, hiking or enjoying the local honey-based desserts, we cooked up the idea of working together - a way to combine our different strengths, unique journeys, training and life experience.

And thus I find myself here, creating something entirely new. It feels tentative and strange, there is a lot of learning, a lot of self doubt and also a shed load of fun. I love working with Jenny. I love what we are creating. I hope you do too.