13/09/2025
💜 Introducing Balance Within 💜
For years, I became a dab hand at putting on a brave face. On the outside, it looked like I was thriving, climbing the career ladder in the non-profit world, from Marketing Assistant to CEO, and eventually business owner.
People saw the smiling photos in the papers or online. They saw the success.
But the truth was very different. Behind the scenes, I was navigating life with Psoriatic Arthritis Mutilans (PsAM), a chronic autoimmune disease with a shockingly poor prognosis, while carrying constant pain, exhaustion, and repeated burnout.
I stayed quiet about it, knowing it would affect my career and my ability to earn what we needed to live. Back then, vulnerability was most definitely seen as weakness in the workplace.
So I kept pushing on.
Then, after 17 years of traditional medical approaches that weren’t working, something remarkable happened. In 2009, I went into full remission from a disease that had no possible cure - then or now - and I’ve stayed that way since.
Not because of one treatment or drug regime, but by weaving together therapeutic and holistic practices that supported my physical and emotional health. Over time, they helped me find the space within where the healing ability of my body had been hidden under years of stress.
In 2011, just as I had gotten used to living pain-free, life tested me again. I was a single parent raising two children, working hard to keep the wolf from the door. There were countless times I felt completely overwhelmed.
And yet, the same practices helped me breathe, find balance, and build a new way to live and work, even when life didn’t turn out the way I had expected.
Over the past 14 years, I’ve trained in integrative coaching, clinical hypnotherapy, NLP, EFT, meditation, nutrition, and relaxation techniques. In my therapy practice, I’ve blended these tools into a way of working that meets each client exactly where they are, helping them find solutions that fit their lives and circumstances.
And now, after supporting hundreds of people while also working in other roles, I’ve freed up more space to focus on this work. From the 1st of October, I’ll be taking appointments under my practice’s new name: Balance Within.
Through Balance Within, I work with women who are carrying it all, the work, the family, the caring responsibilities, and the invisible load no one sees.
They’re the ones everyone leans on. The ones who look strong on the outside, but inside feel exhausted, anxious, unwell, or close to burnout.
I know that place well. And I know what can help.
That’s why my work is about creating space to let go of the weight you’ve been carrying and helping you build a plan to return to yourself, with more confidence, more energy, and more balance.
If this speaks to you, or to someone you love, drop me a message. I’d love to have a chat about whether I can help.
Here’s to finding balance, whatever that looks like for you.
Veronica xo
