Enjoy this fabulous conversation!
Alex Smith is a classic multihyphenate! She’s an ex musical theatre performer, a personal trainer and life coach and most importantly is an endometriosis advocate.
At the age of 11 years old Alex started her periods. From this moment on, everything changed for Alex. She spent huge chucks of the month with a whole host of severe side effects including crippling pain and even fainting.
For years it felt as if Alex was screaming into the wind. All she was asking for was someone to listen. The general attitudes of everyone including medical professionals (obviously not all but Alex is telling her story as it was for her) was that she was a ‘drama queen’.
Her situation was so severe that she had to leave musical theatre college as she was bleeding so badly she was severely anaemic.
Her upbringing although loving and caring with very supportive parents, was in part difficult due to it being a religious upbringing and therefore conversations about the body were much more tricky and not as free flowing.
Fast forward a STAGGERING 19 years to 2020 and then, only then did Alex have someone listen to her and get a diagnosis of Endometriosis, and we might add, one of the worst cases the doctor who was treating her had ever seen.
Alex generous shares with us exactly what endometriosis is and the further education needed in this field to ensure other woman are listened to.
Alex is now a life coach across many areas but specialising in Women’s Health and is a true ‘Endo Warrior.’ She is building her ‘Flareless’ brand where her coaching helps women manage their symptoms with some of Alex’s own healing journey research. Alex has just had a successful retreat and will be organising more in the future.
Alex really brings to the fore the issues around women’s health and investigation and this whole conversation is fascinating, with such an insight into what it is like to choose a purpose driven life of service and advocacy.
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