138 ~ Growing Up in Survival Mode, Losing Her Dad & Becoming a Young Carer for Her Mum with Early-Onset Dementia with Simona Stirling
What happens when you’re forced to grow up long before you’re ready?
In this deeply personal episode of Before You Bloom, I’m joined by Simona Stirling to talk about growing up in a low socio-economic household, navigating her mum’s mental health struggles, losing her dad at 17, and becoming a primary carer for her mum after her early-onset dementia diagnosis at just 22.
Simona opens up about becoming independent from an incredibly young age, what it was like growing up in survival mode, and how those experiences shaped her relationship with money, ambition, grief and the life she wanted to…
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