As I sit in my dream house in Western Australia, looking at the most beautiful view, working from home with my bulldog snoring next to me, I think about how many years I spent dreaming about this life. 💭 My parents raised us three kids with a very strong work ethic; and boy, do we all work hard (probably way too hard, tbh). I started working at 13 years old and had a wide range of jobs…
It rarely starts with a big moment. 🤷🏼♀️ No dramatic fight. No obvious dealbreaker. No clear reason you can point to and say, “This is wrong.” 🤔 As a relationship coach and trauma-informed practitioner who has spent over 20 years working with women in unhealthy dynamics and perpetrators of family violence as a Parole Officer (and having lived it myself in many past relationships) I see this quiet questioning stage all the time. This means awareness is starting to…
As a kid, I could be painfully shy at times. 🙈 Not necessarily with my nearest and dearest, but defo to the external world. Up until about 15, I was part of the crowd at school that only gets noticed for their quirks and awkwardness. I remember hanging out in my small social group (which consisted of the kids of my parents’ mates) and one of the guys, who I really fancied, for some unknown reason asked “Carly, do you…