I am passionate about improving the lives of young people.
I recognise how support from others is vital, after having suffered with my own challenges and mental ill health in the past. I especially know how this feels as a young person.
As a teenager I saw my Mum unwell with cancer for many years. Sadly, she passed away when I was 21 leaving a huge gap in my life at a key time when I was growing into an adult, trying to make choices about my own life, career and relationships. All things a girl needs her Mum to guide her through.
After years of my life on hold worrying about my Mum, she was now gone. I was unsure how to plan for my own future, it’s not something I thought I could really do. Times were very uncertain, and I struggled to move forward to develop into the person that I longed to be, I was so overcome by grief. I just didn’t know how.
However, over time I looked to change this outlook, I took responsibility, asked for help and moved forward in my life. Small steps are all I took, one day at a time. I started to become curious about the world. I wanted to understand my unhelpful thoughts and what I could do to turn things around.
I invested in myself…from the inside out.
Everyone has the power to find their own meaning in life.
Choose to live that life today.