I spent years being very good at performing a list that looked good to everyone else. A good relationship, a successful career, nice house. Everything ticked off the perfect life list - yet something felt wrong.

I couldn't describe it, but my body kept sending me signals, through burnout, illness, withdrawal and persistent feelings that something was missing. I felt lost, but I was so busy looking after everyone else and meeting their expectations, that I never stopped to ask myself what I actually wanted.

When I became a mother, that started to change. I began figuring out who I was and what example I wanted to set for my children.
I left the career I had built and set up a business that allowed me to work around my children, because they needed to see that they were my priority and I knew that I needed to live differently.

I wasn't easy, but it changed my life in the best way.