You’re writing your autobiography. What’s your opening sentence? Introducing the life of a woman: an explorer, a weightlifter, a traveller, a businesswoman, a carer, a leader, a lover, a fighter.

Do you believe in fate/destiny? I believe that we each have a path laid out for us – or multiple paths in fact and that are our decisions and actions and how we develop as people will determine which path we end up on. I believe that we meet the exact right people, at the…

Do you enjoy your job? I could talk for hours on the way importance of enjoying your job. So many people feel trapped inside a job that despise and that they have no passion on longing to do. It is not part of their dream. Understandably, there can be a lot of influencing factors that…

If you could permanently ban a word from general usage, which one would it be? Why? I’m afraid I can’t just pick one so I will list a few. To start, I wouldn’t ban swear words but I would try to lessen their use at least – I am currently trying to work on swearing…

What is the biggest challenge you will face in the next six months? The next 6 months – year are going to be so important for me. My biggest challenges will be growing by myself again and maintaining discipline to do the things I want and need to do. I have recently gone through a…

What advice would you give to your teenage self? I am in fact still a teenager at this time of writing – however I have plenty of advice for my younger teen self. To my 14 year old sad self who knew nothing truly about the world, who had no self confidence, did everything to…

Who are your favorite people to be around? The best people I personally love to be around are my close friends and family. My friends of which some I have known for years and we have watched one another grow up and others I have developed over the past few years through work, gym etc.…

Do you need a break? From what? Sometimes, we just need a break. It could be from a job, from caring for people, from ourselves, an evil manager, our kids, our partner, our family. I think perhaps calling it a ‘break’ has negative connotations as it implies that we need to get away from whatever…

How do significant life events or the passage of time influence your perspective on life? This is a gooddd one. I believe that life events can completely alter a persons perspective on life. Things, situations, tragedies, traumas, losses all impact now a person thinks, feels, interacts with others and moves forward. Don’t get me wrong…