I didn’t know it at the time, but my chronic inflammation, fatigue, and autoimmune symptoms were the biggest blessing in disguise I would ever receive.
For most of my life, I was the girl who never stopped.
In high school, it was early-morning cheer practice, afternoon piano lessons, and late-night shifts.
In my university years, it was saying yes to all the rec sports, student council positions and partying every spare moment.
In my corporate years, it was 6 AM workouts, long commutes, volunteering, weekend numbing, and a calendar stuffed so full it left no room for breath.
Rest?
LOL. That wasn’t a word that existed in my vocabulary (can ya relate? 😅)
I kept thinking that if I pushed a little harder, added one more thing, achieved one more milestone…
then I’d finally feel fulfilled.
But by the end of 2019, after a painful breakup and then the world shutting down shortly after, my body had a different plan.
The signs were impossible to ignore: chronic fatigue, inflammation, hives, vitiligo…
The official label: “autoimmune disorder.”
It was the first crack in the illusion that the way I was living was sustainable.
And it woke me up.
For the first time, I started questioning everything.
😩 Why did our “healthcare” system only seem to care once things were already broken?
😩 Why was I rewarded for burnout and self-abandonment?
😩 Why was my body screaming louder than my own voice?
I knew that if I didn’t change something, this cycle would only accelerate.
So I made a decision that terrified me:
I asked for a leave of absence from my career and travelled off-grid for a month to take my yoga teacher training.
It felt radical.
But I knew deep down I needed silence. Space. Stillness. God.
A complete reset of my body, mind, and spirit.
And it worked.... for a bit...
At the end of that month, I felt more connected to my intuition than I ever had in my life.
I suddenly saw a scary but clear path:
➡️ Quit my corporate job.
➡️ Sell the house I had worked so hard to buy on my own.
➡️ Go back to university for something I was actually passionate about: visual arts.
It didn’t make logical sense, but it made soul sense.
So I did it.
Within six months, I’d quit, fixed up and sold my house, traveled through the UK for six weeks, and stepped into a new degree.
I felt free. Light. Untethered.
Tired… but for the first time in my life, the exhaustion felt honest and like it was truly earned.
But halfway through my travels and just before I started my new degree, everything came roaring back, harder this time.
Chronic fatigue. Inflammation. Hives. Vitiligo.
And now?
Alopecia.
I remember staring at the clumps of hair in the shower thinking,
How is this happening?
And once again, the system had no answers.
My GP shrugged. “We can manage symptoms. Autoimmune is… complicated.”
That was the moment I stopped believing they cared.
And the moment I became determined to take my health into my own hands.
I started looking everywhere:
- Working with a naturopath.
- Learning about nervous system regulation.
- Understanding energetics and the connection between stress and illness.
- Digging into environmental toxins, so many of which we can’t control.
I was searching for solutions to so many different things at once:
👁️ A proactive way to allow my physical body enough rest in this crazy fast society…
👁️ A way to reduce toxic load on my cells and in my environment…
👁️ A more sustainable income path that would let me maintain the freedom I’d fought for, and avoid rebuilding a life centered on burnout.
And then… surprisingly (but not surprisingly in hindsight 😆)
I found one thing that hit all of these.
A health tool that would help me proactively fight chronic inflammation at the cellular level…
That would also be a way to replace dozens of toxic products in my home…
That came with an option to start a business that could eventually create time, location, and financial freedom.
Honestly?
It seemed too good to be true…
But I also felt that if it was true, it could potentially change my entire life.
So I got quiet again, like I had at yoga teacher training.
I prayed. I listened.
And my intuition was loud this time:
Do it.
The few friends and family that I told were like 'WTF are you doing…'
I had no entrepreneurial background.
No idea how it would turn out.
No business education.
But I had something better:
Ambition.
Work ethic.
And proof that I could do hard things, because I already had.
So I said yes.
And that one decision changed everything.
It took me from a woman desperately trying to manage her health, her schedule, and her sanity…
to a woman who stepped boldly into an entrepreneurial era that’s shaping the next 5–10 years of her life to be some of the most transformative yet…
Not because I’m just "manifesting".
And not because I’m delusional or waiting for magic.
But because I’m choosing to take the action to become the woman who can hold the level of success, health, and wholeness I desire, without ever returning to the burnout of the corporate, white-picket-fence, emotionally numb lifestyle.
And now?
This is what I help other ambitious women do:
✨ Start building a source of income they fully control...
✨ While protecting their health, proactively...
✨ And creating a life that supports their energy, their family, and their future.
If you’re ready to step into your own entrepreneurial era,
one that leads to holistic wellbeing, sustainable wealth, and a life aligned with who you actually are…
reach out to me personally: josephine@josephineblake.co. Tell me what you're struggling with right now in terms of health & career.
I'll get ya started with the same tools and resources that I started with, that might just be in complete alignment with all aspects of your life like it was for me...
Because if nothing changes, nothing changes.
P.S. If you're the type of woman who likes to just dive in to learning more about the path I took, head over to my online business mentorship page to find out more.