I believe
to find your balance,
first you must find yourself
I believe
to find your balance,
first you must find yourself
to find your balance,
first you must find yourself
Back in my 20’s, I was a perfectionist, workaholic, driven, Type A, control freak. I was a research scientist with something to prove. And as I climbed high on the corporate ladder, I built a tower of stress along with it. I didn't care. I thought I was invincible. Until, that is, the tower collapsed. With me underneath.
Burnout hit. I woke up one morning with half my face numb. And the numbness spread down my arms and legs in the week to come. I hated myself for being so weak. I was shocked at how stress was affecting my body. And even more shocked that no doctor could help me. They said it was "just stress".
I was lost and alone. Feeling more and more numb, I planned how I might kill myself before I became completely disabled. Yet amongst all this helplessness, somehow I found the energy to do what I do best; I researched and experimented until I found the truth about what was happening to me and why.
Over the years, I learned how to take better care of myself and to release that numbness. I learned how subconscious beliefs and fears were driving the stress. I leaned into my emotions & insecurities. I rewired old patterns of thinking and feeling. And I learned how to do stress right. To find the sweet spot. My unique balance between boost and burnout.
I started to feel at peace with myself for the first time in my life.
Then, in my late 30’s, another shock hit. I lost my Mum.
Cue the mid-life crisis! I realised I was feeling trapped in a life that just wasn't "me" anymore. So I quit my safe, successful, stressful job in the UK and we headed to France in search of sunshine and adventure.
And it was here, in the middle-of-nowhere Gascony, that I finally found "me" and reconnected with life. I am now in my 50's, "living the dream" with my husband, Ron and a wild bunch of rescue cats as we're slowly, but surely, renovating an ancient, stone farmhouse into a home.
Burnout hit. I woke up one morning with half my face numb. And the numbness spread down my arms and legs in the week to come. I hated myself for being so weak. I was shocked at how stress was affecting my body. And even more shocked that no doctor could help me. They said it was "just stress".
I was lost and alone. Feeling more and more numb, I planned how I might kill myself before I became completely disabled. Yet amongst all this helplessness, somehow I found the energy to do what I do best; I researched and experimented until I found the truth about what was happening to me and why.
Over the years, I learned how to take better care of myself and to release that numbness. I learned how subconscious beliefs and fears were driving the stress. I leaned into my emotions & insecurities. I rewired old patterns of thinking and feeling. And I learned how to do stress right. To find the sweet spot. My unique balance between boost and burnout.
I started to feel at peace with myself for the first time in my life.
Then, in my late 30’s, another shock hit. I lost my Mum.
Cue the mid-life crisis! I realised I was feeling trapped in a life that just wasn't "me" anymore. So I quit my safe, successful, stressful job in the UK and we headed to France in search of sunshine and adventure.
And it was here, in the middle-of-nowhere Gascony, that I finally found "me" and reconnected with life. I am now in my 50's, "living the dream" with my husband, Ron and a wild bunch of rescue cats as we're slowly, but surely, renovating an ancient, stone farmhouse into a home.
And I started my Brazen Mind practice to help others reconnect and finally be at peace with themselves.
For nearly 30 years I've been studying the "self" and the mind and how they create our feelings. And my biggest discovery has been learning how to rewire the subconscious programming that drives us all.
There's no woo-woo or fluffy nonsense here. I'm a sensible scientist. This isn't miracles or magic. I can't read your mind, but I can show you how to read it for yourself. Then you can change whatever you want at the subconscious level. Just like reprogramming a computer ...
I'm brazen, honest, straight-talking, strong, practical and loving. I believe in simple, natural solutions and fast results that last.
And when I'm not with you, or rebuilding stone walls or exploring out beyond the comfortable boundaries of my life, I love immersing myself in nature; by the sea, in the mountains or in the woods around our home. I adore the flickering light of a crackling fire in winter, jumping around & singing at the top of my voice to my favourite music and connecting deeply with myself, my family, friends and strangers.
I'm not perfect. Hope I never will be! I like being another messy, imperfect member of the human race. And each day I'm taking small steps along the road of self-discovery and loving helping others do the same.
I hope you'll join me on the journey. Because this is where life starts to get really interesting ...
See you on the road :)
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Founder of Brazen Mind & Selfish Freedom
Certified to Master level in: NLP, NLP Coaching, Clinical Hypnotherapy, Time Based Techniques, Somatic Coaching, Neurographica
Want to know more about my journey?
Click below to read my "Back To Brazen" story ...
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Me walking in my favourite place in the French Pyrénées: near "Le Pont D'Espagne" |