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Rebecca Jackson talks to Fempower

about betting on herself, following
her passions and the mindset for
success. Plus she reveals how she
balances such a hectic lifestyle
- and how you can, too!

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Life In The Fast Lane
With REBECCA JACKSON
Rebecca Jackson talks to Fempower about betting on herself, following her passions
and the mindset for success. Plus she reveals how she balances such a hectic lifestyle
- and how you can too!

Championship-winning, profes-
sional racing driver, motoring
journalist, presenter and busi-
ness woman, Rebecca Jackson
truly lives life in the fast lane.

She managed to squeeze us in

for a chat about the road to her
success, with tips on how
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Ever wondered what dating a sugar daddy is really like? Sugar ba
What is a sugar baby?
K: A sugar baby to me is someone
who is empowered. To be a sugar
baby you do not have to have sex or
do anything you don’t want to. YOU
set your own ground rules for what
you want. A sugar baby is someone
who knows what they want and
what they deserve. Usually it is an
attractive person, male or female,
who has a mutual understanding
or relationship with another person
usually of great wealth.
L: Someone who gets paid or
receives gift in exchange for their
time.
What kind of things do you gain
from the arrangement?
K: So many! Not only of course I
have had financial gain but some of
the men I have met have been truly
inspiring. Usually the men I meet
are well off. You typically don’t just
make money from not working hard
and striving to be the best version
of yourself. Most of the men I met
have been incredibly smart. They
have taught me things in business
as well as life. They usually will carry
themselves with confidence and
exude it onto you. They honestly
inspire you to be the best version of
yourself sometimes.
L: Personally, I love making people
happy. Seeing someone pleased,
pleases me. I get satisfaction
knowing my company has done that
for someone. The money and gifts
are nice too!
What do you have to do to receive
these benefits?
K: That is totally up to you - that’s
the beauty of it. You can do as much
or as little as you’d like. You are in
control and you just need to be up
front with what you’re looking for
when meeting the men.
L: Usually nothing except keep the
‘SD’ company. Look pretty, smile and
actually listen to them. Be interested.
Why and how did you become a
sugar baby?
The Secret Life of
L: I just thought one day, ‘hey, why
not? Seems like fun’ and I made a
profile.
K: Honestly, I was just curious. I’ve
had a few friends do it so I said why
not?! I googled it and signed up for
Secret Benefits - a sugar daddy site
- because from what I could see they
were the most credible.
How long have you been doing
this for?
K: About a couple years now on and
off.
L: I’m not doing it anymore but I did it
from 19-22
Have you ever been propositioned
to do something you didn’t want
to do?
L: Of course. I told them they could
purchase a hooker for what they
asked for. I don’t care if you’re paying
for my time - I know my worth and
limits!
K: Yes. I’m always up front with
what I’m comfortable with before I
meet the men so it’s not awkward.
You just kindly reply that is not an
arrangement you’re interested in
and they will either just not respond
or simply say “ I understand”. I have
never felt attacked or had anyone get
aggressive with me after saying no.
Do your family/friends know?
K: Yes. My friends are always so
curious and a few have tried it
themselves!
L: My family definitely not. My
grandma would literally have a heart
attack. My CLOSE friends know. I’d
just rather keep things private - too
many judgments.
What kind of men do you usually
meet?
K: Usually I meet and go for the
successful types. I have met a few
doctors and a couple lawyers and
2 pilots. Usually the men are older:
45-60 but I like a silver fox. I have
dated in shape and a little fluffy men
but I don’t necessarily have a type. I
have dated tall dark and handsome
and short and stubby. It’s really their
personality that makes a difference
to me. I won’t even go on the date
