A little about me:
I graduated from the Institute of Optimum Nutrition in 2010 with a keen determination to help people all over the world to transform their health just by making small changes to their diet. I was on a mission to help one person at a time understand the impact that food has on our bodies and how it is more powerful than any drug. I absolutely LOVED what I did, and my business went from strength to strength.
In 2014 however everything changed. On March 6th of that year, I was walking in the park when all of a sudden, my knees went from underneath me, and I collapsed to the ground. I freaked out because nothing like that had ever happened to me before so I got into a taxi, went home, climbed into bed and basically stayed there for the next three years.
I couldn't move. I was completely paralyzed with exhaustion. I found it difficult to complete small tasks like going to the loo or having a shower. At my worst I couldn't lift my head off the pillow. I slept and slept but no amount of sleep would make me feel better, so I did what anyone would do in that situation, and I took myself to the doctors.
But when the results came back, I was told that there was nothing wrong with me. I went home frustrated and alone. I knew something underlying was going on so I did a tonne of reading, went to see loads of alternative practitioners, ran multiple tests and everything eventually pointed to the same thing: that I had completely burnt out.
You’re probably wondering what the hell I was doing before I collapsed? Well I thought I was superwoman! I said yes to everything, worked like a freight train and missed all the warning signs.
Being in bed for three years was hard. But you know what the hardest things was? It wasn’t not being able to move, it was managing my mental wellbeing. My mental health went out the window. Every day I would wake up in a low mood, was crippled with anxiety and it was a very dark place.
Recovering from burnout was the hardest thing I ever had to do. It was a very dark place and I had to make A LOT of sacrifices and difficult changes to get back on my feet.
Today I’m 100% recovered and I specialise in burnout and mental health because my message is simple: Burnout sucks, and I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy.
