I am soooo blessed, I would not trade my life for any other life, I love what I do and feel truly fulfilled…and yet every single day I wish that I could have a time machine that would allow me to slow down each hour so that I get more done. I wish that science would get on with developing the teleportation machine and that I did not have to constantly trade off one amazing opportunity for another.
That... is my challenge!
This post is about me, I am writing it because so many of you keep emailing with questions. Really! nothing interesting will be said today about girl empowerment or gender stereotyping, unless you want to hear about my own personal empowerment… so fee free to move on.. I wont take it personally. :) I am writing this post to answer questions about my constant traveling, and also to clarify some common misconceptions about my motherhood status.
I am Portuguese by birth and I am 38 years old, my studies include arts, engineering, psychology and business. I am a geeky, arty dreamer with a great deal of insight into the human mind and some cool business skills that allow me to have access to amazing opportunities.
I have lived in many countries and although I am currently based in sunny Sydney Australia I spend a lot of my time traveling the world in particular to the US, UK, Portugal, India and China.
Soooo… lets get the difficult stuff out of the way… breathing in… breathing out…about 3 or 4 year ago (I am terrible with dates) a relationship that was not right for me ended in the midst of a lot of pain and suffering. I was no longer able to see a little girl that was part of my life since she was two years old. At the age of 5 my little soul mate and I had to part ways as my relationship with her daddy collapsed in ways that only can be compared to the best of the Greek tragedies. Ahh this Latin hot blood of mine ;o)
No matter the pain and suffering that it has caused me, my little darling is in excellent care, she has amazing adults around her. We were there for each other at a time she needed me and I needed her. The universe works in mysterious ways.
To ease my pain I decided right then and there to build a legacy that would not only serve her but many other little girls around the world. I made the decision in the first few months we were apart… but first… I needed to heal myself, find my way in the world again and most importantly become worthy of being a good role model.
Whether I am anybody’s role model remains to be seen, but in the past few years, I focused on learning, on contributing and developing a sense of self worth beyond external beauty or the acceptance of others. Its amazing how empowering it is to spend all your time learning about girl empowerment ;o)
I have read every single book and resource on parenting girls, body image, self-esteem, developmental psychology and girl empowerment. I have spent hundreds of hours with amazing activists from all over the world and I have learned how to use social media, how to start a movement and how to build my own websites (being a software engineer helps). I have learned how to build IPad apps, publish books…share a little bit more about myself :) yep lots of learning….
In October last year I was ready to unveil my project to the world, a project that was conceived out of love for a little girl to heal another girl…me. By the time I officially started 7Wonderlicious I was healed, full of joy and amazingly happy. My vision yet to be fully realized was developed for several years. I miss my little ray of sunshine everyday but I know she is in every girl I support via 7Wonderlicious.
No I cannot give you the perspective of a mother as I am not one, I can only share with you my own experience and the information I have learned and will continue to learn during my detailed research and my collaboration with experts around the world.
I have been terrified to clarify this part of my story with you, because it is so so personal and involves other wonderful human beings that did not ask to have their stories out in such a public space. I don’t want in any way to impact them and believe children deserve respect and privacy…but many comments on the internet calling me a mother left with no alternative but to clarify.
I have been wanting to adopt since I was a little girl, that remains our plan, we have postponed it another year to allow 7Wonderlicious to flourish while I keep adding value to what I call my day time mission :) i.e. my day job...and yet it is not just "a job"…that is what makes my life so crazy and interesting.
I work for a privately owned, highly aspirational and audacious IT Services organisation that has the bold mission to make the world a better place through software, technology and innovation. Apart from building systems for corporates we spend a lot of time supporting amazing not for profit organisations around the world in the development of their IT solutions.
When the telethon donation site for the Australian Queensland flood went down due to load my amazing colleagues worked night and weekend to create a new site that has collected over 30Million AUS in donations. We build health systems to support African nations; we work with Unicef and with many other amazing organisations.
This company has trusted me with roles way beyond my level of experience, made me a better human being and provided me with opportunities to work with amazing people and travel all over the world.
I am currently planning and coordinating strategy workshops focused on figuring out how we can add more value to the world, I will travel to India soon to meet the rest of the global leaders and brainstorm how we can increase our impact…you see what I mean?… too many opportunities to make a difference in the world… too many blessings… not enough time...
I apologize for the backlog of unanswered emails and for the delays on some of the 7W projects. I will get to all of it very very soon. All the traveling I have been doing lately and will do for a few more weeks has left me little time for anything else than keeping the flow of information alive in 7W.
Science is really letting me down... not teleporter... or time machine...
