For years I lived in a state of hyper arousal and stress, and I didn’t even know it! I was jumpy and easily frightened. Lacked confidence and became defensive if I thought anyone was criticising me (which mostly they weren’t).

From the outside things looked good. We were travelling the world living a somewhat nomadic lifestyle (teaching skiing) and not even stopping when we had kids!  

I moved from Ski Instructing to Human Resources Management and had wonderful jobs working with amazing people. But it was all too much, and it was my family (and me) that suffered.

At some point it became clear that I wasn’t ok.

I couldn’t believe how much it helped! 

But… I never really learnt to use it for myself, so whilst things got a lot better,
I continued to struggle.

Fast forward a few years and I found myself working as a Human Resources Manager for a large company. I was stressed, disconnected and overwhelmed - and it was starting to show in my body. I had severe brain fog, I couldn’t sleep through the night, and I suffered from constant and unrelenting sugar cravings.

I also had a yearning to do something different with my life.

But what!?!?

That’s when things started to change. I learnt about Functional Medicine (think holistic health), and I focused on improving my health. I changed my diet and started meditating regularly.  

I trained and became certified in Health Coaching, EFT tapping and Matrix Reimprinting.

I addressed my health first, healing my brain fog and feeling like I could be present with my family and at work was a game changer.

Then came my career, I quit my 9 – 5 and jumped off the cliff! Best decision I ever made.

Then (and this probably should have come first, but we’re only ready for things when we’re ready for them). I started working on my relationships. Healing my stress and the past experiences that were triggering me to yell at my kids and think things like “I’m just not cut out for this parenting thing” and “it’s all my fault” to pretty much any challenge we had in our family. I was yelling and irritable and generally unpleasant to be around.  

And do you know what? It wasn’t my fault. It was actually my nervous system reacting in a way that it thought it was keeping me safe.

Once I understood that and spent some time re-teaching my body and mind to feel safe (using EFT tapping), I started being able to choose my reactions, instead of being held hostage by my emotions.