4 years ago, a dream began, a dream not like no other, I found something that made me feel more ambitious and happy than I had ever been in my entire life, I wanted to be a professional actor. Many years before that when I was very young I went to a drama school in Liverpool. I know now that back then it was only the start, but it wasn't a steady dream, I didn't really have a big dream to focus on which led to me dropping acting like it was nothing and I continued about life like acting was never any part of it. I deeply regret doing that as I know my mother had spent a lot of money paying for the full term for me to go to the drama school.
Obviously young kids have dreams and want to do different things. When I was very young, I wanted to be a vet, a doctor I had loads of ideas of what I wanted to do when I grew up. I always used to pretend to be a vet or a doctor and it makes me think now, even then acting was there.
I lost my Mum when I was 10 years old, 8 long years ago. My dad was living in Crosby at the time as they didn't live together and I spent a lot of time with him as my mums health and her being unwell was something I was afraid of as she was not well physically or mentally, she drank a lot and that's what took her life in the end. I hope that she's happy of the decisions I've made with my life, after losing her I needed something to give me a dream in life, I needed something to make me happy and make my life a life worth being happy about.
When I was in my last year of primary school I left my school (St Matthews Catholic Primary School) and moved to another school in Crosby (Ursuline Catholic Primary School) for the purpose of getting to know new friends before I went to my secondary school (Sacred Heart Catholic College). I made new friends in Ursuline and when we all moved on to Sacred Heart one of my friends, when I asked if he wanted to come to my house, would occasionally say he had to go to Drama. It took me a while before I finally decided to ask where he went to Drama and before I knew it I was a student at Stage Door Theatre School. This is where my real passion for acting began, it was like a fire being relit, I had ambition, dreams, I wanted to be a professional actor and I finally had something to strive for and have a passion for, I did many shows while I was there and a couple of short films before I left in 2014 and focused on my Level 3 acting college course.

As you can see on my old photos, I was not the slim type, I always had a bit too much weight and didn't like the way I looked, I had a problem with my weight for many years and could never shift it. In 2014 I was referred to the brilliant Anne-Marie and Lee Duffy who are Herbalife coaches at FitCamp Liverpool. Anne-Marie is mine and my dads 1 to 1 coach and she showed me and my dad an amazing healthy active lifestyle that has changed our lives and still is changing our lives. We met so many inspirational people and heard so many brilliant stories. In March I decided that I wanted to be a Herbalife coach. Herbalife has changed my life and I wanted to help other people to feel the same. Throughout my 8 months as a coach, I loved every second of it, the people I coached and worked with were brilliant inspirational people and it was a privilege to have worked with them.
Halfway through this year, I started to lose my interest in acting, I felt sick and tired of going to college and it got to a point where I nearly almost left. I wanted to go full-time with Herbalife. I stayed in college till the end of the first year, which finished in June. Then the summer holidays started, this gave the freedom I wanted to smash the Herbalife business, I'm going to be honest, I dreamed what I wanted to get out of Herbalife, I dreamed of what it could do for the future and how the business could be life changing, I had times when I was buzzing with excitement, but I couldn't dream as big as everyone else, to describe it best, it was like something was stopping me.
After having a good long chat with very good friends of mine and my dad, it hit me like a ton of bricks. I
thought "f*ck..........what the hell was I thinking" Acting is my life
and I was about to leave college. I couldn't let that happen, I just
couldn't. I had a passion, an ambition, a dream and I had to hold on to
it with everything I've got because years ago, it was the only dream I
had, to hold on to.
After getting all my thoughts out I realized that I also needed to live like a normal 17 year old. Although
it was my own business and my own hours and I called the shots, I wanted
to LIVE, I wanted to be a full time actor and be a lunatic 17 year old
who acts daft and throws drinks everywhere when partying, I want to be
able to go out to town in the future and be like a teenager who doesn't have to worry about building a business as it was my biggest fear that, what if I built my business too big and then wanted out, so I stopped at the right time. I'm still a
user of the products as they are absolutely amazing and I still have a goals to strive for and hell yes
I will smash them, but when it comes to my dreams for the future, I know in my heart and soul I am meant to be an actor.
To everyone who I know who is a Herbalife coach, you are all brilliant, sometimes the time isn't right to join the business but I know that I need to follow my dreams. I'm so glad I've give it a go because I absolutely loved it.
Herbalife has changed my life and helped me to become a better happier person, in a way, it has benefited my acting dream as I now feel more confident than ever to strive for it. I've never felt so happy in my life. Thank you Herbalife and Thank You Anne-Marie and Lee and Thank you everyone for all the support with Herbalife and the support over the years with my acting, watch this space, the future is shining bright!
Thank you
Jordan x