Back in 2010, Dawn felt very unwell during early December...
In the stressful run-up to Christmas, mentally scanning her busy diary, she decided that she simply ‘did not have time to be ill’ - a phrase that will resonate in the hearts of men and women, married or single who are caught up in the frenetic wheel of juggling family, work and social commitments and feeling that in spite of time-saving technology, not only do they have less and less time for themselves - they don't even have time to be ill.
Dawn ignored the warning signals her body was sending her, until four days later she could ignore them no longer and she collapsed.
The next few weeks were spent fighting for her life, having been diagnosed with TTP, a rare and potentially fatal blood disorder. Her husband was told to prepare himself for the worst – the medical team did not believe she would make it out of Intensive Care. Together with their two young children, he tried to come to terms with this life-shattering news.
Dawn fought hard, and despite the TTP, massive clots in her lungs, two strokes, and weeks of treatment, she proved everyone wrong. With total determination to be there for her children, and harness her inner strength she drew on all her coaching tools and techniques, used so successfully with clients to help them achieve their goals and plans. Testing these to the ultimate limit, she proved them to be powerful enough to have a positive effect on both her physical and mental condition and made a full recovery.