In 2022, life took a sharp and unexpected turn — I was hospitalised for six weeks and diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. It was a scary and difficult time. After years of working nonstop, building my teaching business and supporting students day and night, my body finally said: It’s time to slow down. When I returned home from hospital, I had to learn a completely new way of living. Now, I inject insulin every morning, noon, and night — something I must do for the rest of my life to stay alive. Some days I feel strong, and some days I don’t. Teaching live lessons regularly started to feel too unpredictable, too draining. I had to make one of the hardest decision of my life — I shut down the Thai Language Tuition UK website. I simply didn’t have the strength to take on new students. My health needed to come first. I was lost and unsure of what to do with my life.

For someone who had spent over a decade working non-stop, helping others, and building something from nothing, this felt like a complete shift. But deep down, I knew I had to step back to take care of myself. Over the past three years, I’ve kept things quiet. I continued working with a few long-time students who have been incredibly supportive and understanding. I even took trips back to Thailand to reconnect with the culture I love and to gather new inspiration for future work. And while the outside world may not have seen much from me, behind the scenes I never stopped creating. I quietly wrote, designed, and developed more Thai learning materials — because even during uncertain times, the love I have for this work never went away. This quiet period was not the end. It was a gentle pause — a time to heal, reflect, and slowly prepare for something new.