if I don’t connect with the guy. I like
outgoing, funny types who are in
control. All of the men I have seen
have been like that in some regard.
L: Usually white older men who run
businesses and have no time or
patience for modern dating.
Have you ever dated a married
man?
K: No I have not and that is
something that I do not condone.
Some men on sites will be upfront
and say they are looking for a
discreet girl since they are married
and I always stay away from those
ones.
L: I’d be lying if I say I didn’t. Twice,
actually. The first wore his ring on our
first date and said: “oh I thought I’d
mentioned that”. The other flat out
had a conversation about his wife as
if we were two buddies conversing.
Honestly, I didn’t mind. I’m not here
to take the wife’s place, I was there to
fill a void. If anything, I’d like to think I
helped their marriages.
Do you have a job?
T: Yes, I’m an assistant to a doctor.
K: Yes I do. I work at a small, local
company doing their client relations,
social media and marketing.
How long do you think you will
continue this lifestyle?
K: Probably as long as possible or
until I get in a relationship.
L: Well, I think I’m done for now.
Maybe if the offer comes along again
I’ll do it...
Do you have any advice for
anyone who is considering this
lifestyle?
K: Don’t take it too seriously. There
will be creeps like any dating site but
there are always gems. Never forget
your worth and never forget you’re in
control.
L: Be safe and enjoy what you do.
e of a Sugar Baby
ugar babies Kathryn and Lara share the details of how it all works!
Don’t let anyone make you feel less
than what you are or feel shame for
what you’re doing. If you know your
worth and keep that confidence,
you’ll be fine.
Would you recommend it to
people?
K: Yes! If you are on a dating site
already why not!?
L: Only if they can handle it
Have you ever had a terrible
experience?
K: No, not yet, besides just a super
short guy. Thank goodness!
L: I’ve been lucky to have only had
great experiences
What’s the worst experience
you’ve ever had as a sugar baby?
K: That one I mentioned above. I
met this guy on the Secret Benefits
website and he was amazing-looking.
He had broad shoulders, super tan,
long brown hair, quaffed to the side
and perfectly gelled over, gorgeous
brown eyes, perfect chiseled jaw - I
mean, this guy was hot. We flirted
back-and-forth for a while before
deciding to meet up and I was so
excited. We decided to meet at a
local taco place. I got all done up
and ready and was excited to go
after work. When I get there I see
him sitting at the table. He was even
more sexy in person. We talked and
chatted. We had a great time just
hanging out and conversing about
life. It was amazing. I was like ‘oh my
god this guy is the perfect package!’
He then asked if I wanted to get
drinks somewhere else after dinner
and of course I was like ‘heck yeah.
I’m so down’. And then it happened...
He stood up. He got up to leave
and that’s when I saw it... He was…
Short. I’m not even kidding - not
funny short but bad short. Maybe 5
foot? (I’m 5’7). It was awful! I couldn’t
even believe I didn’t realize it before.
I was like ‘oh my god, I don’t know
what to do!’ I panicked, texted my
mum and told her she had to call
me and say it was an emergency
and I had to go home. He totally
knew something was up and caught
on right away. I’m honestly too nice
and total pushover so I just kept
going along with it like it was totally
normal. We went to another bar and
honestly, it was like walking around
with my little brother. Needless to
say we didn’t have a second date but
we remain friends. Yeah, next time
I’m gonna check the height on the
profiles!
L: I don’t really have one - just hated
when creeps would message me and
I’d have to politely tell them off
Is anything totally off limits for you
with regards to dating these men?
K: Hmm, not sure. I’m a very open
person so probably not. Just no
wives!
L: Yes. Disrespecting me in any way,
shape or form. Everything else is up
for discussion.
How many men do you have
arrangements with at once?
L: Never more than 2. I’m too lazy to
keep up with more.
K: Usually I will only talk to 2 or 3
unless I’m very interested and put all
my effort into one guy.
