
16/05/2025
It’s Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Day
In 2020, on the day of my daughter’s first birthday party, I stepped out of a cab and couldn’t feel my legs. What I thought was just a ‘bad back’ turned out to be a spinal cord injury. I was rushed into emergency surgery and came out of it facing bladder, bowel, and mobility issues, just as the UK entered a national lockdown during a global pandemic.
That injury cracked me wide open.
But in the stillness that followed, I found space to gather the threads of over a decade of emotional, physical, and spiritual healing, training, and study and weave them in to something beautiful.
Since then, I’ve started a podcast (Her Power), shared my story on stages, visited Parliament with the connected with the Women’s Health Taskforce, spoken at their national conference, trained in energy healing, quietly supported others on their healing journeys, and signed a publishing deal with Hay House
This injury didn’t end my life as I I felt it had at the beginning, it rerouted it. It illuminated my purpose and gave me the clarity and confidence to step onto the path I walk today in helping others rise from painful stories into their power.
Deep love and respect to Spinal Injuries Association, for the healing space and for the vital work you do in our community. Your support makes all the difference where the system falls short.
To anyone navigating life after injury, this doesn’t have to be the end.
Yes, it’s hard.
Yes, it’s painful.
But it can also be the beginning of something deeper.
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