My story – 6 years ago I felt like I’d been put through a tumble drier for the past few years, with heartbreak and destruction my constant companions. Just when I thought the storm was over…my body decided it couldn’t keep pretending to the world that it was okay anymore! I felt totally exhausted, sick, sore and “just wrong” and was finally diagnosed with Adrenal fatigue. It was all I could do to just walk from one side of the room to another. Six months later, after I’m sent to a specialist because of severe pain all over my body, permanent “flu like” symptoms, sensitivity to light and sound, and a whole host of other “delightful” sensations, I get another disease thrown at me, Fibromyalgia.
Here I am, 20 years in the health industry and modern medicine could hardly do a thing to help me. I had to help myself and so, I did! I experimented with food, I read books, I researched, I changed my lifestyle and mixed things up a bit. I began to see lasting changes, and possibilities returning to my very limited lifestyle, enabling me to live a fuller life. If I managed my condition well, listened to my body and created a lifestyle that supported me best, I could breathe again and I could feel real joy in those smile lines – they weren’t painted on anymore! I began to understand that I hadn’t been working in an industry that supported health for the past 20 years, (which is what got me interested in it in the first place) in fact, I’d been working in an industry that (more often than not) offered a “band-aid” solution and was not interested in the root cause or, in prevention. So, I decided to make it real by heading back to school to become a Holistic Nutritional Health Coach. Now I have the honour of supporting other women with Adrenal Fatigue or autoimmune disease, to get their health back, even if they’ve been living with their diagnosis a long time. They defeat the exhaustion, take back their power, have enough energy to get them through every day with ease and finally enjoy their lives and everything they want to do again – no more limitations.
What on earth is a health coach? I hear you ask! – Well, have you been diagnosed with Adrenal Fatigue/Fibromyalgia or an auto-immune disease? Do you feel like your life is going on around you and you’re not really “in it”? Do you find yourself thinking that life shouldn’t be this hard, that there must be more to it than this? Have you been told that this is your “new normal” and you should just live with it? Are you confused about what you “should” and “shouldn’t” be eating to support your body? Do you feel that your world is becoming smaller and more limited everyday? If you feel at all like this and you just want to feel vibrant, energetic, joyful, excited about your future, balanced, focused, fierce, bursting with love and thriving then…I want that for you too! You need a health coach! I can be on “team you”! I will take the time to listen to you , hear your thoughts, feelings, goals and fears, then together we’ll come up with a masterplan, reclaim your amazing life and I will be there with you all the way. Having a health coach provides accountability and having a coach that’s actually lived it means that I know exactly how you’re feeling and what you have to conquer.
Now, I’m not handing out false hope here, that’s not what I do, so I’m not claiming to be able to “fix” chronic conditions but a major lesson I have learned is that we have so much within our reach that we can do to heal ourselves. You have it within you to gain the knowledge you need, get the nutrition your body is begging you for, and to change your lifestyle to help you reclaim your healthy, vibrant self and live a heart centred life that you love! I know it’s possible because I’ve lived that journey and I understand all the emotions, the heartache, the anger, the frustration, the numbness, and all the other “rude” words you’d use to describe what life is like when you’re not living it fully and I’m here to support you, to be your own personal cheerleader and to empower you to get your mojo back and build a life that you love. All you have to do is, be ready for change and desperately determined, and I will match your determination. We can do it together!