Finally, what is one thing people
don’t know about this lifestyle?
K: That it is not taboo. Not all these
men are marries just looking for a
kinky hook up. There are quality
men out there that just simply want a
sugar baby.
L: It’s not prostitution!!!
The most successful sugar
baby ever? Hear about Holly’s
relationship with the millionaire
sugar daddy she ended up
marrying!
What is the purpose of your site?
Secret Benefits is an online meeting
place for sugar daddies and sugar
babies to explore the exciting world of
sugar dating. It works just like a typical
dating website wherein members
create a profile, search people that
fit their criteria (location, age, etc.)
and can interact with one another via
messaging.
Who is allowed to join your site?
Anyone interested in sugar dating is
welcome.
How do you regulate it?
We have a strong team ticking away
in the background that work to verify
profiles, address any red-flags and
handle customer inquiries. Members
can elect to go through our verification
process which uses photo and video
to certify their profile. We also have
a system in place that flags any
unwelcome behavior - and is addressed
by our team immediately. Our members
are also proud of our community and
message our customer services team
with any questions or comments.
What makes a successful profile?
It’s not much different than a normal
dating profile - keep it honest and
intriguing. Your profile is your first
impression so try to keep it positive.
Tell a bit about yourself - your interests,
hobbies. Speak openly about the type
of arrangement you’re looking for.
Having a great photo is also key.
How involved with the relationships
are you?
Secret Benefits simply provides a
platform for people to meet. Members
are free to let relationships evolve
however they choose.
Confessions of a
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Young • Wild • Free
 BEEN THERE, D
Develop your self-belief
don’t wait for others to give
it to you then you will try
for things beyond you, look
for opportunities that hav-
en’t fallen at your feet and
change your life as you
change your mind(set)!
(experience of anxiety re a
couple of great job options
I missed)
I’d say to stop comparing
yourself to others. Every-
one reaches success at
their own pace and at a
trajectory that feels right
for them, so quit measur-
ing yourself by other peo-
ple’s achievements!
I would tell myself
that its OK to make
mistakes and not
to worry so much
about what every-
one thinks!
Advice to your 20
Live in the moment. Your twenties is your
Be on time. Life goes time for you! Travel,
on. explore work opportuni-
ties, progress yourself...
love will find you so don’t
make that your mission.
Your 30s are for putting
adulting into practice
I would tell myself
that you don’t NEED
college. Follow your
heart fiercely and you
Do not diet!
will be much happier
and still achieve all
the successes that
you dream of!
don’t rush through life. It
will all fall into place in its
own good time.
Follow your passion -
not the money! If you
You can do it. Stop wor-
are passionate about a
rying about what every-
topic and immerse your-
one thinks. Follow your
self the business side
instincts. They’ve got
will come.. and you’ll be
you covered. Oh and
all the more successful
you can run! (Started
for loving what you do.
my training. About time)
E, DONE THAT!
r 20 year old self
Work harder at find-
ing work that you 1, Spend more time with
ADORE...you’re going your Dad. He won’t be
to work hard any- around forever. 2, Go on
way...might as well be more holidays 3, Buy the
fulfilled and happier first house as it will be six
when you are doing it times more expensive in a
few years 4, Don’t buy that
other house 5, It’s not a
good idea to get your hair
Be happy about doing & cut in the same salon your
trying things that make granny uses.
you uncomfortable - just
means you’re growing
your comfort zone ;)
Don’t worry about
what others think
and to end that rela-
tionship after a year
not 6 years!! Have fun, don’t
take things so
seriously, save
The answers are
within you. Get to £5 a week. :)
know yourself and Make friends with
your inner child in- your shadow, she’s
side out. Trust your your best friend
gut. Be open.

