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What experiences as a woman I am proud of
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Lindsay?
I
think
so.
I
can't see. Oh, there you are. OK,
so
that's all right. Don't worry. Technological hitch is are all part of being on Zoom?
Don't worry about that.
I just wondered if you'd share something about an experience you've had as a woman
that you're very proud of.
Well, I've had a several experiences. Do you want more than one or
just
as many as you? Like Lindsay, It's entirely up to you.
Well,
a first.
Well, when I was 16,
I first beat. I was the first girl in the UK
to beat the BLEEP test as a female.
So that was one of their experiences. Um,
And then a one.
I won silver.
I went in the in the like
the swimming go
like the nationals
swimming.
Go back. I
won.
I won gold, but they have to do the test again because they did it the wrong way around,
which won't happy again.
End up coming second, but still achievements
women.
Absolutely.
Yes.
And then, um,
I got to play like the netball championships
around, um,
in the nationals and I met um,
Ricky at
it was given them
certificates out
and then from there.
Um,
I've overcome, like,
mental. Well, not a lot.
And I'm going battle for mental health. And,
um, it just frac your, um,
like, I'm still, like, overcoming that. Do you know what I mean? Like what?
Like,
are the challenges that I seem to have
I seem to overcome, Like
And then
when I was 19,
um, I couldn't live with my mom anymore.
So I ended up going and support accommodation
and ended up working for
I almost travelled to
called 24 7 project that I was helping
young people
like teaching them
skills and about homeless nursing
around schools.
And that's where we've got army peer mentoring
qualifications
from
when I was there for seven years.
And then you plan to get your own flat at the age of 19.
Um,
so that's one of my proudest things because not
many people can live on their own at 19.
Absolutely.
And then,
um
sorry. Sorry.
No, it's all right. You go ahead.
And then, um,
what's it called? And then I ended up going through a rough time of mental health and
stuff like that and the depression and stuff.
So I end up like, leading to a domestic violence,
leaving a domestic violence relationship.
Um, so overcoming that and still being there from that
is a really big achievement for me.
And then
I like since that I've achieved, like, several qualifications and
working for CLI
and, um,
like, coming in the group Facilitator of the Year award,
which was one of my biggest achievements I've ever got.
Um,
I'm getting, um
I'm getting an interview for a girl. Trainee. Shit.
I've never I've not had an interview since I was 16,
and it was a really hard process.
Unfortunately, I didn't get the job, but
it was really, like, you know, lucky to get an interview.
Yeah, I like,
um
and then, yeah, obviously, like doing my poetry,
the write poetry,
um, been doing it for all my nights and stuff like that.
And then
I'm back on track,
um,
going to back on track, and they a
competition called home, coming to back on track and end up
getting in beating 2000 people in a competition.
That's amazing, Lindsay,
But the dyslexic poem called What's That word
and then
so I I I like
I keep writing poetry now
and it seems like going like all around the world, like
I'm being featured in magazines. I'm featured in newsletters
and stuff like that.
Really?
And like, just like proud that I ended up like in lockdown, overcoming lockdown,
um,
bringing me pit back
because I was fighting for my pit for two years.
That's for people that don't know what Pip is. It's for a disabled.
It's like payment for people with disabilities and stuff.
Um,
yeah,
I ended up winning them after fighting them for two years,
and it was just a horrendous battle,
and they end up getting it in the end, which was a a really good achievement.
And
and this year, we wanting to overcome
my fears of driving. And then what that
do? MRI. And again,
I feel like nothing would stop you, Lindsay, you've had such a lot of
amazing achievements and overcoming lots of obstacles.
I know from what you just said that the poetry is a big thing for you.
Would you like to say more about that?
Yeah, well, I just love writing poetry and use it to, like,
overcome, overcome my
thoughts and overcome,
like, you know, like, feel like my feelings down and stuff like what I feel
because I got just fracture. Like I said,
I struggle to communicate my feelings and thoughts.
So, um, the way now to express that is through poetry
and people may
be
more free.
And it must have been a huge achievement to overcome,
um, to beat 2000
applicants for the everyone's and artist exhibition at home last year.
What did that involve? Once you got picked for that exhibition?
Well, just like emailed Matt.
And then they told me that they invited me to
the 100 of it into an open night night session.
Yeah. So,
um, in January. So they invited me along to that session,
and then they gave me a slot. So that's when I read out the slot
in that open mic night session.
And there's a few of other artists there as well that got through.
That's amazing.
That's a huge achievement and everything you've mentioned like having
your own flat and living your own life at 19.
That must have included a lot of challenges for such a young person.
Um,
what do you think it is that gives you the strength to overcome all these obstacles.
Lindsay,
I was saying like I was thinking about this the other day, To be honest with you, I
think I've got very high emotional
Brazil,
Brazil.
I can't say that.
Yeah,
And they I've got an amazing mom. An amazing like, um
a
to support me and I
an amazing colleagues
at my volunteer job, and And I've got really good friends as well.
And I don't think I could have done all that like overcoming,
you know, even
maps and
were coming in homeless in the mum, my mum's living room and stuff like that.
If it wasn't for that support,
I don't think I still would have been there.
That's wonderful that you've got that support and
lots of the people that you just mentioned
are also women. So do you think it's a,
um,
a characteristic of women that we have this
resilience when obstacles are placed in our path?
Or do you think it's
you've just got this amazing resilience,
which it sounds like to have overcome everything?
Yeah, I just think as women we have got that because
we're born into a world where we don't just
I'm not trying to make make this sound sexist, by the way,
um,
but we we find, get things more harder than men
and
not get in the,
uh, not get, like
the word advises across as much as what they can
and into the right places that they can.
So I think like it stems from
that.
And my mum's always taught me to, like,
be strong and be be your own and can count up for yourself.
And
you don't need any man
and stuff like that
and always taught me to fight because she knows
that I had disabilities from a very young age.
She said, Don't like that,
um,
disabled you, you know,
play.
It sounds
like she's
like she's like my superhero.
Oh, that's a lovely thing to say to the superhero That's your mom.
And what you've been saying seems to indicate that
you think that women are generally strong and resilient.
If you were to give a message Lindsay to someone at 19
who found themselves homeless,
facing disabilities and having to find their place in the world,
what advice would you give them?
If anything,
I'll just say, believe in yourself and then
others will believe in you.
I think that's a lovely place to end, Lindsay, Thank you.
Believing in yourself and others will believe in you.
That's a wonderful way to end our conversation. And can I just thank you again
for taking the time to, um, share your story with us?
An absolutely inspirational story. And
I'd say you deserve all the good things that are coming to
you now with your Internet success with your poetry and everything else.
So thanks so much, Lindsay.
You
keep on this stage,
you open our
back.
Thank you very much. Thank you.
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