Well I was never given the best advice with regards to food by the dietician. I was told to eat stodgy food in order to get back up to the 8 stone I needed to get back to work. Because the foods I was eating didn’t affect my Crohn’s too much I kept with that diet, I reached 9 stone then 10 stone and decided enough was enough.
I started researching nutrition and added more fruit and vegetables to my diet. In 2009 I started taking aloe vera as it is a natural inflammatory, started being a Forever Living distributor and I started networking. It was at one of these networking meetings (4N) that someone said “what if people don’t want aloe, you have a fountain of knowledge when it comes to Nutrition why don’t you train to be a nutritionist” I did just that and in 2013 I qualified as a Nutritionist and set up my next business “Feel Good Naturally”, because that is what I wanted to get people to be
As I talked to more people I noticed that whereas people were working on feeding their bodies the right foods they weren’t working on feeding their minds the right thoughts.
As I had some limiting beliefs of my own to tackle I started training in Mindfulness, loved how easy the processes were and how they helped remove those long term beliefs I had. I qualified in Focussed mindfulness in 2015. I had also developed a love of meditating so I qualified as a teacher in 2014. I had started to find my true path, there have been hurdles along the way but that is okay.
But it is also okay to change direction or deviate from the norm in order to understand your true path.
I found reiki by accident. I was originally asked to research it to help promote some reiki inspired and infused products belonging to a friend. I did my level 1 and 2 in Usui Reiki in 2016 and after my friend decided on a different path for her business, I had become hooked. My clients loved the reiki, so when I had the opportunity to become a Holy Fire Reiki Master in 2017 I jumped at the chance.
I had already qualified in Massage in 2012 as an opportunity to offer massages at charity events with my Forever business, so I updated my qualification in 2017, adding extra treatments to my portfolio. I also added more mindfulness and nutrition training to keep me up to date.
You are never too old to learn something new.
At the end of November 2017 I lost my nanna. She had some lovely rose tea sets and ornaments. So when I was advised by a business coach to split my business into two I already had my Mind and Body toolkit with Feel Good Naturally. I was working on my Spirit/Soul toolkit and during my meditations I was introduced to Dragons. With my love of dragons and my Nannas love of roses – Dragon Rose Holistic was born. I added Sound healing in 2018, (I love singing, love sounds), Oracle/Tarot card reading 2018/2019 (been to two ladies now who said this was a field I should go into) and Past Life Regression in 2019 (I always wondered where I got my spiritual and psychic gifts from)
Its now been 20 years since I started my health journey. Hobbies include photography and Amateur Dramatics. I have no movement between my 2nd and 10th vertebrae, but this has not prevented me from dancing and doing shows. In fact one specialist said he didn’t know how I was dancing with such a loss of movement. Maybe it’s because I was never told, I learnt to adapt.
Due to Covid, my path is now changing slightly but I am still bringing in all the knowledge I have gained over the last 20 or so years. Over the years there have been people who have said that they are more experienced than me, that they are better qualified, they have been doing this for years. But they haven’t been through what I have been through.
Everyone has a story, everyone is unique, don’t compare yourself with anyone else’s journey, Stay authentic and don’t allow the ego’s of others to take away your power.
You can’t change how people act but you can change the way you react to the situation
Would I go back in time and change anything – NO – these events have shaped who I am today and the path I am on that I feel so passionate about. I no longer look back on these events with anger or resentment. I could look back at these situations and think “Why Me” – now I think “Why Not me” – It didn’t kill me but has made me stronger
Jax xx
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