How I became an Acupuncturist
It was never on my radar to become a women’s acupuncturist, nutritionist and healthcoach. I’d never ever tried any alternative therapies before I began to suffer with burnout.
However, I was working too many night shifts in 24 hour TV news rooms. I felt burnt out by the unhealthy work culture and started questioning everything.
I began to suffer from insomnia and constant headaches which brought me close to becoming chronically fatigued.
How I managed my recovery
Adrenal fatigue or chronic fatigue, was not medically recognised at the time. I felt very unsupported so with nowhere else to turn I had to find my own way back to health.
I stopped work; slept for hours, spent time in Nature; learnt meditation. And tried different therapeutic treatments and slowly started to recover.
At the time acupuncture was the one therapy I found which instantly relieved my headaches. I felt lighter after a treatment as well as hopeful that I’d get better.
Later on I began to train as an acupuncturist myself. I loved every minute of my course even though it was demanding. But by the time I set up my practice I was over forty. And was wondering whether I’d ever have children of my own.
Becoming a Mother Later in Life
Around this time, I met someone new and miraculously fell pregnant quickly. I gave birth to my son a few weeks shy of my 42nd birthday.
I think that because I was a mother later in life; I know it is possible to conceive against the odds. I’ve never forgotten my experience or the positive stories of the women I’ve helped over the years. So when working with women facing the same ticking clock I can give them hope.
That was 19 years ago, my son is now 18, and I have been working as women’s acupuncturist, nutritionist and healthcoach since then.
