My support team
At the start of the change I was also quite conflicted . I knew deep down that I was meant to be doing this , yet I had no job or career path mapped out . As a woman who , from the age of 12 , had worked during the school holidays and had always found waitressing or cleaning jobs during university , I realised that I was out on a precipice . And although I had no idea where I was going to end up , I kept holding onto the slim belief that I would use this psychotherapy training to help me take my musical passions back into the corporate world .
I was also mixing with a totally different group of people . I still remember walking into the room on the first day of psychotherapy training . I had to do a double take : this gathering resembled a hippy tribe , whereas I ’ d come from the corporate world of Chanel suits and French champagne . Yet something inside me said , “ You have to go ahead . You have to take your life to the next level . But first you must understand yourself and find a way to leverage this knowledge into your new creative coaching work .”
Of the people I met in training , two women have become life-long friends and members of my support team .
I met Ivana at the Sydney Opera House when we played in the orchestra for The Australian Opera and Ballet . She had fled from Prague in 1968 during the Russian invasion and , though she had no English , we spoke the same language – the language of music . We were close then and became closer over the years , even when our lives took different paths : hers as a mother , mine as a career woman . I believe that her life ’ s challenges , though very different , enabled her to support me through mine .
I came to meet my other friends , Carmel and Arian , at psychotherapy training . We were all from very different backgrounds : Arian is a former Buddhist nun who has a rich and full life ;
My support team
There are three special women in my life who are my support team - Carmel , Arian and Ivana . We ’ ve known each other for over 15 years and have shared both highs and lows . During this time , we ’ ve all been there for each other : encouraging , supporting , challenging each other in positive ways too .
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