Taking control

I'm a single mum to a beautiful little girl called Maddison. Before I had my daughter, I worked full time as a special needs teacher and spent weekends working in retail. I didn’t hate my jobs, but I knew my lifestyle wouldn’t work around a new born baby. As soon as my daughter came along, I left my job at the school and picked up more hours in retail. I then started my own sweet business; this brought in extra income, although it was unreliable. Maddison’s dad told me I wasn’t having a penny off him and I’d never be able to afford to bring Maddison up on my own – I knew I had to prove him wrong.

I was approached by my upline, Rainbow, who asked me to be her guest at the Business Presentation. Truthfully, I only went because I couldn't ignore her any longer! However, I saw the opportunity straight away and signed up.

When I attended my first Success Express day, I was completely overwhelmed by the amount of successful people that were in the business – normal people like me and you. I left with a new-found fire and went home to swap my products with Forever’s. I knew that if I wanted to sell the products, I had to believe in them.

But something was still holding me back: I was letting my past and post-traumatic stress disorder creep back into my life; every time someone said they were proud of me, I wouldn’t accept their praise. I didn’t believe good things should happen to me. I was assaulted when I was younger, which really affected me, and I needed to feel like I was in control again.

I started to work on my business after Maddison went to bed; I made sure I spoke to absolutely everyone I knew, and I overcame my fear of sending out the Personal Use Product Pack by giving it to a complete stranger – she phoned me an hour later and asked to join my team! I had completely changed my mind-set, and instead I woke up and told myself I was going to get a new team member – and I did just that.

There have been many times where I‘ve felt I’ve been fighting the world, so joining Forever was life changing. Now I am able to have control of my business and my daughter’s future, and the amount of support and praise I get is incredible. 

**The achievements expressed in this testimonial are the individual’s personal opinion and subjective experience. Individual results may vary. Forever makes no guarantees on income or success. Your success depends on your effort, commitment, skill, and leadership abilities, and how effectively you exercise those qualities. Please see Forever’s Income Disclosure Statement at foreverliving.com/income for more information.**