In 2009, out of nowhere, I suffered a severe panic attack at work which left me in shock — full of fear, dread and completely baffled. It seemed like one day I was fine, and the next my world had turned upside down.
This was just the first of many panic attacks; unbeknownst to me, I had crossed the threshold into the anxiety state.
In a desperate attempt to get rid of "it", I saw counsellors, GPs and psychologists. Some made me more scared by offering no hope or explanation; some provided comfort, but no one could clearly explain what anxiety was, why it was happening, and what I needed to do to recover.
It wasn't until I discovered the teaching of Dr Claire Weekes that I began to truly understand anxiety and fear it much less. I now build on the work she started in the 1960s, leverage the power of neuroplasticity, and give you the recovery tools I used to fully recover myself — turning theory into real results, so you become your own recovery expert.
After recovering, I completed a Master of Science in Psychology to understand why more people don't recover the way I did — and soon realised I knew far more about the anxiety state and how to recover than the psychologists I met. That's why I do the work I do now: to offer the help that is still so hard to find in modern healthcare settings.
