In this episode, you will learn 10 FACTS about Catrina, how she survived domestic violence and sexual abuse as a child, and achieved a lot in her life, regardless of what she’s been told as a child with special needs. We also talk about aging and body image issues in modern society. 10 Facts About Catrina (at the time of the project) 56 years old.Catrina was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, in the spring of 1967 and moved to Australia 20 years agoCatrina’s mother nearly died when giving birth to her. Catrina was born as a child with complex needs and was told, that she would never achieve anything, but she knew deep inside her that she was much more worthy than these professionals were telling her.Catrina grew up in an alcoholic and quite abusive family. When she was 10, her mother left her husband.Also, Catrina is a survivor of sexual abuse twice, once with a family member, and another one with the next-door neighbourCatrina went through some therapy and wrote a list of exactly what she wanted. Anyone who didn't treat her right got red flags. But she met an amazing man, and they’ve been married for 27 years and had two children together – a son and a daughter. They are now 24 and 26.Catrina has written a book, which has been reviewed and hopefully get published. It's called, It's not okay, in the prevention of child sexual abuse. It's an interactive book for children. Also, Catrina is writing another novel now called Broken Sunflowers.Catrina runs 2 businesses. First is Airbnb which is called Serenity On The Bay, because she lives by the beach near Nelson Bay Area. Also, Catrina runs a training business. She trains people to work in community services.Catrina loves to climb mountains. She climbed several peaks, including Meara Peak and Kilimanjaro.When Catrina’s daughter turned 18, they went on a trip and did 18 countries, raising awareness for domestic violence.----more---- INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT (auto-generated) Hi, you're listening to the My Body, My Story podcast. Yeah, exactly. It's very, very hard. And I know I'm very, I think we know you suddenly have 50 you got, oh, this is what it's all about. This is me, this is what I've been doing. I've been looking for you for a while I lost you when you were a baby. And I found you again. Because I think when you look at a newborn baby that's very authentic. This is the 45 over 45 chapter where we celebrate Rule Breakers and role models, the women who inspire us to live life our way and to show their sensuality beauty, soul, and true essence. Here we talk about what it's like to be 45 Plus, adjusting to the changes that come with time, and we listened to the stories about participants. If you have an interesting story, we'd love for you to participate. You can email us at info@aleksandrawalker.com That's Aleksandra spelled with a K S. Or visit our website aleksandrawalker.com Hello, everyone, and welcome to the My Body My Story project and today with us Katrina in the studio. I'll be asking her a few questions. Hi, Catrina. Welcome to the studio. Welcome to the project. And let's start and tell us 10 facts about yourself. Thank you for having me here today. It's been a pleasure working with you today. I was born in Christchurch in the spring of 1967. And when my mother gave birth to me, she nearly had a death experience. So yeah, so I was lucky. So my mother and basically, they gave you the wrong blood group. Oh, my God, here are Yeah, it was quite horrific. And so she nearly died. And my mother was British and my father was English. So what a combination to to England and the Catholic Church, my father was actually had a alcoholic problem. So I grew up in an alcoholic family and quite abusive family and my mother, at the age of 10. Left her husband, which was quite dramatic in those days to not know if we're going to have any food or anything like that it was amazing thing. Also, that there was always lots of problems going on a family and I'm a survivor of sexual abuse twice, one with a family member, and one with the next door neighbour. So at the same time, and I was born with a child with complex needs, so I was told as a child, that I would never achieve anything by how proficient or be anything I suspect I had. And during my time, I've had about nine to 10 I operations couldn't see properly as a child couldn't walk, couldn't read or write properly to later in life, probably to about when I was about 11, or 12. So I had very, very complex needs, I would hit but I would rock as a child. But I knew deep inside me that I was much more worthy than these professions were telling me. So I've gone on to do University gone on to do everything. And and I'm very, very passionate, I suppose that's where my passion comes for human rights and humans, dignity and respect, so much that I don't like seeing any kind of form of abuse. So currently, I now and I'm very, very fortunate. I'm very, very thankful. I went through some ...
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