My updated story.
I never really thought I had a story. I also thought that to have a story it had be amazing, ninja warrior style with action and an amazing ending. I am a bit slow with some things and this is one. My story is amazing. It is colourful. Interesting and seemingly nutritious with heaps of recipes that fulfil my life.
I was born into a hard working family, a father born in the baby boom, a truckie and loud bloke and my kiwi mum, a resilient amazing woman whose strength is utterly medal worthy. An older sister and a younger brother plus a dog who ran away.
We moved a few times around the best state in Australia and have had some pretty great people in our lives throughout that time. I now live in the place I call my home. A local to some and to the born and breds, not a local. I guess it is what you make it and for me, I have donated back to the community the amount of time I have lived here. Still do, still will do and continue to do. It is what makes a town a community, all together making things work and striving to improve where possible.
I have worked in a few places and owned my own coffee shop, catered for thousands, continued to work while birthing and raising my 4 children. I have partied hard and probably too much when younger but all is a learning curve and memories that’ll still make me laugh. I think?!!
I have lost people close in my life and gained some too. Loved hard, lusted and liked, creating a shit storm within myself, slowly brewing something that wasn’t content (what I now know) and something I just thought I would let idle.
BANG.
Enter another dimension in my life.
Depressed, hurt, burnt out, lost, unfocused, chaos. Help……..
I stop all I have. Give in to all these above and feel them all. With the help of a few ears, hands and hearts, I have slowly built myself up. Working towards improving me. Healing myself from the inside out. I will always be healing myself but that is ok as I have overcome the biggest hurdle so far. The doubt and fog has gone. I am able to deal with the negatives better, the anger and the cant’s even though that sucker isn’t even a word to me anymore. (Mick S see this? You always said can’t isn’t a word. I believe you now) To me this is amazing. I feel lighter, better, clearer, and most of all, the brood I bred are able to benefit from it.
Moving forward, I create a FB page to share my newly discovered talents and now more courses studied. More to come too and excited about them!!
I stand now in this present moment. 20 kilograms lighter. A braver woman, a woman with a vision of the next few years, I feel the momentum building and believe that I can deliver on it. I am a proud person who is happy to say what I can do, and to share my story globally. Even though it will change as I grow with it, it’s one that I will tell when needed. I am thankful for the one person who told me in the most passionate way that “what she puts in she gets out”. She also said that she “wears her badge with honour and pride”. It took me a lot of shit to move past this but so bloody worth it. Thank you for waking me up KC. I admire you (always have) and what you share. You are an authentic person who inspires many. One day I hope the hug I give you, it will make amends of the relationship I broke.
So, yes, I am an entrepreneur, a caterer, an intuitive clairvoyant, an energy healer, an enthusiastic foodie, a franchisee, a health coach, a thermomix consultant, a lover, a fighter, an awesome wife and mum and finally a bloody amazing cook!
My story may seem long or short to some but all in all it just shows that anyone can make their life what they want it to be with the right recipe. I am so eager to nurture others!
Pete xx
Peta McIntyre 