How I became The Naked Lady

Whenever I tell my life story to people, the first reaction is ‘you should write a book’...

To give you a very whistle-stop tour, I’ve died twice, nearly died another two times, been in a coma, had two blood clots, been paralysed down one side for about a year, lost two lots of mouth wateringly huge chunks of money (￡1.4m!), been in and out of hospital for many, many years, lost the sight in one eye, traumatic childhood, bullied at school, bullied at work, a few bereavements along the way, unfaithful partner while we were planning our wedding, wanted children but went through an early menopause, suffered every issue known to man (or more accurately woman in my case) – anxiety, depression, weight, emotional eating, addiction etc. etc. you get the picture. And that’s just scratching the surface.

 But the most difficult part for me was the cheating partner. That’s when my world really crumbled, it was like a domino had toppled and everything just came crashing down.

 During an 18-month period I lost pretty much everything – my job (we ran a business together), my close circle of girl friends (I got ostracized from the group for not getting excited about their weddings), my best friend (she went to work for the ex), my mother (she took the last of my savings and we haven't spoken to each other since), my dreams of getting married and having a family (early menopause kicked in). 

Inevitably I hit rock bottom. One of the friends who hadn’t ousted me said ‘You’ve been through worse, you’ll get through this’, but I wasn’t sure I would. I knew my mind was powerful, I’d defied all the medical experts who all believed I was going to die many times over and I did that through sheer determination. I’d also regained the use of my right arm (I’m right-handed) which I was told, initially would be amputated and then later that I would never be able to use it again. I’d done all of that but this time I felt it was just too much, I couldn’t take any more. 

And that’s when I found RTT. RTT for those of you who don’t know is Rapid Transformational Therapy. The clue’s in the title. It’s Rapid, it’s Transformational, and it’s Therapy. Hypnosis-based, it works with the subconscious to find out why our minds create the issues we have in the first place and why we react to situations in the way that we do. Even more importantly, it frees us – forever – from issues that are debilitating or restrictive to us. It’s short term therapy with long-term results. 

I’d always been fascinated by the mind and I was already a trained hypnotherapist, NLP and CBT practitioner and coach and I'd worked as a corporate change manager understanding employee behaviour so my knowledge of the human psyche was fairly extensive at this point. However, I’d spent years trying out different types of therapies and looking back now (isn’t hindsight a wonderful science?!) all the ones I’d tried were just keeping me in the past. I’d go along each week and regurgitate the same old stuff from the past which meant it was constantly my present and so I was never moving forwards and quite frankly I didn’t feel like life was worth living anymore. 

RTT changed all that, it’s like hypnosis on steroids; it finds out the root cause of your issues, what your real beliefs are about yourself and situations and then it rewires years of these limiting and untrue beliefs that our minds have held onto in rapid time. But most importantly it enables me, you, whoever, to let go of the past, enjoy the present and get excited about the future. 

So, I began my training as an RTT Practitioner learning along the way as much as I could about how the mind really works so that I could start to change that horrible inner voice that constantly told me how terrible I was on a 24-hour basis. It took energy and effort but the results have been worth it because once I started to change that inner voice, that’s when the magic happened. I started to – god forbid – like myself and when you start to like yourself things change for the better massively. 

Today, my future is exciting. No longer do I have a belief of not being good enough, no longer do I have a belief of not being lovable, no longer do I hold the many other limiting and untrue beliefs I once held. Today I stand tall as The Naked Lady – stripped down of all my old and destructive beliefs. I like that analogy although if truth be told The Naked Lady nickname actually came from the amazing weight clients I work with who now all feel good about themselves naked. 

I’ve been through the most transformative journey (cliché check there in the use of the word journey, my apologies, I can’t think of a better way to explain it) and I really hope I can help you on yours. I love working with clients because RTT and my coaching gives the most amazing results. Clients walk through the door one person (quite often very broken and I’m their last hope) and they walk out totally different with a real sense of hope. 

Clients like me because I’ve been there so I understand. I’ve gone through everything and more so they know there’s absolutely no judgement. But most importantly they know that there is a way through the shit and you will come out the other side a happier person if you’re willing to put in the effort. 

And that’s the key. You get out what you put in and if you’re ready to face the past and make effort to change your future then let’s work together to make the magic happen! 

RTT saved my life and I’m so lucky to be using this amazing therapy to help others now too.