Outward success continued - business growth, credibility, even baptism - yet inwardly nothing changed. Therapy had not brought freedom. Fear, mistrust, condemnation and unrest remained. Hypnotherapy offered hope, with the one greatest honest desire within me: not achievement, not relief - but lasting inner peace

A pivotal consultation where I was moments from being diagnosed with depression or bipolar. Instead of medication, my doctor redirected me back to deeper therapeutic work. That decision altered the trajectory of my mental wellbeing and reinforced the importance of addressing root causes, not symptoms

After six months of therapy, I believed I was healed. But 18 months later, insomnia returned. Despite business growth and outward success, I lay awake at 3am, mentally unraveling. The fragmentation hadn’t disappeared - it had stabilised. Eventually, I accepted I needed help again

At 35, outward success masked growing internal fracture. A testimonial from a stranger described my private reality with unsettling accuracy. For the first time, I recognised myself in someone else’s words - and realised change might be possible

As my business scaled rapidly in headcount, revenue, and visibility, success looked undeniable. But altitude changes pressure. The higher you climb, the greater the weight, scrutiny, and expectation. What I couldn’t yet see was this: external expansion was quietly outpacing internal capacity

In 2018, at the height of business success, with people I could talk to all around me, I felt like no one truly understood the pressure I was carrying. This short story explains more of what I was experiencing.

For a long time, I lived managing the fallout of what had already collapsed - now my heart is to help others protect their families, credibility, and calling before anything is lost.