02/10/2026
I’m visiting my Mam in the care home at the minute and it got me thinking about the last few years.
A lot of you know about our IVF journey, but before that there was another big part of my life.
I stopped working as a PT to become a full time carer for my Mam when her dementia got worse. Looking back, I’d make exactly the same decision again in a heartbeat.
Anyone who has watched someone they love go through dementia will know how difficult it is. Seeing every stage of it and watching someone gradually deteriorate is heartbreaking.
Anyone who has also been a full time carer will probably know how little financial support you get for doing it. From memory, I was living on around £60 a week Carer’s Allowance at the time.
Eventually I started looking at getting back into training people and was offered a job. Then my Dad was diagnosed with terminal bowel cancer.
I turned the job down.
There wasn’t really a decision to make. I wanted to be there for my Dad and help look after him for the time he had left.
After my Dad passed away, an opportunity came up to work as a freelance Personal Trainer at Middlesbrough Sports Village, and that became the start of rebuilding my career and building Inner Strength.
That’s one of the reasons I work so hard on it now. I’m trying to build something for myself again after several years where work and earning money understandably had to take a back seat.
It’s also why I genuinely appreciate the people who regularly support my posts.
Every time someone watches a video, likes a post, leaves a comment or shares something I’ve put out, it helps Inner Strength reach more people.
You never know, that one share might put one of my posts in front of someone who’s been thinking about getting a PT but doesn’t know where to start.
So to the people who regularly support my posts, thank you. I genuinely appreciate it more than you probably realise. 💛
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