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Vicky Midwood
Coach Consultant: The Human Health Optimiser
I'm a single Mum of one daughter, a business owner, I love cats, musical theatre, heavy rock, formula one and eating out (I'm not a good cook!)
My mission is help you understand your body and brain, your mind and your moods so you an KNOW YOURSELF in a way you never have before.
I help you let go of rules and rigidity in favour of allowing and discipline so YOU get to embrace ALL that you are, instead of you feeling you have to be MORE than you are.
I do that through my simple six step Method based on principles, science, psychology and personal experience.
You can read my story below if you want to know more about me and why I do what I do now....
Well built, ginger haired and freckly...
A workaholic, perfectionist Dad and a Mum with mental health issues meant ig appetite who loved pretending to be a ballerina, but I soon realised I didn't 'have the body' for that -but wished I had!
A workaholic, perfectionist Dad and a Mum with mental health issues mean't I learned to turn to food from a young age.
Fitness Instructor & Bar Manager
At 11 the diet madness began - avoiding, starving and binge eating followed by vomiting and laxative
Plus excessive exercise that led me into a daily way of living and functioning that lasted for over 3 decades, throw in lots of alcohol and leaving home to live in flat where I could to maintain an unhealthy low weight without hiding it, I thought I had it all sorted!
Age 21 unhappily married I became an exercise instructor and PT, moved in with husband #2 and spent years running a bar and my own fitness business living on coffee, cigarettes and alcohol, binge eating and throwing up in secret all the while maintaining the facade of being a role model for health and fitness...
The universe steps in..
NEW CITY NEW LIFE..
Divorced bankcrupt and now a single Mum, potental husband #3 finds me living in London where I'm hoping for a new start, but simply wind up feeling alone and isolated. My drinking escalates to a whole new level, the relationship fails (surprise, surprise) I move out. Alone again as a single Mum with responsibilities and fully dependant on alcohol to function, I realise just don't want to be here on the planet anymore...
A series of events on May Bank holiday weekened 2005 finds me in 'rehab' for 3 month where I embrace the opportunity to build an new identity and a new life!
I go to university for the first time at age 35, graduate as a teacher, study addiction psychology, qualify in Hypnosis, NLP & CBT and more while building my fitness and coaching business and throwing myself into being the best parent I can be...
Creating freedom
BUT, UNDER PRESSURE, OLD THOUGHTS, FEELINGS AND ADDICTIVE PATTERNS TRY TO RESURFACE
I realise I need to go much deeper into nutritional therapy, biochemistry, neuropsychophysiology and REALLY understand the root cause of my issues so I can help more people with theirs, meaning many more hours of training, study and getting qualifications.
Stress, family losses and the discovery that my past addictions have serious health consequences, in my case two autoimmune issues and other issues, I have a heart attack in 2018...
And that is when I vowed to make it my purpose to help people to learn how to handle their emotions, stress, anxiety and depression without relying on conventional medications, over the counter drugs or self-medicating with food and drink using the principles of the A.R.T. of change and the 6 R's of infinite freedom.
I still run my fitness business because I love it! But my main focus is on coaching consulting and mentoring people to take responsibility for their own health and lifestyle via a whole body approach based on science and lived experienced, in a way that is simple and sustainable for life!