I hope you continue to accept this girl into your trusted support circle, you are certainly part of mine <3 <3<3
Beam me up scotty!!
Inês
That... is my challenge!
This post is about me, I am writing it because so many of you keep emailing with questions. Really! nothing interesting will be said today about girl empowerment or gender stereotyping, unless you want to hear about my own personal empowerment… so fee free to move on.. I wont take it personally. :) I am writing this post to answer questions about my constant traveling, and also to clarify some common misconceptions about my motherhood status.
I am Portuguese by birth and I am 38 years old, my studies include arts, engineering, psychology and business. I am a geeky, arty dreamer with a great deal of insight into the human mind and some cool business skills that allow me to have access to amazing opportunities.
I have lived in many countries and although I am currently based in sunny Sydney Australia I spend a lot of my time traveling the world in particular to the US, UK, Portugal, India and China.
Soooo… lets get the difficult stuff out of the way… breathing in… breathing out…about 3 or 4 year ago (I am terrible with dates) a relationship that was not right for me ended in the midst of a lot of pain and suffering. I was no longer able to see a little girl that was part of my life since she was two years old. At the age of 5 my little soul mate and I had to part ways as my relationship with her daddy collapsed in ways that only can be compared to the best of the Greek tragedies. Ahh this Latin hot blood of mine ;o)
No matter the pain and suffering that it has caused me, my little darling is in excellent care, she has amazing adults around her. We were there for each other at a time she needed me and I needed her. The universe works in mysterious ways.
To ease my pain I decided right then and there to build a legacy that would not only serve her but many other little girls around the world. I made the decision in the first few months we were apart… but first… I needed to heal myself, find my way in the world again and most importantly become worthy of being a good role model.
Whether I am anybody’s role model remains to be seen, but in the past few years, I focused on learning, on contributing and developing a sense of self worth beyond external beauty or the acceptance of others. Its amazing how empowering it is to spend all your time learning about girl empowerment ;o)
I have read every single book and resource on parenting girls, body image, self-esteem, developmental psychology and girl empowerment. I have spent hundreds of hours with amazing activists from all over the world and I have learned how to use social media, how to start a movement and how to build my own websites (being a software engineer helps). I have learned how to build IPad apps, publish books…share a little bit more about myself :) yep lots of learning….
In October last year I was ready to unveil my project to the world, a project that was conceived out of love for a little girl to heal another girl…me. By the time I officially started 7Wonderlicious I was healed, full of joy and amazingly happy. My vision yet to be fully realized was developed for several years. I miss my little ray of sunshine everyday but I know she is in every girl I support via 7Wonderlicious.
No I cannot give you the perspective of a mother as I am not one, I can only share with you my own experience and the information I have learned and will continue to learn during my detailed research and my collaboration with experts around the world.
I have been terrified to clarify this part of my story with you, because it is so so personal and involves other wonderful human beings that did not ask to have their stories out in such a public space. I don’t want in any way to impact them and believe children deserve respect and privacy…but many comments on the internet calling me a mother left with no alternative but to clarify.
I have been wanting to adopt since I was a little girl, that remains our plan, we have postponed it another year to allow 7Wonderlicious to flourish while I keep adding value to what I call my day time mission :) i.e. my day job...and yet it is not just "a job"…that is what makes my life so crazy and interesting.
I work for a privately owned, highly aspirational and audacious IT Services organisation that has the bold mission to make the world a better place through software, technology and innovation. Apart from building systems for corporates we spend a lot of time supporting amazing not for profit organisations around the world in the development of their IT solutions.
When the telethon donation site for the Australian Queensland flood went down due to load my amazing colleagues worked night and weekend to create a new site that has collected over 30Million AUS in donations. We build health systems to support African nations; we work with Unicef and with many other amazing organisations.
This company has trusted me with roles way beyond my level of experience, made me a better human being and provided me with opportunities to work with amazing people and travel all over the world.
I am currently planning and coordinating strategy workshops focused on figuring out how we can add more value to the world, I will travel to India soon to meet the rest of the global leaders and brainstorm how we can increase our impact…you see what I mean?… too many opportunities to make a difference in the world… too many blessings… not enough time...
I apologize for the backlog of unanswered emails and for the delays on some of the 7W projects. I will get to all of it very very soon. All the traveling I have been doing lately and will do for a few more weeks has left me little time for anything else than keeping the flow of information alive in 7W.
Science is really letting me down... not teleporter... or time machine...
I hope you continue to accept this girl into your trusted support circle, you are certainly part of mine <3 <3<3
Beam me up scotty!!
Inês
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