Neetta Singh With over 14 years of corporate experience, I have worn many hats: employee, mother, wife, daughter, and now, author and Self-Worth and Confidence Rewiring Coach. My journey has been one of growth, challenges, and transformation. For many years, like so many of us, I was fulfilling the responsibilities expected of me in every role. I was deeply invested in caring for my family and progressing in my career, but somewhere along the way, I lost sight of myself. I never gave myself the time or space to reflect, to nurture my own needs, or to set healthy boundaries. I allowed people and circumstances to chip away at my self-worth, all while trying to hold everything together. Then came...
Thien Wong I struggled with low self-esteem and confidence growing up. I was bullied for the way I looked as a skinny person, and this continued into my working life. A colleague at the time cracked a joke, asking if my boyfriend was a dog, because only a dog would like bones. I was crushed, and that led me down to binging food to try to put on weight, and then not eating due to feeling guilty. I realised that was unhealthy, and I also noticed I wasn't physically healthy, falling sick quite often. I decided to change my lifestyle and started going to the gym, working out, and learning about eating healthy. That journey led me to pursue health...
Tanessa Howell Growing up and through my early 20’s I was heavily influenced by the people around me (as most of us are). I was told who I was, what other people thought of me, what I should be planning for my future, what I should avoid doing and being, and most of all who I should be trusting to make these decisions for me. Aside from a few hobbies that I picked out myself, every part of my life was designed by someone else and I didn’t have the trust or the confidence to do anything different. I started to lose touch with the most authentic and happy version of myself that I was when I was little. As...
Kerstin Vollbrecht I'm 44 years old and German. I was raised in Mannheim and Jiddah (Saudi Arabia) and spent most of my youth in Munich, in a dysfunctional middle-class family. While I was materially provided with everything I needed and wanted, I grew up with an alcoholic parent, while the other struggled to keep the family functioning. This led me to develop a strong sense of responsibility to provide emotional support. I became my mother’s confidant and friend, listening to her thoughts and feelings about our situation, which gave me a sense of responsibility for her and others' well-being. Watching her struggle to raise us and keep our family together also gave me an appreciation for the strength women can...
Carolyn Parker I began life in a precarious and shameful way. I was the unexpected daughter of an unmarried mother in the later 1950’s which led to me being forcibly adopted. I grew up as an only child, carrying the inner feeling that I wasn’t good enough and shouldn’t be here. Although I achieved academically, I spent much of my time and energy trying to please others to earn their love, friendship and acceptance. These shaky personal foundations plus my näivety resulted in me being an easy target for those seeking to use and abuse me later in life. To a casual observer my life was pretty normal. Working as a physiotherapist. Married with two children. Living in a detached...
