12/09/2026
This isn’t something I’ve ever really spoken about openly. ❤️
Over the last couple of weeks, I found myself talking about it with an amazing group of women in business, and for the first time I felt comfortable sharing this part of my story.
I left school at 16 with no GCSEs. I’m dyslexic and I found school incredibly difficult. Back then, it wasn’t something I felt comfortable talking about, and there were times when I genuinely felt I just wasn’t good enough.
But I was determined that it wasn’t going to define my future.
I found my own way. I worked hard, made mistakes, learnt as I went and kept pushing myself, even when I doubted myself.
Today, things are so different. Tools like ChatGPT and Grammarly give people who struggle with reading and writing support I could only have dreamed of having at school.
I’m sharing this because somewhere there may be a young person struggling at school, a woman doubting what she’s capable of, or a parent worrying about what the future holds for their child.
Your grades don’t define your intelligence.
Dyslexia doesn’t define your ability.
And where you start in life does not determine where you finish. ❤️
Something I said in our speech has stayed with me:
We all get 24 hours in a day. We can’t choose every challenge life gives us, but we can choose what we do with the time we’re given.
Keep learning. Keep trying. Keep showing up. And never let somebody else’s opinion of what you can’t do become your own.
If this reminds just one person that they are capable of more than they currently believe, then sharing something I once found so difficult to talk about was worth it. ✨
Send this to someone who needs that reminder today.
❤️
