How Julia Overcame Anxiety
Client Story: How Julia started to understand how her anxiety was trying to help her.
“I was always there for others but I was breaking down and needed something different.”
Meet Julia
Julia Cork runs Totty’s in Welshpool, Powys, Wales, a beauty salon offering a wide range of beauty treatments and aesthetics.
Julia started her business in the middle of lockdown around two-and-a-half years ago, initially working from home before moving into dedicated premises as demand began to grow.
She has since grown Totty’s to the point where she needed more space to meet increasing demand and, on 18 November 2022, opened a new salon on Berriew Street. The new space is three times the size of her original premises and includes a new sunbed tanning service.
Here is her story:
“A lot has happened over the last couple of years. I was growing a business through a pandemic, I lost my mum a year ago and I nearly split up with my boyfriend. Before things started to go really well, they were going really badly.
“I had been doing a lot of work by myself and just knew there was something missing. I realised that my self-belief was holding me back from reaching my goals, so I did some pretty extensive research and found that while a lot of people can have therapy or coaching, it was more about the inner work that I wanted, but what Marcus does goes way beyond that".
“Marcus was the one I felt I connected with the most. For me to take a step further in my business, I knew I needed to believe in myself more, it was really all about self-belief.”
Meeting Marcus
“Just talking things through has proved so beneficial but the deeper inner work really was transformative. I’ve always been a spiritual kind of person anyway, so I knew there was this block and he’s helped me work through that, and in only one session life started to change".
“There has also been the reassurance of knowing that Marcus was there and always available, only a message away. I’ve never really had anything like that before.
📌 Key Takeaway: Many high-functioning professionals seek more than generic support. They look for someone who understands business, lived experience and human behaviour, and can connect the dots between all three.
The Transformation
“I am in a much better place now and have learnt that I also need to put myself first a little bit more, rather than everyone else. My relationship with my kids is better, my boyfriend would always say that he hated mornings in our house but he has seen a massive improvement in the last couple of months".
“Overall it’s been really good and I feel like a completely different person. A lot of things happen daily and I think that had they happened six months ago, I would have had a breakdown or flown off the handle. Now I am more chilled about a lot of things, far better able to deal with them".
“As I said earlier, I did have a few calls with other people before approaching Marcus, there are a lot of life coaches and therapists out there but they haven’t been through the life experiences of Marcus. He has been there, hit rock bottom and built himself back up, so you can connect with him a lot more because he has experienced it all.”
Since working with me Julia has gone from strength to strength both in her business and in her personal relationships
💡 Pro Tip: When life gets messy it's rarely one issue, but the root cause is often linked, when you understand the challenge through multiple view points it helps you navigate a way forward much easier.
The solution
“My first session with Marcus took me back to my childhood and made me look at things a lot differently, the deeper insight was I though my childhood would come up, what I didn't realise was the core issue was nothing to do with what I thought, but the process made so much sense. Marcus has helped a lot with my personal relationship, and the change in my mindset and heartset is making me think and feel more positively again".
By finding the root cause to the way she felt Julia has not only overcome the anxiety but as a result this transformation has had a positive benefit on all areas of her life.
