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Maddison, Lockdown Day 386
What lessons has Covid-19 taught you so far?
What happened in 2020 taught me to trust God and lean not on my own understanding! That love never fails. But wisdom is still essential.
It’s taught me how to love more & to further practice gratitude for every experience, seeing all as opportunities.
Gatitude really does build a positive attitude. Tried and tested!
What you speak is more impacting than what you eat but I still read ingredients labels. I am most of all thankful for my relationship to the creator which I mainly credit for my health!
What do you miss the most?
I honestly felt like everyone was joining me in my stay at home reality as a then pregnant mum of two under 4… I missed most of all my grandma’s who we were restricted at times from seeing. And I missed being able to take the kids out to cafes, play areas and to connect with people! We definitely indulged in friendships with anyone we connected with in our local community instead. I also missed having a baby shower and visitors one would usually have after having a baby!
I am so enjoying starting to see wider family and friends again as before. I feel like a butterfly at this point in my life, out of my cocoon! That’s why I loved your choice of inspiration for this project. For me the time at home has been really beneficial for developing myself.
Tell me a bit about your current situation
I am wife of music producer Jazz Purple & mother to our three children, (all under five). I am also a descendent of British Royalty, and an advocate for mental health I am a Christian, small business owner & recruiter; and reformed fashion model.
Tell me a bit about your current situation
I was a model from about the age of 16 and by the age of 20 I’d peaked at the height of An eating disorder, depression, addiction to cocaine and marijuana and battle with suicidal thoughts.
Despite trying to pursue my dream of acting, and not only trying to, but actually attending acting classes and playing the lead role in a play, seemingly living my dream… It was not enough to overcome the mental health struggles fully. I actively avoided doctors and psychologists at the time due to fear. While today I recognise that there is no need to fear health care systems, that fear forced me to do everything in my own power to be healthy.
My issues were not resolved this way, but doing this plugged me into my power, purpose and positivity! Searching for the truth about my issues, and the solutions. It was only upon an invitation from a Christian at the right moment, that I encountered Jesus Christ who set me free, entirely, from the depression, the addiction, the eating disorder AND from having not had any periods for 2 years (and having the absolute displeasure of being told that due to polycystic ovaries I probably wouldn’t be able to have children). A few weeks after being saved I cried out to God and was prayed for by an anointed Christian. It was then that I felt the Holy Spirit working in my womb and I actually received my period back the next week. It is an absolute joy and a privilege to have 3 children now with Ola.