Trust yourself. Stop lis-

tening to them. You know
what’s right for you.
Why your 20s might not be the best time
of your life
 Your Girls’ Night Out Through
The Eyes Of The Group Mum
A girls’ night out - is there anything better? The gossip, the laughs, the dancing
and drinking. (Oh, the drinking!) But the night looks very different from the
eyes of a group mum.
 Divya and Trushna Tac
adulting, ghosting, boys, fang

Are they qualified to teach you life skills?

No.
Are they gonna discuss life anyway?
You bet!

When do you start to feel like an adult?

 Tackle life: audio pieces:
fangirling, social media stalking

Is ghosting ever okay? Relationships

 I quit my 9-5 to tra
It’s 7pm on Thursday 6th No-
vember 2014 in a office in Leeds,
England. I’m meant to finish at
5pm. I could go on for hours with
the workload I have but you have
to draw the line somewhere, don’t
you? This is one of many nights
over the past year since I got
promoted.
I’m in the prime of my life, at 25
years old I was the youngest Ac-
count Manager at a very success-
ful digital marketing agency and I
thought I was loving it! However,
right at this moment, just like
many nights before, I’m sweating,
stressed (let’s blame my baldness
now on this period of life!) and
feel a little lost with life. After all,
this is what you’re meant to do
isn’t it? The life story you’re sold
by society. This is what I wanted
for my life. Or is it. These late
nights, stressed to the eyeballs
and wondering if all of this was
making me happy or would lead
to a depressed and early grave.
Seriously.
I’d done what society pushes you
to do. Finish school, go to college,
get a degree and then it’s 9 to
5 world! Move up the corporate
ladder, get a little increase in
salary year after year in return for
increased responsibility in every
way possible. I’d even moved into
a brand new city centre apart-
ment, living on my own for the
first time in my life. I had money
that meant i didn’t need to worry
about paying rent, bills, or even
going out enjoying my weekends
to the fullest. I had everything I
wanted, or did i?
That night, with the typical english
weather of cold and rain, I left the
office just after 7pm and headed
to my apartment. But instead I
went in the opposite direction, I
went to the city. Thankfully it was
a Thursday and shops shut later.
I headed to STA Travel. I knew
they was more to life than this.
That night I booked a round
the world trip for 6 months that
would take me from Rio, Brazil
to explore the very best of South
America to LA in North Ameri-
ca to meet a friend (who’d had
quit his job to do the very same
once he saw what I was doing!)
to the beautiful islands of Fiji for
a couple of weeks, a full month
exploring the otherside of the
world in Australia and then finally
having an adventure of a lifetime
experiencing the likes of Thailand,
Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos in
Far East Asia. And since then,
the way I look at life, the way I
approach MY life has been and
continues to be very different to
the 25 year old Dan…
In Jan 2015 I stopped my life
for the next six months. The city
living life, to move back into my
parents house, a challenging de-
cision at 25 years old but some-
thing I knew I needed to do. My
life’s aim at this moment in time
was to save, and save shit tons!
Four hours commuting from my
parents house to work, five day
a week for a job I didn’t make me
happy, no access to a local gym
I could blow of steam at and no
social life at the weekends. It was
tough. But let me tell you, it was
bloody worth it!
I landed back in Manchester on
23rd December 2015 and I knew
this wouldn’t be the last time. You
hear about the travel bug, well
it’s real that’s for sure. Although
I reckon that’s the wrong way to
describe it, it’s not a travel bug,
you just look at life completely
differently than you did before.
We aren’t meant to be stressed
out sitting behind a desk until 65
years old!!
I got another 9 to 5 in the industry
I used to love, digital marketing,
moved back in with the parents
and 10 months later, October
2016, I was back on a plane. This
time it was a one way ticket to
Thailand. With no work to worry
about, a massive grin on my face,
backpack ready and feeling just
as happy as I did before I knew
this was the best decision of my
life. Exciting, adventure and fun
awaited! Who knew what would
happen….
It’s now 13th April 2018 and I’m
writing this sweating my face off,
and not from stress or hassle
but from the fact it’s 33 degrees
outside here in the city of Sydney,
Australia! It’s not all been awe-
some on this life journey since
2015 (I didn’t enjoy my four week
stint in a Sydney hospital this time
last year!), but I’ve learnt a lot
about myself, about friends, about
life, about happiness, I could go
on all day! Life’s an experience
that you have to live, actually
LIVE. And that’s not done staying
in the same city you were born,
and stressing your face off in a 9
to 5 job.
It’s not for everyone but if you’re
asking a similar question that I
asked myself on that cold night
back in 2014 “Is this it?!” then
save up all the money you can,
move back into your parents, sell
your stuff on eBay (don’t worry,
your future self will do this an-
yways), do whatever it takes to
book a one way ticket to the place
you want to visit the most and see
