Australian family living low-tox at home — Kura Health natural living guide

Our story

I didn't set out to build something. I set out to heal myself.

Kura was born from years of searching for answers that didn't exist in one place and a deep knowing that there had to be another way.

A journey back to wholeness.

My name is Cassie Callegher, and Kura began with my own body. After the sudden diagnosis of an autoimmune disease, along with severe hormone and digestive issues, I found myself at the beginning of a journey I hadn't asked for but one that would change everything.

I spent years trawling through websites, medical articles, blogs, books, and podcasts. I saw doctors, specialists, and wellness practitioners. Many told me I would simply have to live with it. But I knew deeply, stubbornly that there had to be another way. And slowly, there was.

How it started

I wished somewhere like Kura existed.

In those early years of trying to heal, I would have given anything for a single place that offered everything I needed; the tools, the trusted products, the community, the knowledge. Somewhere honest that felt like a knowledgeable friend rather than another overwhelming rabbit hole.

That place didn't exist. So I built it. Every recommendation on Kura, every product, every guide, comes from my own lived experience things I've tried, researched deeply and either embraced or discarded through years of personal investigation.

I started reading labels obsessively. I began to see the connections between the products in our home and the symptoms in my body. Slowly, methodically, I began to change things; first the cleaning products, then personal care, then the kitchen, then introducing herbs into my life. Each change felt like reclaiming a little more of my own health.

The quiet things we’ve lost

What we brought into our homes, and what we left behind

When I began studying nutrition and herbal medicine, I started looking at our homes, our food and our everyday routines completely differently.

I began noticing how many things we are exposed to without really thinking about them. Fragrance in the laundry. Chemicals in cleaning products. Ingredients in skincare, food packaging and products we use around our children every day. So much had simply become normal because it was what we had grown up buying.

At the same time, I started thinking about what we had lost.

Our grandmothers and great-grandmothers often had fruits, vegetables and herbs growing outside the back door. Food came from gardens, neighbours, local growers and kitchens where ingredients were simpler and closer to the source. There was also a kind of everyday knowledge around plants, food and home remedies that many of us no longer grow up with.

Somewhere along the way, we gained convenience, but lost some of that connection.

When I became a mother, it all felt even more important.

For me, low-tox living was never only about taking things away. It was about reducing unnecessary exposures while bringing back more of what generations before us naturally had around them: nourishing food, plants, fresh air, simple ingredients and the knowledge to use them.

That is really where Kura began. Not from fear, but from wanting to understand our environment better, make more intentional choices and reconnect with some of the wisdom we have gradually lost.

"I started to look around and realised it wasn’t just me. So many women around me were carrying the same quiet symptoms, the same unanswered questions, and the same exhaustion from trying to feel well in a world that often makes it hard. That was when I knew Kura had to exist, not just for me, but for all of us."

— Cassie Callegher, Founder of Kura

What Kura stands for

These are the principles that guide everything we create.

Honest, always

We tell the truth about products, ingredients, and the limits of what we know. We won't recommend something we haven't used ourselves.

Gentle, not extreme

Low tox living is a direction, not a destination. Every small swap matters.

Family first

Everything we create is tested in our own family home, with our own children.

Rooted in nature

We believe in the wisdom of nature and the power of simple ingredients.

Practical above all

Beautiful ideas are only useful if they work in real life.

Building for the long term

Kura is a slow build — a resource that grows deeper and more useful over time.

Disclaimer: Kura provides educational information only. Nothing on this website is intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent disease, or replace personalised advice from a qualified health professional. Product information and recommendations are general in nature. Always read labels, follow directions, and consider your own circumstances before making any health, home or product decisions.