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<h3> We have choices in life, yet we have been led to believe that for the most part we do not. We can choose to listen to others, to take on board their words, their advice, indeed we are taught from a very young age that real learning i.e (academic)is something that has to be taught to us. I really hope that this mindset is finally changing. </h3>

At best, we are encouraged to memorize, to follow the guidance of others, to trust in what we are being told and to never question the education that is being given to us. All of this is for a reason of course, because at the end of the day, when we move on from education  we need to be comfortable with taking orders, with doing as we are instructed. This is obviously very important if we are to be successful at our job. 

>But this is something that I have always been uncomfortable with. This idea of conforming to someone else's opinion of who I should be. Of having total trust in what I am being told, even if it goes against everything I believe in. I love to ask questions, a trait that I have happily carried with me since I was a child. I believe everyone has the right to ask questions and the right to have them answered.  




<b>I remember being in secondary school and getting in trouble with my English teacher simply because I questioned her interpretation of a poem we were studying. I wish I could remember who it was by.  What I do remember is that this poet had left no notes about the meaning of his poem, so it was open to interpretation, to anyone's. Including me a 16 year old girl, who was normally quiet, but on this occasion found her voice. I found it very frustrating that we had to follow her interpretation, which she followed from some scholar, which was from a book that probably all the English teachers had. </b> 

In the end,  she moved me to another class, as I was too disruptive or in other words because I refused to agree with her and a long line of scholars or academics. Just another example of this hierarchy that is so prevalent in our world today. Always having some one to look up to, to follow, to lead us all. Never asking questions, the blind leading the blind. 

<h3>Well not me, I wanted to lead myself thanks very much</h3>.  

>On top of all of that I had such a hard time connecting with people who were so disrespectful towards the earth. Why should I listen to you, my supposed Elder when I witnessed you throwing litter outside, when I heard how you talk down to so many people, all the time  being so disrespectful. Why would I want to 'fit in' amongst all of this, why should I even try. 

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So I didn't, but I ended up going on from school into a profession, that really really pushed my buttons. I entered thinking I could change things, I could improve the system. But in the end I just became a part of it, even though I fought hard not to. I worked in Mental Health and I really hoped that I could find a way to help people move away from medication and more towards self empowerment. I spend almost 10 years working in mental health and at the end I was burned out and about to start my journey into motherhood. 

>I fought hard to be a voice for others, to make sure that they had all the information about their treatment, about their rights, but so many, held so much faith in their Doctors and the decisions that they made.  They were only to happy to try a new pill, because their doctor said so. 

There really was this internal fight going on inside of me, on the one hand i wanted to help but I did not want to work in the Heath system. But yet I knew  things really needed to change and some of the things I saw!

<h3>I am who I am, because I kept listening to myself. Yes I fought with myself at times, because I wanted to achieve more. But I stayed aware of what was happening. I kept asking questions. I never trusted others who were disrespectful towards the earth. And  I have always been weary of those that wish to dominate and rule over, who seem to thrive in hierarchy roles. I listened to my gut and I trusted it. </h3>

<b><center>And here I am now, nestled in the mountains, with my children. I still have a desire to work with people, but from a different place. A place that encourages us to reconnect with ourselves, to reconnect with nature, with the wild. This is my passion and one that I am always actively working towards. As we are always evolving and growing. </center></b>

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