For years, I was a horrific sleeper.

Most days, I felt like a zombie. But that was my normal. I never questioned it.

Then, in March 2021, the combination of exhaustion, stress and excitement from a huge project, taught me an invaluable lesson.

After more than a week without sleep, unable to turn off my mind, I plunged deeper and deeper into psychosis. I completely left planet Earth. That resulted in a month spent recovering in a mental health hospital.

When I was discharged, my doctor told me I needed to learn how to sleep. Otherwise, I could risk losing my sense of reality again, and next time I may not return.

That was petrifying.

Whilst I'm incredibly grateful for the health care I received, I was left on my own to figure out how to sleep. And I'll be honest, it was a real struggle.

But thankfully, over the years that followed, I slowly began to understand how to do this thing I'd found near impossible for most of my life.

The difference in my quality of life is unquestionable.

With a fully rested brain and body, I'm able to do and achieve far more than I ever could before. I wake up with more motivation, energy and positivity. I think more clearly. I handle pressure better. I recover better. I perform better. I'm not constantly full of cold. And I can read. I can actually read, and the words stay in my head. It still feels like a bit of a novelty.

And that's what inspired me to qualify as a sleep coach.

The prospect of living in a country where more people transform the way they feel and perform like this is incredibly exciting.

But what frustrates me is how long it took me to learn.

It's incredibly hard to learn about science with a sleep-deprived brain. Not only does nothing seem to stay in, but paying attention, being motivated to make change and processing complicated information can seem impossible.

That’s why I design everything I deliver to be as engaging, memorable and inspiring of change as possible. Because I know I could have recovered far quicker and easier if that had been made available to me at my lowest.