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Inspiring Women Magazine May 2023

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I grew up in and around Warwickshire, a<br />

leafy green county nestled in the middle of<br />

UK. There was a lot of history to be enjoyed<br />

living on the doorstep of Warwick Castle,<br />

one of England’s finest medieval castles,<br />

and Stratford-upon-Avon, the birthplace of<br />

William Shakespeare.<br />

I was shy as a child but still enjoyed having<br />

lots of lovely friends, including a core group<br />

with whom I’m still close. I was an allrounder<br />

at school, grasping the arts and<br />

sciences, but my creative streak is possibly<br />

the thing that most of my peers at school will<br />

remember me for.<br />

A stand-out memory was the school putting<br />

a painting of mine forward for a national<br />

exhibition and finding out it was accepted to<br />

be exhibited at the Mall Galleries in London,<br />

which I proudly attended with my mum!<br />

Moving on ...<br />

I went to Leeds University to study History of<br />

Art, which I really enjoyed, but I didn’t feel<br />

compelled to work in a gallery or museum.<br />

Instead, I decided to apply myself to a career<br />

in digital marketing and online project<br />

management. This was at a time (around<br />

2001!) when most companies and<br />

organizations were still yet to launch their<br />

first websites. The work I did enabled me to<br />

use my creative streak through contributing<br />

to the creative strategy, planning and<br />

design of online media, as well deploying<br />

and developing my organizational and<br />

people skills.<br />

“Goodbyes and New Beginnings”<br />

Of all the people and situations you have said<br />

goodbye to in your life, tell us about two that<br />

you miss the most. Why is that?<br />

I don’t tend to miss situations, even the good<br />

ones, as goodbyes inevitably evolve into new<br />

beginnings anyway.<br />

For example, I have moved house a handful of<br />

times in the past five years, some out of choice<br />

but some through circumstances. This has<br />

presented a challenge for me as I relish feeling<br />

grounded, and having a home environment that<br />

I can really relax in and enjoy is important to me.<br />

However, I have also learned that I can<br />

embrace the challenge of moving and can adapt<br />

to new situations. Looking back, I also value the<br />

contrasting living and life experiences that have<br />

presented themselves as a result of moving.<br />

When it comes to people, I lost my father in my<br />

mid-twenties and I shall always miss him. He<br />

was a rock and his love for me, and all the<br />

family, was unequivocal.<br />

Wellbeing Walk in Great Windsor Park.<br />

Of all the “new beginnings” in your life, tell<br />

us about two that you really remember/that<br />

turned out to be unexpectedly important.<br />

I moved from Kenilworth, Warwickshire to<br />

Englefield Green, Surrey in 2018 to be with<br />

someone. Whilst the relationship didn’t turn<br />

out, the experience proved to be a fantastic<br />

new beginning for other reasons!<br />

Living there for four years, I connected with<br />

wonderful people who helped me create a life<br />

in a new part of the country, and who continue<br />

to play an important role, despite the distance,<br />

now that I’m living in Warwickshire again.<br />

Through groups like AWBS and Real Networking,<br />

and also setting up my own walking group, I met<br />

inspiring, supportive, like-minded people who<br />

have become friends for life.<br />

What goodbyes do you anticipate for you<br />

in the next two years? How do you feel<br />

about them?<br />

I have been through a lot of change and sadly<br />

said goodbye to many people I love who have<br />

passed away. I am currently growing my<br />

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<strong>2023</strong> update<br />

Disordered eating habits and poor body<br />

images are rife. At a time when we are all<br />

exposed to so much noise and contradictory<br />

information in the media and diet culture about<br />

what we should and shouldn’t eat, I am more<br />

committed than ever to helping people connect<br />

with their health in meaningful, intuitive ways<br />

that empower them to nourish themselves<br />

physically and emotionally.<br />

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