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1 INTRODUCTION

Have you ever wondered why it is that some people seem to have it all figured out

while others of us seem to sit there struggling through life? I know a few years ago I

was that person. I remember looking around me and thinking “how is it that everyone

else seems to have it all worked out and I can't seem to get my act together?”

By that stage I had had a failed marriage. I was a single mum. I didn't own anything at

all. I lived in a tiny shack and I wasn't doing great at work. If I'm being totally honest I

was a little depressed and I was drinking too much on a regular basis. It wasn't until I

had a situation happen to me that I got triggered to start asking the question about

how to improve my life.

I had been online dating quite casually. I hadn't taken it too seriously. And then one

day I came across a lovely guy who seemed genuine at the time but as it turned out

he was not genuine and he was in fact married. For whatever reason that situation

made me realise that I didn't want to be that person anymore. I didn't want to be the

kind of person that a married guy thought it was ok to string along pretending to be

single because I had a big label on my forehead saying come and play games with me

or take advantage of me.

I had been in a number of failed relationships by that stage and this situation was the

cherry on the cake. It was the wake-up call I needed to make me realise that I was

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