{"id":1299,"date":"2019-03-19T16:07:48","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T16:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thebodymatters.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1299"},"modified":"2022-09-21T11:08:08","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T10:08:08","slug":"international-womens-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebodymatters.co.uk\/blog\/2019\/03\/international-womens-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Inspiring, Empowering & Transforming on International Women\u2019s Day 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I love International Women\u2019s Day<\/a> (IWD). Ever since its origins in 1911, it has been a day that belongs to all women and girls. We stand together to celebrate our achievements, inspire others, and empower ourselves to follow our own path in life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So I was extremely honoured to be invited as one of five female speakers at Beauchamps High School, Wickford, for their very first IWD conference. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our brief was to \u201ccelebrate women, their diversity and their achievements\u201d, with the aim of inspiring the pupils to think carefully about their lives and what they most wanted, then go out into the world and grab it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We spoke to an audience of around ninety pupils, who were mostly girls. While I very much enjoyed speaking to them, I also felt encouraged by the other ladies I listened to during the conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We all heard so many amazing stories of transformation and empowerment. Listening to them made me realise that the many different experiences I\u2019ve lived through, no matter how challenging, have helped me become the person I am today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a teacher of wellbeing, I challenge you to make a list of your own transformative experiences. Think about all the times when you were happiest, when you learned something new, and when you felt the most challenged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are some of the experiences that make up my own list:<\/p>\n\n\n\n