A few years ago, I was a corporate lawyer – always in meetings, stressed out, running on empty. The stress was affecting my health. Sometimes I was so tired, I couldn’t think straight. Do you ever hit the snooze button again and again and again because you just can’t get out of bed? I often fell asleep on the train home and sometimes even missed my stop.

I was tired all the time but I couldn’t sleep, constantly worrying about all sorts of things. Headaches were becoming the norm. I was also getting sick more often. I was doing so many things but felt like it was never enough. Always running through the to do list in my head and adding more stuff to do.

I was losing energy and motivation. I just felt … defeated by life. I didn’t have energy for my job, I didn’t have energy for my family, I didn’t even have the energy to be me.

I felt like I was on a treadmill to nowhere. Do you know what I mean? I knew I had to make some changes. I desperately needed a break. I guess the pandemic had the same idea. The forced time out allowed me to regroup and take care of my own physical, mental and emotional health. I literally experimented on myself – going natural and using energy medicine exercises and a lot of emotional and mindset work. I also used the time to study integrative health and delve more into energy medicine.