Hi, This is me with my mutt, Reiver, she’s my rock through the good times and the bad. We tackle life together as a team and she makes the hardest of days that much easier.
I know only too well the angst that ill health can bring and that it’s easy to think you’ve lost any kind of control over life and who you really are, but it doesn’t have to be that way. I firmly believe we are all entitled to a fulfilling and content existence, no matter what restrictions are placed on us.
Like many people, I’ve always taken good health and the ability to do activities of my choice for granted. So, when my health took a nose dive it was very difficult for me to accept that things had to change and I wasn’t exactly overly chuffed about the situation, to say the least.
There’s no escaping that changes in your health, whether physical or mental, or often both, as it has been for me, can cause countless shifts in how you function and ultimately how you live your life.
Eventually, there came a point when I had to accept that there was a new me and I had two choices, give in to my problems and be miserable or I had to learn to adapt. For me, the second option was unquestionably the best choice to make.
We all have choices, if and how we move forward.
I have a number of health issues that like to bounce off each other and see which can cause me the most grief, so I’ve had to change how I live my life to allow for the bad days that regularly override the good ones.
Living with CRPS (Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome), a painful chronic illness, isn’t easy, but adding into the equation ME, Asthma, a Hypersensitive Nervous System, Arthritis and various other issues, meant that before I could formulate a plan, I needed to know exactly what I was up against. So, I took time to learn more about myself and my conditions, I learned how to recognise the health triggers and what I needed to do to regain control to a degree that would enable me to start enjoying life again.
I also used previously gained experiences, knowledge, and qualifications to help redefine who I was, rewrite my story, and create a new journey to allow me to move forward for the better. By taking small steps, I started to see the results I was after, and this in itself gave me the motivation to keep going.
Yes, I admit there have been very difficult spells and I still have bad days that I have to combat. My levels of sanity have been questionable, but I’m definitely going in the right direction with lots of exciting plans. I now know my limitations and try to work around these to get the results I want.
It’s very easy to accept defeat when things don’t go the way you want, but you have to hang on to what fight you have left, no matter how little it may be, and use it to get the results you dream of.
It’s important to remain open-minded and consider opportunities. For me, strangely, being unwell has opened new doors and taken me along paths that I wouldn’t have previously considered! This could happen for you, too.
I’m not going to say that any of it is easy, because it isn’t. Moving on is difficult, but it’s possible and better times are achievable.
The first step? Choosing to believe you're worth the journey.
WHY YOU SHOULD WORK WITH ME
Qualified from life's experiences
Qualified from formal training
I believe everyone can regain control
Committed to ongoing personal development
I will never judge
I genuinely care and want to help others
I pride myself on being a coach who’s human first, expert second, offering down-to-earth guidance and relatable coaching that meets you where you are.
Believe and trust in yourself.
On a lighter note, my happy place is pottering in the garden, I’m seriously addicted to chocolate and am trying to get more excited about working out to burn off those excess calories!
I’m crazy about dogs, especially bull breeds, and most of my dogs have been adopted from rescue centres where they’ve been lucky enough to find themselves after traumatic and abusive pasts, but that’s a story for another day.
If you have the genuine want to invest in yourself and are prepared to put in the effort needed, please join me and you too can move forward and make good things happen.
I really look forward to working with you.
All the best
Jenny
