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\u201cI\u2019m comfortable with keeping myself company but that hasn\u2019t always been like that. Survive to deserve my existence. The feeling of abandonment has been the main red thread running through my life. Indulged in my own pain, feeling sorry for myself. Such a waste of time, but part of the healing journey I guess. You see, I\u2019m from a humble background. We just had enough food growing up. We were immigrants coming from Iran, moving to the Netherlands. I was so privileged to be raised in an incredible country. The only reason why I\u2019m mentioning this is because I never really had mentors, no people I looked up to. No possible proof that life can actually be better. No one telling me that I have a choice, or even showing me that someone like me has got the slightest chance to live a life of abundance. All I had was a lot of books, which I always escaped into and a strong feeling of wanting to earn significance. I basically wanted to feel worthy and feel loved.<\/p>\n
\u201cLiving now the life that I live, being able to give my children a life I never knew I would be able to have has made me reflect so much. How I could have avoided feeling so alone for so many times and years. What would have helped me, is to hear other women\u2019s stories, to hear how they have overcome, to hear what they felt and what they did. To see how they turn their pain into something beautiful. I would have loved to have access to such a thing. There is something so powerful about witnessing someone\u2019s story of resilience and overcoming. It really changes you. And so that\u2019s why I created Her Side of the Stories<\/i>. A podcast where I sit down with the most incredible women I come across, to talk and honour their lives. To feel their highs, their lows, and their journey of transformation. Because at the end one of the biggest realisations of my travels was witnessing that we\u2019re all the same, we go through the same challenges and we long for the same things. We film the episodes in our enchanted forest here on beloved Ibiza, the island Andy, our two kids and I have been lucky enough to call our home for the last 8 years. Our guests range from well-known women to real-life warriors. Let the power of community heal and inspire all of us, it has certainly changed me.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe release a new conversation every Tuesday at 3PM CET, on YouTube where you can subscribe for free. It\u2019s an honour to be here with you.\u201d<\/p>\n
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