Whether it’s helping employees in the workplace or online individuals anywhere in the world, Clover Douglas’s business is all about wellness and empowerment.

Based in Stoke-on-Trent but potentially working with people anywhere around the globe Clover organises retreats, runs group healing sessions, yoga classes, online sleep sessions and much more.

Her business, I Am Warrior Now, runs sessions at venues including This Girl and Valentine Clays and is increasing working online so that Clover can literally help anyone based anywhere.

The 44-year-old moved to Stoke-on-Trent from London to study Sport, Recreation and Tourism at Staffordshire University and decided to stay living and working in the city after graduating in 2001.

She initially worked in the education sector creating and delivering projects for colleges, prisons and housing organisations before founding her own business in 2016.

“2018 was a time of real change for me,” said Clover. “I went to India to study yoga, shaved my hair off and fixed my back as I’d been having problems with it after a car accident.

“Then lockdown happened and I couldn’t touch anyone or practice the breathwork that had been a significant part of my business. So I ventured online and changed the name of my business from Natural Rays to I Am Warrior Now, because it felt like I really was a warrior.

“I’m giving people practical exercises and ways to reduce their anxiety, concentrate more clearly and come back together. I help people to feel better.”

Clover is currently studying for the Peter Coates MSc in Entrepreneurship.

She said: “It’s really nice to be back at University and to be able to focus on my own dreams. It’s helped me to take more manageable steps forward.

“I also put my big picture down on paper and it felt really good to get it out of my head and into the world.”

Clover has entered the Alumni Business Person of the Year and Business in the Community categories of the Staffordshire University Business Awards.