Profile - Lisa Curry AO

PROFILE - LISA CURRY AO

EMBARGOED: 12:01AM AEST, TUESDAY, MAY 20, 2025

Lisa Curry AO

Triple Olympian, mother, grandmother, wellness entrepreneur &

author, SUNSHINE COAST

Lisa Curry is a triple Olympian swimmer, mother-of-three, grandmother-
to-three, wellness entrepreneur and author based on Queensland’s
Sunshine Coast.

Drawing on her experience as a high-performance athlete, Lisa
empowers individuals to achieve holistic well-being through a
balanced approach to health – blending physical fitness, mental
resilience, and personal growth. With first-hand insight into the
demands of both elite sport and everyday life, she offers practical
guidance through coaching, speaking, and lifestyle programs.

A passionate advocate for mental and physical wellness, Lisa helps
others navigate life’s challenges with strength and positivity. As a
motivational speaker, she shares her powerful story of perseverance
and achievement to inspire lasting change. As a mum, she’s
committed to helping others balance family life with personal goals,
guiding them to live their fullest lives.

In April 2024, when approaching her 62nd birthday, Lisa co-authored a book titled Happy Healthy You with her business partner (a women’s hormonal specialist and naturopath), focusing on holistic well-being and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. In 2015, they co-founded an Australian-based health and lifestyle community titled Happy Healthy You® committed to enhancing personal health, caring for the wellbeing of our planet, and its people. The company provides a range of products, programs, and recipes designed to support a holistic and natural approach to wellness, and a vibrant, balanced lifestyle.

Tragically, in 2020, Lisa’s beloved daughter, Jaimi, passed away at the age of 33 due to an eating disorder and other health-related complications – a loss that profoundly impacted Lisa and her family. In the years since, Lisa has courageously shared her journey through grief, using her voice to open up vital conversations around mental health, bereavement, and the devastating effects of eating disorders.

Lisa’s honesty and vulnerability have helped to break down stigma, offering hope and support to others navigating similar pain. Through her resilience and commitment, Lisa continues to honour Jaimi’s memory, inspiring countless others to seek help, heal, and speak openly.

Lisa has chosen to lend her voice to the Eating Disorders Genetics Initiative 2 (EDGI2) – the world’s largest genetic investigation of eating disorders ever performed, that aims to identify the hundreds of genes that influence a person’s risk of developing the complex, devastating illnesses of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder and Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID), to improve treatment, and ultimately, save lives.

EDGI2 follows the ground-breaking advances made in the initial EDGI investigation and collaborative Anorexia Nervosa Genetics Initiative (ANGI), in which researchers, including the EDGI team, identified the first eight genes for anorexia nervosa that implicate both psychiatric and metabolic causes for the condition. This was a total surprise and a finding that urgently needs replication and expansion to fully understand the pathways that lead to this debilitating condition – hence the need for a much larger sample size, which is the aim of EDGI2.

“I’ve decided to lend my voice to EDGI2 because it has a personal
attachment to me, and my daughter, Jaimi, who is not here to tell her story.

“I am here to tell her story, and to help prevent another parent from
losing a child,” said Lisa.

“Jaimi battled an eating disorder for 18 years. It manipulated and
tormented her, drained her of strength, and made it excruciating for
our family.

“She was a beautiful young woman who had a quiet, fierce, and ongoing
battle inside her. It broke my heart to see someone who I loved so much,
go through so much pain,” Lisa said.

“It's not until you lose someone that you, you know, you hold tighter.
You love more; you want more.

"We thought we had tried everything, but nothing worked,” said Lisa.

“There’s no quick fix for eating disorders. It’s about the journey,
and being there for the person affected every step of the way, no
matter how tough it gets.

“So if you aged over 18 years and have experience with an eating
disorder, past or present, I urge you to volunteer for EDGI2 and be part
of the solution,” said Lisa.