where the wind takes you….
I’m now living a life I choose, not
the story society tried to sell me.
I’m not buying! This is my life
and I will live it how I want to live
it! The future? Who knows, all I
know is it’s going to be one hell of
an adventure and I can’t wait!
travel - you can too!
 I quit my 9-5 to tra
I was 20 when I booked a one
way ticket to Australia, I was
working in a hotel doing a job that
I hated and none of my friends
were in a position to go travelling
(many were in uni or even had
children) so I decided to go by
myself. Definitely one of the most
nerve wracking experiences of
my life! I left in January 2017 and
only had my first weeks accom-
modation booked in Sydney, I
didn’t really make any further
plans, the only plan I had was to
wing it! I ended up meeting a girl
during my first week (who is now
my very best friend!) who I stuck
with throughout my travels.
We travelled the east coast of
Australia from Sydney to Cairns
which took 3 months. Afterwards
we decided to take a detour and
ended up flying out to Bali where
we spent a month travelling
around the country before flying
back to Melbourne (my favourite
place in Australia!). We rented an
apartment so that we could live
there for a few months and I cele-
brated my 21st birthday there with
my best friend who I didn’t even
know on my previous birthday! It
was mad but incredibly special to
spend 8 months with someone
who was once a stranger but is
now a friend for life.
Travelling solo was quite possibly
the scariest thing I’ve ever done
but I don’t regret it for a second.
It was the first time I’d never had
any commitments or responsibil-
ities and I quite literally had the
world at my feet. The freedom
you feel is incredible and It’s defi-
nitely an experience that every-
one should have at some point in
their life.
Even before I had left university
I found an internship, and then
walked straight into a job at a
financial services firm. I count-
ed myself lucky in a time when
graduates compete hard for
good jobs. Partly, I simply joined
the graduate scheme because
it seemed like a natural contin-
uation of all I had been taught
- from school to university and
then on to a career - sometimes
the clearest path can be the most
comforting.
And yet I had this feeling in the
back of my mind. I learned and
worked hard with some great peo-
ple through ups and downs in the
first three years of my career. It
would be right to say I loved how
I was doing the work - not what I
was doing. There’s an awful lot of
creativity, negotiations and prob-
lem solving that happens in a big
company - then you step back
and realise all you created was an
online form.
One day I spoke to a colleague
and we landed on the theme of
purpose - the idea that you should
have an intention for what you
want to create in life.
I realised I had no purpose. I was
just sucked into the everyday of
my corporate job. It was there I
changed.
It began with thoughts of going
back to Peru to volunteer in the
Amazon. I had been to the place
before and have Peruvian family,
so I thought this could be the per-
fect way to escape from working
life and clear my head again to
think.
In the months of planning, the first
changes came before I even left
Edinburgh. As I stopped funnel-
ling my creativity into my work,
but into my own life, I became full
of ideas. I rediscovered painting
and set up a small t-shirt com-
pany on Etsy, discovering that
people wanted to buy my prints. I
started to blog and create videos
about the plan to travel which
continued after I left the UK.
Volunteering in the Amazon was
hard. Each day I helped chil-
dren with their language and
maths skills, speaking Spanish
the whole time. The landscape
was luscious - I made friends
and explored. We took canoes
to see giant rainforest trees and
rode a boat up to a river beach. I
saw pink dolphins and learned to
catch the local combi buses and
haggle for the right price.
At the same time I felt ill from the
local water, mosquitoes buzzed
and the sweat would drip from
your elbows as you sat. Sadly,
I also realised that the charity
wasn’t going to let me help them
through anything other than daily
lessons with the children and
speaking English.
Again I made up my mind to
move on. I spent a couple of
weeks in Lima with my Peruvian
grandparents, then went on to
Cuba to explore the island and
dance salsa. Back to Lima for a
midnight Christmas celebration
and to Chile, where I walked
through monkey puzzle tree for-
ests in the mist.
Four months later, I’ve moved
back to Cardiff and am thinking
differently from before. I spent a
large part of my housing deposit
and am living like a student again,
but it was worth it. I’ve begun my
new business Authentic House
and, while life is more intense,
I’ve found that taking this time
to travel and open my mind has
developed me in ways I couldn’t
have told. New ideas come soon-
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er and yesterday I had a big idea
for something I’d like to study and
a new path to pursue.
What I’d suggest is to be con-
scious about what you do - trying
something new is the best way
to do this. If you spend your life
head down, working hard, you
may just look up and realise
you’ve missed it.
One way ticket around the world! Do I regret it
