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Leaving Survival Mode: How Demi Rebuilt Her Confidence, Career & Identity

In this powerful episode, Donna sits down with Demi, founder of Noir & Noble, to explore the truth behind her transformation from anxious teen mum to grounded, confident travel expert and business owner.

Demi opens up about the early anxiety rooted in a chaotic home life, being bullied at school, leaving education at 15, and becoming a mum at 17. She shares how these experiences shaped her, how they fuelled both her ambition and her self-doubt, and how she reached breaking point in early 2025 - ready to quit the travel industry entirely.

What happened next changed everything. Instead of…

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