Finding Me

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Marylayo: Looking back, I would now say that

those early COVID months were life changing

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for me.

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Yes, it was because of all the crazy, surreal

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and devastating stuff that was happening

around.

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But it was more than that.

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You see, for quite some time before then, I

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was living in unsettled and fast paced

lifestyle.

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And that was life.

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I just got on with it.

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Then all of a sudden, I had time.

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Time to discover that jogging was not just

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reserved for the elite early birds that were

super health conscious and disciplined.

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I found that I somehow could also stop my day

early and jog before work.

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Time to discover that baking was not just

reserved for the ultra skilled homemakers.

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I found that I, too, with my limited culinary

skills, could not just eat good cakes.

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I could make them too.

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You see, I had time.

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Time to discover me.

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And it was during this season when I would jog

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and listen to music, that I would reflect and

come to realize that over many years I had

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lost parts of me along the way.

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And there was one song that I would listen to

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over and over again, because it seemed to

really get how I was feeling.

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Yes, I was still Mary lyle, but I had evolved

to become a shadow of my former true self, and

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it boiled down to the challenging seasons and

events that life froze our way.

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I say all of this because it's those types of

seasons and events that many of us, not just

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me, encounter.

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And I want to explore them through this

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podcast.

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This is me stepping out of the shadows and

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voicing them out.

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This is me learning and sharing with guests

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who may be much more knowledgeable on topics,

talking about issues that can have an adverse

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effect on our mental and spiritual wellbeing.

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This is me doing what I'm passionate about and

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finding me again.

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Welcome to Marylayo talks.