or is it the best thing I ever did ........ 
Sat behind the desk at my reception Job in
Mayfair London and the phone rings. I of
course answer in professional manner and
put my auto pilot voice on reciting the script I
have said over a thousand times, to hear my
best friend reply ‘babe it’s me, how does £200
sound one way to New York?’ And that was
that, our flights were booked. We didn’t have
a plan, we didn’t have a time frame, we didn’t
even have a rucksack but what we did have
was each other, a seat on a plane and a disier
to get out of explore.  late, how to budget (still learning this skill), how
So what got me to this stage, why was I pre-
pared to give up a well paying job with taylor
made uniforms, great social life and the glitz
and glamour of Mayfair with a clear career
in front of me? All of the above! At the time
we booked the flights we were 21 and I had
already completed school, 3 years of collage,
multiple jobs, 2 years in a steady job and a
further course in management skills. Where
was the fun? I mean don’t get me wrong I had
plenty of fun times along the way with friends,
holidays, drunken nights I can’t or try not to
remember, girls weekends, weekends with my
then boyfriend, festivals and plenty of Netflix
but that was it. I had got stuck in a rut, Monday
to Friday I would moan about work and clock
watch. 5pm I would leave and head to the
gym, cook dinner, trash TV then bed. Week-
ends I would go out and spend my weeks
allowance on booze, black cabs and fast food.
I could see it all unraveling in front of my eyes.
It was like I was at a the begging of a life I
wasn’t sure I wanted. I felt I was on the edge
of a pool about to dive into compleat adulthood
but something was holding me back, I knew I
wasn’t ready to jump. I could just see I would
stay in this Job is wasn’t passionate  about
until something happened or a promotion
came my, I would continue to go out drinking
my money away and bang I would be 40 with
a husband, family, bills to pay and cloths to
wash with no time or money for me. I would
have no real life experiences, no fun stories,
no adventures, no stickers in the passports,
so we did it, we took the plunge and our lives
changed forever.  support me.
The goodbye’s are the hardest, hugging your
family and not knowing when you will next
see them is something I can’t even begin to
describe. But if I am honest that’s the time I
actually cried the least as we had this whole
adventure awaiting us and I guess back then
I thought we would have been home in year!
By this time we had booked a few more flights
and did have a rough plan of what we would
do and where we would go. Stop one was
America and to the city that never sleeps. The
first 5 days felt very surreal, like a girls week-
end away. It did help that we were staying with
a fiend but then I remember leave her and
the smoke behind and we had no real plan,
we hopped on a bus and booked a hostel and
began this journey. That’s when it felt real,
when we didn’t recognise were we where and
we couldn’t call mum as she was fast asleep.
We had to just make it work, so that’s what we
did. Well we didn’t just make it work we had an
incredible experience. 
We traveled America, Central America and
Asia. We went on planes, boats, trains, sleep-
er trains, busses, chicken busses, bikes. We
saw sky scrapers, Brittney spears, mountains,
famous land marks, paradise style islands,
poverty, wealth, different ways of life, animals,
colourful fish, things I handent even dreamt of
or knew existed, monks at 5am praying and
villagers offering them food, art work rivers.
We walked around market stalls, temples,
acient pyramids, Myan ruins, swamps, jungles,
beaches. We learnt salsa, how to make choco-
to cook, how to make friends, look out for each
other, how to get by on not much, read maps,
ask questions, follow our guts. We laughed,
we cried, we got sun burnt, we got bitten, we
made friends for life, we faught off a wild pig!
We made memories that will last forever and
created a fountain of knowledge I still don’t
even know I have. You learn so much about
the world, people and most of all yourself but
the magic of it all is you don’t even realise it’s
happening. Your confidence grows and you
realise you can actually do anything. Don’t get
me wrong it wasn’t all fun and games, we had
some hairy moments and some low points too.
I remember getting a bit excited at the begging
and realising that to survive we may need to
cut back so cereal out of plastic cups it’s was! 
Would I do it again? Yes, in a heart beat! I’m
not saying I would pack my life up again now,
mostly because I’m not sure I could handle a
12 bed mixed dorms anymore but if the clocks
went back and I was given the option to do it
again there would be absolutely no hesitation.
Thanks to traveling I ended up in Australia, a
place I thought I would be for 6 months, it’s
now been over 3 years I left the U.K. Thanks
to traveling I have a fabulous life. I have a
job I actually like and the confidence and life
experience to know how to handle my self
and  situations. I spend time with friends I have
chosen who have a similar out look as me. I
have the most incredible supportive boyfriend.
Yes I miss my family more than they will ever
know. Yes I miss my friends back home like
you wouldn’t believe but they all love me and
 
