Two things happened. I enrolled with Weight Watchers and committed to eating my way healthily to my target weight. (It took me 18 months to do it.) And the company went into administration, meaning it was highly likely I’d be out of a job sooner or later.

It was during this time, slogging to shift the unwanted excess weight and filled with anxiety about my bleak work situation, that something big started to dawn on me…

That was the moment 20 years ago that changed everything for me…

It had only taken me 32 years 6 months 42 days and 9.5 hours to realise that nutrition is about our minds besides our bodies. You can't fix one and ignore the other, they’re completely intertwined.

So, my own Sort Your Life Out journey began. I was backed into a corner of having to think about a change of career. This awful great big black cloud over my life that had caused me so much anxiety had the best silver lining ever.

Why? Because I allowed myself to dream about what I actually wanted to do out of love and passion, not just obligation and earning a paycheck.

One of the great loves of my life has always been sport. So, I found a local course, registered for it and retrained as a Sports Masseur and Personal Trainer.

I’d finally found my calling helping others feel better. The satisfaction and pride I felt in helping clients with their physical wellbeing really started something.

I love learning and can’t help myself! Pilates came next, which I love, love, love. It’s helped me so much personally with my back, hip and knee problems.

I know how being in pain puts a stop to moving, thinking logically and generally looking after yourself. And I found it became much more manageable when I made better choices for myself.

Teaching my Pilates classes is great. But I also like to go deeper with clients. I help them align the body and the mind, just like I’d experienced for myself when I faced my own weight loss, pain management and career change demons head-on.

So, I took a Psychology Degree. And I also qualified as a Neuro-Linguistic Programming Master Practitioner and Clinical Hypnotherapist. Then, last but certainly not least, I also discovered the OldPain2Go® system and trained as a Therapist in that, too.

OldPain2Go® is about re-programming the mind to manage pain, like turning a volume control down, or even off completely. After years of lower back injections and physio, it’s really helped me with the psychology of pain.

In addition to this, a potent combination of Pilates and meaningful nutrition have helped fuel my body.

This whole mind: body approach is so crucial to pain management because not much else can get through, mentally or physically, when you’re dealing with pain.

Lockdown saw more changes and insights for me as I spent my days ensuring that everyone else was doing OK, boosting my participant’s mood and reassuring it would be OK. I also had the opportunity to train in Tai chi qigong which I love. Meditation in Movement, so good for keeping us present in the here and now and out of rumination.

All the pieces of the jigsaw had finally come together. I’d worked so hard to equip myself with the vital skills and tools to offer expert holistic professional help from the inside out. Or the outside in, whichever you prefer.

I know that life has many twists and turns. I found this out when my lovely Mum died in 2022. I also found out that grief is a whole other issue for our mental and physical health, in an ongoing basis. So I’m here for you if your grief is holding you back. I have tools to share for that.

I’m your straight talking, direct Midlife Mind & Body Sorter Outer and I’ve got you, so Let’s Get You Sorted.