crohns & chronic illness

You didn't choose this path.
But you don't have to walk it alone.

Support from someone who truly understands - from the inside.

i know what it feels like when your body stops being yours

One day you are strong, living fully. The next, everything changes.

Maybe you've just been diagnosed and you're terrified. You've heard the word — Crohn's, colitis, IBD — and you don't yet know what it means for your life. The medical team treats the inflammation. The scans and tests blur into one. But nobody tells you what to do with the fear.

Or maybe you've been living with this for years. You know the cycle. The flares and the remissions. The good weeks and the weeks where getting out of the car takes everything you have. You've learned to manage — but managing isn't the same as living.


I want to change that. Because I have been exactly where you are - and I found a way through.

Nutrition & gut health

Understanding what your body can and can't tolerate. Building a way of eating that nourishes rather than inflames. Supplementation — particularly B12 and Vitamin D that you may not be absorbing properly.

How i can help

Living well with Crohn's - what that actually looks like.

I work with people living with Crohn's, colitis and other chronic conditions on four interconnected areas:

Rebuilding confidence

Rediscovering who you are now. Finding what your body can do rather than focusing on what it can't. Learning to be kind to yourself on the hard days and celebrate the small wins.

Mental & emotional wellbeing

Working through the anxiety, the grief and the loss of identity that chronic illness brings. Using CBT, IEMT and other tools to help you find solid ground — not just coping, but genuinely feeling like yourself.

Movement & physical health

Finding a form of movement that works with your condition rather than against it. Gentle, appropriate and entirely personal — built around your energy levels, your flares and your real life.

What they don’t always tell you

The reality of living with Crohn’s

Person with chronic illness feeling isolated - the mental health toll of living with Crohn's disease
Person with Crohn's disease reflecting on identity and life with chronic illness
Vitamin C and gut health supplements for Crohn's disease nutrition support
Woman holding stethoscope heart shape - Crohn's disease can be managed with the right support

The absorption problem

Crohn's affects the gut's ability to absorb nutrients. B12 and Vitamin D deficiencies are common and can profoundly affect your energy, mood and mental function. Getting supplementation right is not optional — it's foundational.

It can be managed — not cured

Crohn's is a lifelong condition that ebbs and flows. Living well with it requires understanding it deeply — not just medically, but mentally, nutritionally and emotionally

The identity piece

When your body changes and you can no longer do the things that defined you, you face a question nobody prepares you for: who am I now? That question needs to be answered. And it can be.

The mental health toll

Chronic illness and mental health are inseparable. The loss of control, the uncertainty, the physical changes, the isolation — all of it takes a toll that goes far beyond physical symptoms. This is not weakness. It is the human response to having your world turned upside down.

my story

I’m not getting my Crohn’s knowledge from just a book. I live it. Check out my story to see how I got to this point, to be here to support you now.

Caerey Ball - The Wellness Coach - Mind & Body Specialist - Crohns & Chronic coach

I woke up one morning and couldn't lift my right leg.

“The day before, I had been training. Working. Living the life I had built — active, physical, full of energy and purpose. Surfing when I could. Martial arts. The kind of life where your body is your own and you never once think to question it. And then, without warning, it wasn't anymore…”

What happened next - the weeks in hospital, the diagnosis, the medications, the mental health toll, the turning point and the rebuild - is a story I want to share with you in full.

One conversation. No pressure. No commitment. Just someone who genuinely gets it.

You don’t have to face this alone

Whether you’ve just been diagnosed or lived with this for years - I’m here.

"I felt completely lost in a sea of information with nobody who truly understood. Caerey understood — not just clinically, but humanly. For the first time since my diagnosis I felt like someone was genuinely in my corner."

Julia P. — Nursery Teacher UK