Catherine has lived with life-threatening allergies since infancy. She grew up in a loving family in Cheshire, UK in the 1970s. Catherine is passionate about using her lived experience to support others to navigate their own conditions and to live life to the full, safely. Nearing the age of 50 Catherine is able to share with us many of the life transitions with allergies as a constant underlying threat. She has experienced many scary moments but she shares the positives with her readers and listeners. Catherine is also a Health Coach specializing in allergies. With twenty-five years experience of working in business and the charity sector, and as a fundraiser, she understands the importance of sharing authentic stories to motivate people to make positive changes. Catherine has a personable style and regularly appears in the media to speak about her allergy journey, writing her first book and her charity endeavours. She has been interviewed on ITV's This Morning programme and many regional TV and radio shows. Since starting her business ActAllergy, she is a regular speaker at conferences and loves to listen to other families' allergy journeys. Read more about this authorRead less about this author