As you may know, I got divorced this year.

That’s a very old, long ago story and I’m not mentioning it to regurgitate anything, I just wanted to tell you that the piece of paper telling me I was finally, officially divorced, is what set into place a series of events that made me sit down and ask myself..

“so Sarah, what do you want?”

..which led to me answering myself that I wanted to take action – walk my talk – be the person I keep talking about wanting to be.

I want to be healthy, vital, full of energy and looking fewking sexy (or sexier, as my friends insist on positively reinforcing for me).

I’ve not managed to do that under my own steam in years, (yes, I DID manage once before). So what could I do differently that would help me now?

That was the key – stop the insanity of trying the same thing over and over again and hoping for a different result.

So…

I decided I wanted to go to a health retreat, surround myself with people wanting to and also BEING healthier, eating well – ie. lots of fresh fruit and veggies and probably doing yoga.

Immerse myself in a culture where that was the norm and it would be expected of me too.

Be educated by other people who were doing it all already.

Ok but I don’t have the money for that..
I have two children to care for…
I have a home I rent and responsibilities..
I don’t have a regular income..

But but but..

Then I asked myself – despite all these obstacles..

“How can I?”

and a mad idea started to hatch.

And guess where I am right now,  arriving just three months after first asking ‘how can I?’

I’m at Moinhos Velhos – http://juicefasting.com – in Portugal.

How the eff n jeff did I manage that and what have I been up to since first arriving here in September? Well.. that is all to come in my next post