A SINGLE mother from Hartlepool is turning heads with her new business venture.
Joanne Maiden, 31, who has set up a mobile reflexology and Indian head massage business, is a convert to holistic medicine.
She said: "Reflexology changed my life in many ways. I started having it a couple of years ago and my asthma has improved greatly, as well as my general health."
Ms Maiden is so convinced reflexology and Indian head massage provide a sense of wellbeing that she takes time to give her five-year-old daughter a treatment once a week.
She said yesterday: "I use it on myself as well. I believe it does free up energy flows and keeps infections away and it is also wonderful as a stress reliever."
When Ms Maiden decided to go self-employed she contacted the Hartlepool branch of InBiz, which arranged for her to go on a government New Deal programme. She was also given a loan from the Prince's Trust to buy a car.
InBiz can be contacted at its Stockton head office, on (01642) 610610.
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