My Story
My own experience with behaviour change and addiction is a big part of why I’ve chosen to become a health coach. I know what it’s like to feel stuck, to struggle to make change happen even though you desperately want something different.
For years, I knew I needed to change my behaviours.
I knew that substances, alcohol, doom scrolling, physical inactivity and my diet were all making me feel more and more disconnected from life.
I remember waking up so often feeling motivated thinking right, today I’ll do better, then by the afternoon I couldn’t stop myself doing the same unhealthy behaviours. I still tell myself almost daily I'm going to get in shape, then I find myself getting back into bed at the end of another blissful exercise-free day.
I don't think that makes me lazy or weak, because changing our behaviour is genuinely difficult. Our habits are so tied up in our environments, routines and emotions, simply knowing what we should do isn't always enough, and often can just make us feel worse.
Eventually, I reached a point where I couldn’t ignore the future I was heading towards.
There wasn't a big moment that changed everything, and I definitely didn’t develop perfect discipline. Somehow my longing for change just seemed to gather enough momentum, and I managed to get out of my own way. I started working towards the future I wanted, and I keep trying to do that every day.
Over a period of about 2 years I made huge changes. I quit smoking, vaping, and substances. I changed my relationship with alcohol, completely changed my diet, and I deleted all my social media. I naturally started paying much more attention to my body, my hobbies, my relationships, and I became conscious of how I was spending my time.
I still don't get everything right.
I still have things I want to change, and I still experience the frustration of knowing that I’m struggling to do the things I want to do.
But I now know what it feels like to be on the other side of making those most pressing changes – the ones that kept me up at night – and I know how much difference those changes have made to my everyday life. That’s why I've chosen to become a health coach.
I've become fascinated by people and our experience of modern life, and the impact that has on our behaviours and our health.
Most of all, I love to witness people figure out what they want in their own life, watch them make those changes, and the impact this has on them and their families.
I am not interested in telling people what their life should look like. I want to help those who genuinely want something different find a way of living that works for them - and support them while they make it happen.