The Woman I Was Born To Be
For the past 15 years or so, my email signature includes the tag line
The woman I was born to be.
Susan Boyle sang Who I Was Born To Be around the time I was going through an intensive ADHD coaching process to find who the real me was. I loved the lyrics of this song and I admired her courage to overcome her fears and face the world on Britain's Got Talent.
Susan has been a lot more successful than I have been. I got kicked out of the school choir in Grade 8 because I couldn't sing. I was mortified as all my friends sang beautifully.
OK, ok, I know. I do have other talents but a few million pounds in the bank would help.
My blogposts here are about my ongoing journey of self discovery.
What I do know about myself is that what you see is what you get.
- Passionate
- Emotional - the tears come easily whether in anger, sadness or happiness
- An activist. I loathe injustice.
- A lifelong learner
- Resilient
Welcome to my personal website.
In 2002 at the age of 47, I broke. It was the most humiliating time of my life. I behaved appallingly and caused my now (ex) husband and 2 sons who were 21 and 18 enormous embarrassment and hurt. Although I have mostly forgiven myself I still sometimes cringe at the memories.
Was it menopause or was it because I was burnt out from work and family responsibilities? Probably a combination. I only realised much later that I was very codependent and that childhood trauma at age 8 had stunted my emotional growth.
I knew that if I wanted to survive, I had to leave my 25 year marriage and find a new path.
On the 14th of April 2002, I bid my family farewell and boarded a plane for Greece for a 4 month adventure.
Keeping a daily journal of this adventure, unlocked a love for writing, and for the past 20 years I have written numerous blog posts on a variety of topics, created content for our business websites, and even have a couple of fiction novels which I started and hope one day to complete.
I am keeping this website as a personal blog about my journey of discovering who I am and the travel addventures I have been lucky enough to enjoy.
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