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Happy International Women’s Day to all the kick ass, amazing women I know! 💗💗 I hope that this day inspires, uplifts and unites us all - we are all wonder woman, after all!

This is a more personal post - not something I’d usually write, and I am crying as I write it (Happy tears, I promise!), so please feel free to skip! But I have been inspired lately by these incredibly strong women standing up for themselves, roaring for equality, for the right to be heard and to be listened to. 🙏🏻 A few years ago, I would never have considered myself a strong woman. In fact, I was broken, and my whole world had collapsed beneath me. I had finally found the courage to leave an emotionally and financially abusive marriage. I was traumatised by everything that had happened and was suffering with PTSD. I was on my own with two small boys to raise (just 2 years old and 6 months - this picture was taken around that time) with no money, no income, and nothing to give them but love.

I had stopped believing in myself. I didn’t think that I could make a difference, and I didn’t think that I could get through it - that I could be happy and that I could show these two small boys what a strong, empowered woman looked like. Someone they could be proud of.

Of course, I did - I HAD to. I had to work hard (really f*cking hard) to put food on the table, clothes on our bodies. I worked to build up my own business, to find my own clients, and to find my own passion. I also had to work hard on myself. I had therapy to overcome that PTSD, I kick boxed and boxed away all the pain, the stress, the trauma. And, as I started believing, I found love again - a real, honest, love with a guy who helped me to become ever more me, and who gave me another gorgeous boy and a stepson to boot. 
The road has had many bumps along the way, and I’m sure there will be many more. But this is my journey - and I own it. No one else. I am strong, I am powerful, and I am happy. Happy to be me, happy to learn, and happy to be a woman. 
Happy Women’s Day you incredible ladies out there - you are all amazing. 💗💗💗 Make sure you tell the ladies who inspire you today that they do so - and tag them below! I ran out of tags!
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