- swapforjoy
- Jun 26
- 3 min read
Updated: Jul 8
Welcome to my journey. From my 'enough is enough' moment to Mental Wealth!
So, how did this whole MEXS thing come about?
Well, in my late 30's life changed literally overnight! And it just so happened to be the night after I had my son! A long journey to balance my health again began, almost immediately. It is a challenge to explain what happened. No one was clear. Myself, my family, doctors and the medical world. There were many layers of discomfort and most of my body just did not function correctly anymore. Before my son’s first birthday I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (wtaf). Another decade followed with more layers of inflammation and change rippling throughout. Until I reached my ‘enough is enough’ moment following an absolutely left field landing of a diagnosis of another dis-ease Trigeminal Neuralgia.
What had happened to the fit, healthy, travelling teacher? I was never away from the gym. Boundless energy. The plans. The joys all around. But the impossible had just become possible. My life since the day I had my son had been invaded with inflammation and dis-ease. My body and ability were unrecognisable. Luckily I had been blessed with the greatest sense of humour and a sister who liked nothing better than to share it with me! And I had my son all that time. I surely found the positives. It was in my DNA.
But the second diagnosis of a dis-ease was so invasive it left me firmly rooted to my bed and brought me to a halt. I stopped or more accurately I was stopped. I completely surrendered. I knew instinctively I had to try a different approach to what my body was communicating to me. I went inside for the first time, to look for answers.
I stopped looking on the outside and sticking plaster after plaster on my situation. I faced it. I had to find a way to bear the unbearable. I listened to my body. I changed my mind on just about everything. I changed my behaviours. I changed my thinking. I changed my life. swapforjoy was born. The first seeds of MEXS were planted once I realised the only power I had left was the power of my mind.
What exactly are MEXS?
My 'enough is enough' moment found me without physical options. As I lay on my bed I put on some sounds- literally just sounds- to calm and give me some relief. I did it instinctively. I cried as I tried to stay still and allow my body to find a peaceful moment in amongst all the chaos. There were doctors, prescriptions, dentists, hospital referrals and MRI scans ahead to find out what the hell was going on with my body. But I still managed to find a moment of calm in my room, by myself. I will never forget it. It lasted seconds, but it was enough for me to know that the possibility of peace for my body and mind existed. I knew I had to make big changes. I was scared, but I was ready. Everything else grew from that moment.
I began a journey to find other moments that would allow me peace, calm and safety. It has taken years. It has taken hours and hours of journalling. It has taken many nights of the dark soul. But I have found many ways to rewire my brain, re-programme my fear, live in the present moment, create positive daily habits, regulate my nervous system and find peace after all the trauma and fear.
Little did I know, as I drank my coffee in the Waitrose café with my sister, that I was unwittingly planting the seeds for what would become MEXS. As I scribbled notes, on scraps of paper, I was releasing and tracking all the pain from it's physical state to where it originated from emotionally. It has been a long journey to research and learn what to do when your physical choices start to go one by one before you have even reached 40 years of age.
My biggest takeaway to share with you is that whatever you may perceive to lose physically, all your power remains in your mind. That is where your perspective, your choices, your frequency, your thoughts all live. Learn how to direct them and how to allow yourself to live in the present moment- no matter your circumstances- and you win. You get a second chance regardless of your situation. Then it's up to you whether you take it.
I did and I look forward to sharing my journey from the dark moment of my 'enough is enough' to the joy of living in the present moment with my Mental Wealth.
Come join my MEXS journey to Mental Wealth!