Who do we help?
We help people who have been on every diet under the sun optimise their health and achieve long lasting weight loss by improving metabolism and teaching essential mindset skills.
We do this so you can have more energy, more confidence, be free of chronic disease and live a full vital life rather than watching from the sidelines
About Us
To find out about us, let us first tell you the story behind our logo. We were looking for a design that represented us, our beliefs, our program.
The Three Circles
The three circles in our logo represent our program - the medicine, the mind and the environment, all of which are intrinsic to our overall health. The 3 scribbly circles also represent us - dynamic, interlinked but not perfect. We think the interlinking circles represent the holistic nature of our program and at the centre of them is you!
Navy
is the traditional colour for doctors
Light Blue
is a soothing colour, representing the mind
Green
is for the environment
So, who are we? Well, we are Dr Mary Barson and Dr Lucy Burns. We are real people, real medical doctors, and both of us have had our own health issues that we have worked on and continue to work on. We have come together to share our knowledge with you, to help you improve your weight, your metabolic health and your energy levels. We want to help you reduce your risk of chronic disease or for those of you who already have conditions such as obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, autoimmune disease etc, we want to help you manage and even reverse these. Above all, we want to empower you to make these changes and show you the way.
We believe in real food for real health and weight loss.
Dr Mary Barson
Dr Mary Barson is a medical doctor and has an honours degree in biochemistry. She understands all things “sciencey” and is your go-to person for interpreting scientific research as she can separate true science from popular “woo”. Dr Mary also marries this with her skills as health clinician, and hypnotherapist and her huge interest in lifestyle medicine.
Dr Mary has polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) and understands the complexity of this condition in both physiological and psychological terms for women. As a woman with infertility related to PCOS, she is now mother to 2 beautiful children.
Dr Lucy Burns
Dr Lucy Burns is a GP, a lifestyle medicine doctor and has extensive training in psychological medicine. She ran a successful medical weight loss clinic which was the inspiration for creating Real Life Medicine as an online learning platform with Dr Mary Barson.
As a young woman Dr Lucy was an "expert dieter." She spent years yo-yo dieting and had clothes in her wardrobe that ranged from a size 10 to a size 18. In 2018, Dr Lucy lost 20 kgs once and for all by adopting a low carb real food lifestyle, and more importantly has maintained both the weight loss and changes in mindset. Dr Lucy speaks at conferences for doctors on weight management, as well as events for the general public. Apart from metabolic health she also loves to talk all things menopause.
Together we think we make a pretty awesome team. We so look forward to connecting with you.
With love and good health,