If you are in two minds about traveling then
just book it. I NEVER wanted to travel and
honestly I thought ‘the gap year’ was the
biggest cop out ever but you learn more than
any school, university or job can ever teach
you. What’s the worst that can happen, you
don’t like it? Well you can always book a flight
home. 
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Finding balance while living in

this crazy, busy world is quite the
challenge. No matter what stage of life
you are in currently--whether you are
a student, starting a new job, working,
starting a new relationship, moving to
a new city, getting married, or a new
parent-- the common feeling is that
there’s just not enough time in the
day to dedicate to ourselves and our
wellness. With all of our numerous
responsibilities and commitments, we
tend to put ourselves at the bottom
of our to-do list and usually as an
addendum.

However, if we neglect to take care

of ourselves, our entire self—mind,
body and soul—we find that we lose
the spark to our life, who we are, and
what makes us unique and brilliant.
Dr. Nadia Sabri is We can even find ourselves asking,
“What the hell am I doing with my
life?”

My goal has been to help others while

living my best life. As a doctor, I am
able to help people in various aspects
of their lives. It is very demanding
work and as with any job, I have found
that balance is key to prevent burnout,
fatigue, and job dissatisfaction. Over
time, I’ve found ways to find balance
in my life so that I stay energized,
motivated, and happy. I have also
been lucky to have travelled, lived
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in many different places, and met a intentionally, mindfully, and holistically
lot of different people - having some is stronger than ever. I share my
interesting mini-adventures along the experiences to empower others to live
way. their best life, no matter what stage of
life or what obstacles they may face.
Of course, life has a way of throwing
curveballs just when things seem to In the words of Abraham Maslow, “[i]
be in a good place, right? For me, n any given moment, we have two
it was recently finding out about options: to step forward into growth or
a concerning thyroid nodule. The to step back into safety”.
possible implications of the nodule
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As you can imagine, having balance!
something affect your life, especially
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and what that means for the future
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Right now, my incision is still healing

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have made you stronger as well.

