Overview

• Roberts says constant touring in the 2000s pushed her body to “the point of shutdown,” causing extreme headaches and sickness
• While hospitalized in London, doctors feared she had a brain aneurysm before diagnosing stress and burnout
• By the time she left the group in 2010, she had developed viral arthritis, eczema, shingles and a stomach ulcer
• Breathwork: Techniques for Better Mental, Emotional and Physical Health offers practices Roberts credits with restoring her physical and mental wellbeing
• She highlights how the early music industry ignored artists’ mental health and contrasts that with today’s focus on performer care