MINDERSTANDING

ABOUT ME

From international Amateur boxing champion, to housebound sufferer of horrendous anxiety and depression, to Mental fitness trainer and Author.

Hi my name is Jamie, my story is a long one so I'll do my best to condense it. I'm originally from London, my upbringing wasn't the easiest due to an angry father and a very quiet mother. At school I was small, skinny, not very good at sports, I had stress related ADHD, OCD, PTSD, oh and I'm also dyslexic so I was quite a big target for a lot of bullying. I left school just before exams were due to take place at the age of 16. I found boxing at age 12. I won my first England title at 17 and walked away from boxing at 23 ranked no:3 in England. After finishing boxing I suffered with addiction which lasted well into my mid to late 30's. In my early 40's my older sister died from cancer and this was when grief, anxiety, depression and insomnia turned my world upside down. After going through crippling panic attacks and suicidal thoughts I decided I could no longer live with debilitating fear and unwanted self-sabotaging thoughts. That was when I began my journey of turning my pain into my passion, my mess into my message, and my suffering into my service. I started intensely studying the brain/body and mind, this lead me to be able to not only help myself out of a very dark place but it also enabled me to help others. My approach was self-exploration, I wanted to know how we functioned, our physiology, our biology, our chemistry, our psychology and so on. Over the last 10 years I started sharing my learnings on a private Facebook group I created for mental health issues. I have also worked with various boxing and mental health charities and I wrote my first book with help from my wife. I now help people understand themselves better, improve their mental fitness and most importantly I help people find what works best for them.