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From ‘abnormal to normal’

When you feel you have no control over any aspect of life, you grab any sort of control. I turned to my hair. I’ve been peroxide blonde, strawberry blonde, copper, brunette; you name it, I’ve tried it. I wasn’t conscious of what I was doing, of course.   I was a passive participant in a malfunctioning body. My days were short. I was tired yet not sleeping. My whole body would pound all night long. The hardest part? The pain and stiffness. “Miss, you look like you’re walking to the gallows” was a comment from a Year 8 student as I walked across the yard. Putting one foot in front of the other was a struggle.  

I was desperate, irritated, frustrated, and resentful. My life as I knew it had disappeared overnight, and I was left with a long list of symptoms, immune suppressants for life and a diagnosis of Mixed Connective Tissue Disorder.

My totally bonkers solution was to go travelling, on my own, to the other side of the world. Did I say that I was desperate?! I saw no other solution. To me, it was the most logical thing to do. I needed to escape this hell. 

6 months away shifted my mindset. I came home, inspired, and determined to try different therapies ‘until I found the one that worked for me’. It was like the flickering of a light switch. I had a new plan.

Serendipitously, I came across The Hilary Newman Clinic in Gloucester. (A story for another time, maybe) I left my first session with a massive list of foods to avoid, and a list of supplements and parasitic cleanses, which wasn’t pleasant, but I was a good client, and I did exactly as was advised by Hilary.

“Your blood test results are normal”

Some conversations get cemented in memory; this was the one for me. This conversation took place at the Heath Hospital with my rheumatology consultant after 3 months of fortnightly Kinesiology sessions with Hilary.

- I asked, “Normal for me, or normal person, normal?” 

- He said, “Normal person, normal. This is bizarre, your blood test results are normal”.

I knew anyway.  I could feel that changes were happening. Now I had proof. What did this mean for my health? It meant that my body was no longer “attacking itself’. Was I now well? No. I was better than I had been feeling, but the stiffness, skin lesions and other Lupus-related symptoms were causing issues.

“I want to be a Kinesiologist”

It wasn’t a big decision, really, walking away from a 20-year successful teaching career. I felt the decision. I was following my gut for the first time.

I retrained by securing an Allergy & Nutritional Balancing Diploma at Prestberries Farm and then Nutritional Therapy at The School of Health in Stroud. I refined my skills as a Kinesiologist at The Kinesiology Centre in Leicester under Terry Larder.

My focus at this time was the physical body; Clean, nutritious food, detoxification protocols, and nutrition. This is what I’d learned, this is what I knew. I was starting to help people with my skills and knowledge. 

“The body doesn't attack itself”

In 2019, I attended Phytobiophysics Flower Formula course taught by Pauline Noakes at Burnham on Sea. Things were about to get very interesting.

A new way of looking at health was presented by Pauline, and I was excited to start using the Flower Formulas with my clients.  Now I was working with the emotional body, releasing trapped emotions. After some 6 months, it wasn’t enough. I needed to know more. I had questions. A massive desire in me had started to kindle. 

It is a privilege to be privately coached by Pauline; the wisdom, skills and knowledge entrusted to me is now passed on to my own clients. I read the body at an even deeper level now.

It is such an honour to be a part of the healing, changes and shifts my clients experience.

My learning continues with Pauline, and the level of healing I do with clients continues to deepen.

My health? I’m tip top, thank you very much. You see, my true healing started in 2019 when I became a client of Pauline’s, following her plan diligently.

An auto-immunity diagnosis for me was a massive wake-up call.  It was my body saying, “Stop pleasing everybody else”. “Stand up for what you want and need”. “You can’t carry on like this”.

I had a massive purpose to fulfil. I wasn’t on the path to fulfil it. This is what was out of control.

Now I am doing it. I am living my purpose every day.