Marissa
Marissa grew up fast, caving into all sorts of social pressure by her early teens. Moving away from her old environment helped her to rethink her goals.
This recording references alcohol use at an early age and a hospitalisation event from her harmful use. It may bring back traumatic memories for some listeners. Please seek help if you need it at any point.
Chapter 1
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"Mum wasn’t a big drinker, but that was her way of dealing with it."End Quote
Chapter 2
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"The danger that I could have been in, and there was no-one to tell me different. I lived on my own; I had whoever I wanted around... I was just the life of the party."End Quote
Chapter 3
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"He wasn’t angry, he just had tears running down his face. I’ll never forget that look."End Quote
Chapter 4
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"I keep such a beautiful open connection with my tupuna, and I talk to them every day, and I invite them in to help guide me […] one of my biggest things, is remembering that I’m loved in the spirit world […] so don’t ever feel that loneliness, that real emptiness."End Quote
Chapter 5
If I could talk to my younger self, I would say
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"I have accepted that life is always going to have challenges... for me. that comes with accepting I don’t need to run."End Quote