When people meet me today — a coach, a business owner, entrepreneur, a woman in her power — they often assume I’ve always been this version of myself.
When actual fact is, my past is filled with more screw-ups, trauma, and messy chapters than most people know.
As a kid, a teen, a young woman… I stumbled hard. Battled anorexia. Wrestled with depression. Carried trauma I didn’t have language for. Attempted to take my life more than once. Was abused. I made choices I wasn’t proud of.
And for a long time, I believed those things made me broken… and unworthy.
But one day, having done a lot of work on personal development and mindset work, I realised something powerful.
My past was never meant to be a life sentence. It was meant to be my training ground.
Every “screw-up” taught me courage.
>Every trauma, built resilience, in ways I didn’t know existed.
>Every scar became a chapter of wisdom.
>Every low point, every rock bottom, every moment I thought I’d never rise again… shaped me into the woman I am today.
…and if it hadn’t, I wouldn’t have helped thousands of women, over the last 15 years.
The Moment Everything Shifted
There came a point where I had a choice.
I could stay the victim — repeating old patterns, sabotaging myself, letting fear and old stories run my life.
Or…
>I could rise.
>I could rewrite the script.
>I could honour everything I’d survived and use it as fuel for the life I actually wanted.
And that’s what I chose.
I Chose:
✨ Strength
✨ Growth
✨ Resilience
✨ Hustle
✨ Healing
Not because it was easy — but because the alternative was slowly killing me. Literally.
Mistakes Don’t Make You Weak — They Make You Wise
I’ve screwed up plenty as an adult too.
Business mistakes. Relationship mistakes. Moments where I acted from fear, not power.
And instead of hiding them, I learnt to love them — they were feedback, not failure.
This is what I want every woman to understand:
You are not defined by the worst things you’ve been through.
You are defined by the strength it took to survive them.
Your past might explain where you’ve been — but it does not decide where you’re going.
If I Can Rise — So Can You
I’m not special.
I’m a woman who refused to stay small.
A woman who decided she deserved a future bigger than her pain.
A woman who built resilience brick by brick — even on the days I crawled.
And you can do the same.
If you’re stuck in old patterns…
>If your inner critic is loud…
>If fear keeps winning…
>If you sabotage the things you say you want…
>If your past feels heavy…
I see you.
I was you.
And I want you to know: your story is far from over.
✨ If you’re ready to shift your mindset, break old patterns, and finally rise into the strongest version of yourself — book a clarity call with me. Let’s see how I can support your growth, your healing, and your future.
❤️Because midlife is the time to rise and shine!
- Coach Terri Batsakis
