Mother reveals how she went from having $1400 to earning more than £100K a month

A mother-of-one has revealed how she went from having $1,400 to her name to earning more than $100K (£79K) a month while also helping others to make ‘crazy money.’

Lorna Johnson who lives in Chicago, explained how after getting divorced in 2013, when her daughter Annika was four-years-old, things started to ‘go downhill.’

After burning through $300K (£237K) in savings in four years and moving back in with her parents, Lorna finally left an ’emotionally abusive’ relationship and launched her own life coaching business.

Lorna said she is now ‘totally free from depression, anxiety and rage’ and she can ‘work to her own natural rhythms’ – allowing her to earn $100K in April 2019 alone. 

Lorna Johnson, pictured with daughter Annika after a run, has revealed how she transformed her life by helping others, and now earns as much as $100k a month from her life coaching business 

When Lorna, pictured, was fired for the third time she only had $1400 to her name and said she thought about 'ending it all' but worried about her parent's explaining things to her daughter

When Lorna, pictured, was fired for the third time she only had $1400 to her name and said she thought about ‘ending it all’ but worried about her parent’s explaining things to her daughter

At her lowest point Lorna's parents let her move back in and gave her emotional and financial support. Pictured left to right is Lorna’s brother, father, mother, and Lorna

At her lowest point Lorna’s parents let her move back in and gave her emotional and financial support. Pictured left to right is Lorna’s brother, father, mother, and Lorna

Lorna, who divorced her husband in 2013, said the years after this were a ‘rollercoaster’.

As well as being fired by her own mother, which she said wasn’t ‘too devastating’ as she had another job lined up, Lorna entered a ‘volatile’ relationship and got into debt by trying to start an online coaching business.     

Lorna said: ‘I had $300K in savings, which I burned through over the next four years and racked up roughly $80,000 of debt as every venture failed.

‘Things got so bad I even had to take a job as a laundry delivery driver which only paid $14 per hour.

‘Whilst all of this was happening I was in a volatile but addictive relationship with an emotionally abusive misogynist.

After getting divorced from Annika's father in 2013, Lorna burned through $300K in savings and got into debt after being fired from her job. She is pictured with Annika

The mother-of-one, pictured, used to be in an 'emotionally abusive' relationship before she launched her own life coaching business

After getting divorced from Annika’s father in 2013, Lorna (left, with her daughter) burned through $300K in savings and got into debt after being fired from her job

‘My full-on downward spiral lasted, on and off, for four years. I had several nervous breakdowns and a suicidal scare that left my fiancé feeling shredded, and that shut down what little was left of his affection.’

During this relationship Lorna said things got so bad that she found it ‘painful to lie next to him’ and ended up sleeping ‘on a mattress in a corner of our basement. 

‘After four days, humiliated beyond comprehension I moved in with my parents for two weeks. This meant so did my 9-year-old daughter. There are few moments more shameful to me than this. 

‘I was convinced I was the problem. It took me years to realize I was willingly subjecting myself to brilliantly subtle emotional abuse.’ 

After a drunken fight where she was hit and wrestled to the ground, Lorna moved back in with her parents again. 

She said: ‘It was a pretty horrible for me emotionally, I was having major withdrawal from the relationship. 

‘I was addicted to my ex. I tried to get him back, even though I was the one who left. I begged him to take me back.’ 

To make some money and support her daughter Lorna found a job as a regional sales director of a tech company which came with a six-figure salary. 

Despite appearing to have her life back on track Lorna said she was still struggling every day. 

She said: ‘I was still wrestling every moment of the day with my chronic addiction to my fiancé, secretly sobbing in the bathroom stalls.

‘I knew if I kept this up, I’d be fired, deep down I was doomed, and sure enough it happened again. I couldn’t sell a damn thing. 

‘Ten weeks after I was hired, with no warning, my CEO fired me. This time around I was very scared. I had $1,400 to my name. I thought about ending it all.

‘And then I thought about my daughter. The only thing that stopped me was knowing my parents would have to explain to 10-year-old Annika that her mom had gone.’

Lorna said that her parents offered to help her out for six months and a month later she was diagnosed with bipolar and PTSD.  

She explained how she was diagnosed as suffering from Bipolar 2, PTSD from childhood emotional abuse, two forms of ADD and anxiety mood disorder. 

Despite being the one to split up with her ex - who she was 'addicted too' - Lorna, pictured, kept trying to win him back and 'didn't recognize the brilliantly subtle emotional abuse'

Despite being the one to split up with her ex – who she was ‘addicted too’ – Lorna, pictured, kept trying to win him back and ‘didn’t recognize the brilliantly subtle emotional abuse’

She said: ‘What I have figured out is the mood swings are not necessary. Rather than mood swings I now recognise these periods as times of either high energy or low energy.

‘Most people with bipolar don’t know how to work with it. Once I got rid of my shame around my condition I finally learned to understand my cycle.’

Lorna explained that she uses the times she has ‘high energy’ to work and will not sleep much however she admits that she has to be ‘careful not to over exert’ herself.

She said: ‘I have to be very careful to do this as during my high energy periods I can go for nights at a time with no sleep as I create. 

After losing her third job Lorna, pictured right with her mother, moved back into the family home and was diagnosed with bipolar and PTSD a month later

After losing her third job Lorna, pictured right with her mother, moved back into the family home and was diagnosed with bipolar and PTSD a month later

‘I make sure I take a week off a month, have Mondays and Fridays off where I don’t schedule appointments.’ 

Lorna now helps others to transform their lives and said that she finds ‘people want their pain shown to them.’   

She said: ‘Often my work disrupts the mental and behavioural patterns that keeps them stuck and and causes inner chaos.

‘I tell my clients what to so they can access their true genius. Its like a slight of hand in some ways – a magician appears to do something obvious but the magic takes place behind the scenes.

‘I challenge their psyche in a way that causes them to wake up from the sleep making them miserable.’ 

For example Lorna has recently started working with a brain clinic that cures incurable brain based illnesses including Parkinson’s and Dementia. 

Lorna, pictured, now helps her clients to make 'crazy money' and says she 'challenges their psyche in a way that causes them to wake up'

Lorna, pictured, now helps her clients to make ‘crazy money’ and says she ‘challenges their psyche in a way that causes them to wake up’

She said: ‘They serve clients who have seen 20 doctors before them. Despite their insane results they were terrible at sales. 

‘They didn’t know how to talk about what they do or ask for the sale. Prior to working with me they sold on average $4,250 per month. 

‘Three days after a business summoning call with me they had their first 10K sale and made $42k in our first month of work together.’

Lorna said that others who might be struggling with mental health should try and find someone who really ‘understands’ them for help.

She said: ‘Tell loved ones how you are feeling and get support while working things out. Find someone who knows how to work with mental health for real.  

It’s Imperative to work with someone who understands them as an individual if they want to maintain a high quality of life, and not always turn straight to medication.’