My Story

In 2014 my life changed dramatically.

I gave up a well paid, senior position in a corporate career, with no job to go to and a mortgage to pay. I found my passion helping amazing women become a happier version of themselves as a personal development coach and NLP practitioner. I had two beautiful babies, married the man of my dreams and made some life long friendships along the way.

During this time I have also suffered from anxiety, stress, overwhelm and feeling as if I’m not good enough to do any of it. I’ve struggled with trying to please people and striving to be perfect in everything I do. I have also felt like everyone else should always come first and that I just don’t matter.

When my kids were tiny every minute was about them and I think that’s how it needs to be. As well as the amazing positives my precious babies brought to my life I also felt like I gave up a little piece of me and I was exhausted. I had a very real fear that as I tried to balance my kids, my family and my business, I was running on empty and headed back to how I felt when I left my corporate career. The stress, overwhelm and exhaustion I experienced before leaving my job took its toll on me physically and emotionally and I was worried a meltdown was lurking somewhere round the corner.

Then, eventually the question became ‘When is the right time to get a little bit of me back?’.  However this thought came with a huge amount of guilt at first. I knew I needed to be looking after myself better but it’s not always easy to change and I put up a lot of resistance and excuses to giving myself any time to me. However, I have now learnt the quickest way to get on top of everything and to feel great is to dedicate some time to me. Whatever you call it - self care, me time, self love, downtime; I knew I needed to stop thinking of it as a treat and allow myself this time. To begin with it was just every now and then, but now it has become a habit that I see as crucial, critical even.

I know for certain that when I am happy, calm, inspired and joyful my kids, my business and everyone around me benefits. When I am tired, resentful, bored and unmotivated everyone around me suffers in some way too.  I also know for sure, having quit my corporate career in the pursuit of something that fulfils me, change is scary and even if you want it, making the choice to do something different is hard but what is on the other side is so worth it! I promise you that.