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stronger by our experiences and
every experience brings us to where
we need to be.
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I am childless, not by choice, by a mixture
of events and family characteristics that
led to me to have membership of a club I
never wanted to join. I wanted the mother-
hood club, not the childless one. Whilst I
hope one day to write about my situation as
“childfree”, indicating that I have fully ac-
cepted and embraced the different turn my
life took, I am not quite there yet. Accept-
ance is a long and painful journey.
The years of passive grieving, when I didn’t
realise I needed to grieve, have all taken
their toll. My sense of failure was immense
and my “mojo” had fled to the far side of
the moon. Now there are exciting signs
that acceptance is on the horizon, yet I am
still “work in progress”. One of the biggest
challenges is forgiving myself, and others,
for the decisions made in the past that, if
changed, could have resulted in parent-
hood. I’ve had to accept that my sister,
mother and grandmother didn’t share they
had endometriosis , the cause of my infertil-
ity, despite talking about almost everything
else. If I’d known I was high risk I could
have make other life choices: who knows
what would have happened if I’d had eggs
frozen in my mid-20s.
By the time I was in my late 30s I was
struggling to conceive yet there was no tan-
gible reason WHY: the doctors simply told
us to go away, have lots of sex and hope
for the best. Unfortunately, it wasn’t until I
was 40 that I discovered I had very aggres-
sive Endometriosis. Despite having no pre-
vious symptoms I’d already reached Stage
4 out of, you’ve guessed it, four stages.
The first indication there was something
seriously wrong was at 3am on the morning
of my 40th birthday. I woke up in screaming
agony feeling like an elephant was playing
football with my left ovary. There wasn’t
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much we could do whilst on an island in the
Bahamas apart from drink more Rum Punch
to deaden the pain. Once back in the UK a
referral to a gynaecologist let to an endo-
metriosis diagnosis a few months later.
Nothing actually happened during my first
surgery: my surgeon took one look inside
me and sent me back to the ward. I was
going to need extensive specialist surgery
before being put on the IVF waiting list.
Andrew and I had to self-fund this because
of our age: at 41 I was too old for even one
cycle on the NHS. Unfortunately, our one
chance failed. We didn’t even get to the “2
weeks wait” as none of my eight eggs fertil-
ised. GAME OVER.
We crawled back home to hide under a
rock for years, not knowing what to do.
Certainly not knowing we needed to grieve.
We hit rock bottom about four years ago:
our depression so severe we hardly left the
house. At that point I knew something had
to change so I started seeking out people
who had gone through a similar situation
and would understand our pain. I do write
“OUR” because Andrew suffered too.
My healing started as I began to write
about the pit of despair that was our life.
This was a huge turning point for me: I’ve
always loved writing and I was now find-
ing it very cathartic. Not only that, I started
to share some of my words and people
began thanking me for articulating what
they struggled to express. An idea formed:
I would write a blog and perhaps a book.
Time passed. The blog morphed into “The
Childless Not By Choice Magazine” which
in turn led to the “We Are Worthy! Summit”
From the depths of depression Andrew and
I have risen, phoenix-like, from the ashes.
Whilst we will never have children we have
managed to find the gifts in our heart ache
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 THINK LIKE A BOSS
I’m Katie Colella, a Business Mentor
working with ladies just starting up in
business. I help deal with all the overwhelm,
by breaking down what needs to be done
to get a plan in place and get closer to
your goals. I hold clients accountable,
help, support, teach and generally I’m their
biggest cheerleader, making sure they
believe in their abilities.
I’ve been in business off and on since I
started my first business at 18. I’ve had
the multi-6 figure businesses and the
businesses that weren’t so great. I’ve sold
2 of my successful businesses for a profit
and have now been self-employed for the
past 11 years. Above all, I’ve learnt from
them all!
When I sold my last business, I started
up as a Virtual Assistant, helping other
female entrepreneurs with all the tasks
they didn’t enjoy or didn’t have time for.
I knew I couldn’t have been the only one
that was struggling with being a power
freak and trying to do it all myself, so this
seemed like the perfect place to start my
latest business. As time has gone on, it’s
organically evolved into mentoring too. I
now feel this is my calling to help others in
their businesses and share my skills and
experience.
Based on my many years running my
own business, I’d love to share with my
top 5 tips to think like a boss and have an
awesome mindset.
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I’d love to hear about your business, so feel free to get in
touch.
1. Believe in YOURSELF
If I went back in time, the biggest thing I would
tell myself is belief is everything. Seriously, if you
don’t believe in yourself, it’ll be a struggle. Get
rid of the Negative-Nelly mindset and believe
you are capable of anything. Confidence before
competence.
2. Gratitude Rocks!
Again, if someone told me this when I was much
younger, I wouldn’t have believed a word of
it, but it really is true. Start and end your day
with gratitude. What are you feeling thankful for
right now? Don’t dwell on what you don’t have,
concentrate on what you already have.
3. Meditation
Sound a bit airy-fairy for you? Please try it. The
power of the mind is phenomenal and is working
constantly. Sometimes, we need to take a few
minutes to switch off from all the noise and listen
to what our mind is telling us. If you struggle to
sit still and truly switch off the constant chatter,
there are loads of guided meditations on
YouTube.
4. Positivity
Surround yourself with as much positivity as
possible. Read books that make you grow.
Watch videos that inspire you. Listen to
podcasts that motivate you. Find which tools
help you to stay at your highest frequency.
Surround yourself with those that support you
and have your back.
5. Take Action!
I can’t stress this point enough. Yes, it sounds
so simple, but how many people actually do it?
Just start today. Done is better than perfect. Just
take steps every day toward your goals. If I can
start 5 businesses, go through loads of ups and
downs and now spend my days happily helping
others make their dream a reality, I know you
can. Just start, gorgeous!
Katie x
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