07/06/2026
I am a human who also faces challenges. I still have to deal with problems and I wobble and cry and hurt just like everyone else.
I was reminded today that me and my business have overcome huge challenges over the last few years and somehow, time after time, āweā have bounced back.
My clinic, VTherapy, started after I had a motorcycle accident which broke my shoulder in 3 places. I lost my job, my home, my relationship and probably my mind, but I directed myself with what I knew best and I loved it.
18 months later it was forced to close with the rest of the world due to the Covid pandemic in 2020. I wasnāt eligible for grants or help so I struggled through until I could start to see a limited number of patients and then it was shut down again in the second lockdown. I struggled through until we could open again and things grew and I felt greatā¦
Until in September 2021, on a Monday morning, my life got turned upside down with a spontaneous cerebral spinal fluid leak. I couldnāt work, I couldnāt even sit up. I was bed bound, eating meals off the floor like an animal, anything that kept my head low. It was so rare so it took over 3 months to get a diagnosis. My business had shut overnight again.
I used what I knew and muddled through, I leveraged the passion for my work to focus me on doing the best for my patients and I managed to function, maybe see a patient a day, but that was the best I could manage. The business and I struggled through again.
Then in July 2023 I had spinal surgery to fix the problem and once again, the business had to close for 3 months while I recovered and then seeing just a patient or two a day for another 2-3 months. My business and I struggled through and even flourished once I was back full timeā¦
Then I took another hit personally just 7 months after surgery where my whole life faced upheaval and the business once again bore the brunt of the uncertainty. Somehowā¦I struggled through.
Iāve had my best year yet despite the hardest personally and itās reminded me that sometimes, the hardest challenges create the most profound change.
So when I talk about resilience, I hope itās with context and empathy š
