Hi Anita,

Happy New Year! May the year ahead be filled with blessings for you and your loved ones! 🙂

I have completed the 4 mths overseas trip and i have been back home for a few mths too 🙂 happy to say that it was one of the best decisions ive made in my life to be overseas and on my own. Ive learnt so much about managing my own anxiety and not giving in to the anxious thoughts and feelings that have arrived. Ive learnt about the kindness of people in the world.. ive learnt how to be alone on my own.

And i feel like ive grown up to be an individual and no longer that little girl who is fearful of my aggressive father. And coming back home.. it has made me no longer fearful of my father. I know i can survive outside on my own, fending for myself and I can be assertive. So i can stand up for myself and i now dare to have my own voice and speak up if there is something my father does that i do not agree with.

It has been really life changing and now i can truly say im a not_so_lost_star 😉 even changed my nickname here!

Hope you have been well Anita – always appreciative of your insights and perspectives that have helped me in this growth..