Where I started…
I grew up thinking I had to be “perfect” to be loved. I was the good girl, the overachiever and the one who took care of everyone else before myself. From the outside, I had it all together but inside I felt exhausted, disconnected and lost. I didn’t know it at the time, but my body was trying to tell me something.
Like so many women, I thought burnout was just about working too hard or juggling too much. But I’ve come to see it for what it really is – a sign of living out of sync with yourself, trying to meet expectations that don’t match who you truly are.
My journey home all started with a health diagnosis I know so many women can relate to. I have Hashimoto’s, an autoimmune condition that affects the thyroid, leaving me with an underactive thyroid and a list of symptoms that drained my energy. At the time, I thought it was just a physical issue. What I didn’t realise then was that it was connected to something much deeper – my throat chakra, the energy centre that governs expression, communication, and truth.
It’s no coincidence that thyroid issues run through the female line of my family! My mum, nan, aunt and great-grandmother all struggled with it. Just like genes, the emotional patterns, beliefs, and unspoken truths passed down through generations were playing a part too…
I began my healing by focusing on the physical – changing my diet, exploring lifestyle tweaks and eventually working with a Naturopath when conventional medical help didn’t make a difference.
I saw progress, and for a while I thought I’d cracked it. But there was always a ceiling. My health improved, but it wasn’t the vibrant, energetic life I craved. I was better but not yet thriving.
The real shift came when I started working with a Coach. It was like a light switched on and I felt alive again. My energy came back and my symptoms disappeared. But then I hit another wall. It wasn’t my health this time; it was my life.
