About Warriors4Wellness

Empowering You to Thrive

Warriors4Wellness has been created to help clients who are striving to overcome different challenges they may be facing in life. With a focus on mind, body, and soul, we offer a range of 1-2-1 coaching opportunities for weight loss, accountability and life coaching .

Alternatively, immerse yourself in the unique experience of walk & talk sessions, individually or in group sessions. 

I am also proud to open the Warriors4Wellness Friendship Club.

Let Me Introduce Myself

Hello my name is Jo and I am the founder and creator of Warriors4Wellness.

I am an outgoing friendly, slightly bonkers klutz with pink hair.  I am all about living my best life, having the most fun and adventures - hopefully with lots of laughter along the way.

I am easily entertained, so enjoy variety of activities and hobbies - I can often be found starting new projects - my personal challenge is finishing them.  I make jewellery, love films, enjoy writing, and am into various aspects of spirituality.  Music accompanies my life, so there is always an eclectic mix of tunes blasting from various speakers around my home (and the occasional kitchen disco too).

I have rediscovered my love for getting out and about visiting new places, seeing friends, and most importantly the benefits of spending time out in nature.

Age to me is a number, adulthood is a trap and is highly overrated but for those who are interested, I'm 52 with two young adult daughters, a fantastic boyfriend, and 2 small dogs.

My Weight Loss Journey

Battling my weight has been a lifelong challenge (like millions of other people).  I was the 'big girl' for most of my childhood, until I decided to drastically lose weight in my teens, as a daughter of medical professionals, I was fortunate that an intervention was made before I had to be hospitalised.  Socialising and establishing my career, increased my weight again until conceiving became complicated and weight loss was needed.  I successfully lost four stone, and this was the catalyst that lead me to working in the weight loss industry.  I found an affinity with those who struggled, and understood the deep-rooted complex psychological impact this caused to people.  I felt as though I had found my vocation and this was truly the most rewarding role. 

 

My life took a dramatic turn as I became increasingly unwell.  I was in constant severe pain, I was constantly exhausted to a level that made functioning impossible all whilst  trying to raise a young family and helping over 500 clients each week achieve their weight loss goals. 

 

It took 3.5 years to be diagnosed with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, a chronic illness.  Sadly, I became too ill to work, and was placed on large quantities of medication, including some with severe side effects.  One of course was weight gain.  With gain I lost a little of myself and the next 10 years were spent in a 'virtual' medicated coma. I dreaded bumping into anyone as I had ballooned to unrecognisable proportions.  During this time, it was discovered that I had breast cancer, and I fought harder than I knew I was capable of and took control of my life back again.  

 

So here I am, having been bedbound for years, to living my best life.  Although, I am still on my own journey I have lost 9 stones. These photos are just a selection taking you through my journey these past 15 years.  

 

Jo's Journey

I don't believe in labels - we are so much more than a handful of adjectives that define us.  However, sometimes labels give others an idea of the background or difficulties that someone has overcome - what makes us the Warriors that we are.  So for this purpose I will share some of my own labels.

Chronic Illness

Bankruptcy

Breast Cancer

Domestic Abuse

Divorce (Acromonious after 30yrs)

Mental Health Difficulties

Family Mental Health Difficulties

Living with an Alcoholic

Daughter involved in serious accident

How I Survived & Became A Warrior

I'm not going to lie - it took hard work & consistency

My life was in tatters, I felt inconsequential, an empty shell, merely going through the motions to survive each day. I had been through so much, too much - I was numb and I couldn't see a way forward.

A very good friend asked me a question a couple of months ago.  "Do you remember when you hit rock bottom?"  I did, vividly, a day so horrific it rocked me to my core.  That was my turning point - some may call it survival instinct, to me it felt like I knew there was no other choice - I had to face my fear and do it anyway.

From that moment, my life started to change and rather than the obstacles stopping me from moving forward, they aided me in taking back control over my life.  For many years I didn't have any control over anything, decisions, finances, medication, family or the household, it felt empowering as well as scaring the shit out of me.

I was incredibly fortunate, I had an amazing support network, more so once I acknowledged what had been happening for years and started to deal rather than deny.  With their help, with daily practices, routines, setting monthly goals in line with my new  life dreams along with hard work and consistency, I managed to navigate the process of changing my life.

I want to be able to pay this forward, to help others in any way that I can become more than survivors, become their own warriors and forge forward in wellness - mind, body & soul.

 

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