Frances Flannery  is the founder of Dublin Vitality Centre , The Gut Wellness Clinic. She is the author of The Ultimate Guide to Functional Gut Health as well as several novels.

She began her career as an in-house designer at Brown Thomas Dublin before personal wellness led her to discover the gut.

Frances holds a Master of Philosophy (M.Phil) from Trinity College Dublin (TCD), and a First Class Honours H.Dip in Business and E-Commerce. She has certified training in nutrition (FETAC) and colonic hydrotherapy from the International Association for Colon Hydrotherapy (I-ACT)®, with certifications at Levels 1, 2, 3, and Instructor Level 4, as well as having completed nurse training (NEBDN) as a foundation for the development of her wellness clinics.

Frances is a second-generation therapist, and through her work with gut wellness, writing and Aura-Soma® Colour Therapy (Registered Practitioner Level 3), she aims to promote self-improvement, healing, self-understanding, and wellness through the link between body and mind which she believes originate in the gut.    

Her grandfather was the official state county water diviner for county Meath, a tradition of water reverence and respect for nature that holds.