At the age of 29, I was offered partnership in the niche West End firm I worked for as a solicitor. I couldn't believe it.  I'd reached a level of success I couldn't have dreamed of as a girl - state school educated and the daughter of divorced parents -  which was something of a novelty in 1980s rural Warwickshire. 

The problem was, my inner confidence and self-esteem were way behind the confident, smiley and ever so willing mask I had worn every day in the office.  So every day was a struggle. A struggle to say 'no' to work. A struggle to not think about work when I was on holiday or weekends. A struggle not to spend hours on something relatively straightforward  for fear of getting anything wrong.  Then there was the perfectionism and overthinking creating analysis paralysis.

A sense of dread and overwhelm enveloped me every morning as I stepped on the 6am District Line to go to work.

So it was a relief when life unexpectedly took me in a different direction and I ended up leaving law for sunnier climes.

It's my mission to help those working in highly stressful and demanding environments to enjoy the success they have created.  So their inner world reflects their outer success.