Tell me about your vision.
OK, so my vision is to reach as many women, particularly,
who are struggling with Hashimoto's and hypothyroidism,
and spread the word that there is
a way of recovering your health, of regaining that health,
so you don't have to struggle with those symptoms
on a daily basis.
I personally found it was extremely debilitating,
and it altered my life hugely.
There were times that I did not recognize who I'd become,
because of my health issues.
And I struggled to find the help I needed,
and I want to be that help out there for other women that
are struggling like I did.
Wow.
The symptoms that you dealt with,
what are some of the most common symptoms
that people who are struggling with Hashimoto's are facing?
Chronic fatigue is a major one.
Brain fog is another one.
So memory issues, speech issues, slurring your speech,
using the wrong words.
Also spatial awareness of not remembering
kind of directions of where you need to be,
knowing where your destination is,
but not being able to remember how to get there.
I struggled with all of those.
Weight gain can be a big one for a lot of people.
For me personally, that wasn't an issue, or not significantly.
Then you have hair loss, mood issues,
like depression, anxiety can be major, major symptoms.
There's the cold, feeling the cold,
so that in your hands and your feet particularly,
never been able to get warm.
And then on the other hand, the hot flushes
have not been able to regulate your temperature basically.
Constant digestive issues, I had that for years and years,
even after being diagnosed as celiac.
The digestive issues were just horrendous,
and did rule my life to quite a large extent.
Wow.
So you had all these symptoms, you
had all these challenges going on,
you ended up finding answers along the way,
probably through lots of study and hard work and sacrifice
to figure that out.
When was the moment that you decided
that you were going to get started with helping others,
or how did you get started with transitioning from being
a victim of circumstance?
You've got your environment or whatever
has led you to have this illness,
and then you realize you could also get back and help others.
What was that like?
Initially, I trained as a biomedical scientist,
and I worked in that field for a while before moving to Europe
and working in the ski resorts as a private chef.
So I've always been very curious,
and when I've been given diagnosis,
I've been reluctant to adapt to, well, this is it,
just get used to it.
So I have all what is read and researched
and tried to find alternatives of ways
of improving my health.
I just didn't want to be stuck in how
I'd been told I was going to have to deal with.
A friend brought me a nutritional therapy session
for my 40th birthday, and I would
say that was a turning point for me.
I started to see the changes, the improvements
from the changes that I'd made.
And when my nutritional therapist retired,
I decided that's when I decided I was going
to study for myself.
And it was probably part way through that first year
of the studying once I'd really got back on top of my health.
So I decided I was going to change careers completely
and basically set up my own business
to help others recover from Hashimoto's and Hypothyroidism.
Thank you for being here today.
I'm really happy that you tuned in to Vision Pros Live.
I'm looking forward to seeing your reactions as these
episodes continue to move forward.
This is going to get more and more fun.
We'll have more and more engagement as well.
We'll invite people to participate in the show.
And thank you for giving us your time and attention.
Have an excellent time building out your vision
and becoming a Vision Pro yourself.