Sunnd Olistico’s Story
Sunnd Olistico was founded by Debbie Pucinischi and Iain Bryers, who each bring their expertise in complementary modalities to provide clients with personalised support.
Our name fuses the Scottish Gaelic "sunnd," meaning good health and the Italian "olistico", for holistic, reflecting Iain and Debbie's diverse cultural backgrounds and broad approach.
Debbie began her teaching and coaching career as a teenager when she became heavily involved with a local Karate club. This sparked a lifelong passion for learning and teaching, which led her to study education at university.
She has since utilised these skills in every job she has held, including roles in recruitment, travel advising, training, mindset coaching, and personal fitness training.
Debbie's lifelong curiosity drives her to constantly explore new modalities such as movement restoration, safe return to exercise for Mums, the effects of perimenopause on women's bodies and mindset concerning your beliefs. Her intuition allows her to help navigate the transitions women over 50 experience. She is passionate about guiding them towards rediscovering movement and feeling comfortable in their changing bodies.
Debbie is constantly expanding her knowledge and is deeply inquisitive. Down to earth and non-judgmental, her understanding reflects her life stage, and she enjoys using her skills to help others navigate life's transitions.
Iain's interest in massage began years ago on the sports field, where he often experienced muscle soreness and stiffness.
He found that massage therapy was an effective way to relieve pain and speed up his recovery process, allowing him to get back to his training routine in no time.
Later on in life, driving trucks was taking a physical and mental toll, and an on-the-job shoulder injury wasn't healing. Dreading getting back behind the wheel, he began to think about alternative solutions.
Embarking on a family adventure to Darwin, Iain realised he had an opportunity to follow a new path and began studying remedial massage. While learning about the body and practising with classmates, Iain had a lightbulb moment - he realised his shoulder issue had been misdiagnosed, and eventually, he healed the two-year-old injury, using techniques learned through his study.
Iain finds purpose in easing discomfort and improving mobility for people. He enjoys seeing them walk confidently and be pain-free. In his experience, he understands that while we all live busy lives, we often don't prioritise self-care. But we don't have to live with pain.
Since returning to his hometown of Whyalla, Iain has focused on improving people's wellbeing alongside Debbie at Sunnd Olistico.
Both Iain and Debbie know that regular massage, greater movement and positive changes in mindset can make a vast difference in people's lives.
Helping someone to improve their quality of life and be happier not only benefits the individual but also has a positive and lasting impact on their family, friends and the entire community.