Hey! My name is Lydia and I’m a 25 year old mother to one from Mid Wales. My little girl is my motivation for absolutely everything and what keeps me going in every aspect of life. There is nothing I love more than being able to spend time with her and soak in her happiness! This leads me on to why I am so determined to make my new career path work!
As someone who is neurodivergent I have always struggled with fitting in and knowing what I want in life. I have spent much of my life feeling isolated and an overwhelming sense of not belonging anywhere. This has always impacted my careers and job roles as I’ve always doubted myself and felt that no one enjoys working with me or enjoys my company. However, when I gave birth to my beautiful baby girl this all changed. I no longer felt like I had to belong everywhere else as I knew where I needed to belong, with her. I knew the only person in the whole world that truly mattered to me loved me just for me and that has always been enough for me. Within becoming a mother I gained a new sense of self worth and confidence. I began to change my way of thinking and no longer cared about if people liked me or wanted me around. My daughter has always given me something to focus on which helps my brain greatly in day to day life as well. She gives me motivation to be the best me I can be for me and for her!
Now that I have a solid reason to want to try and do better I have decided to chase a dream that I have always had and take a step into the beauty industry. As someone who has always received beauty treatments I loved the feeling of confidence after a treatment and thought about how amazing it would be to help someone else have that feeling, to make them confident and happy. The moment it truly clicked for me was watching my mum have a complete make over after fighting a battle against breast cancer. Whilst my mum underwent her treatments in radiotherapy and chemotherapy she lost all her self confidence and all the love she had for her appearance. This was a traumatic addition to everything she was already going through. One day we came to the conclusion for her to get a few treatments she felt would help boost her confidence up a little bit again and it certainly did! After having her nails, eyebrows and eyelashes done my mum came home and burst into tears she finally felt a little bit more like her again! Watching the change in my mother’s view of herself only encouraged me more, I knew I needed to help others feel this sense of self worth again! So, that is just what I have done. I handed in my month’s notice at my current job and used my savings to attend courses in training to be a nail technician and also an eyelash technician. It may seem silly to some or not well thought through but I believe in what’s meant to be will be. I am willing to take a chance on myself with the hope and faith that I will succeed