To celebrate International Women's Day on March 8th, Today I Am Alive is dedicating the entirety of the month to some truly inspiring and incredible female voices, beginning with this week's guest, writer, and podcaster Najar Nyakio from Kenya, who joins Margaret to share her empowering tale of how she personally overcame trauma and learned to find the core of who she is.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Trauma can come in so many shapes and sizes. For Najar, it came in the form of never knowing who she truly was, and growing up in the shadow of a type of person she did not recognise.
• We should always embrace the attitude that we are put onto this earth to empower and inspire. Never be afraid to let the wisdom and blessings of each day flow through us and out of us.
• Trauma, in a way, can act as a blessing in disguise. It might be painful in the moment, but it can lead to enlightenment and inspiration for others.
• Our menstrual cycle determines that each month we have to face up to debilitating pain. Our minds, mental state, our physical being, is geared towards pain or the anticipation of it. But we cannot let this define us, and there is a way to defy this excruciating, testing element of life.

BEST MOMENTS

'I am enjoying the fact that today I am alive'

'It was about stepping into a space where I had knowledge'

'I was placed on this magnificent earth to be the core of who I am to fulfil my purpose'

'The womb is at the very core of our beings'

VALUABLE RESOURCES

Priceless Roles of a Mother'

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ABOUT THE HOST

A few years ago, Margaret underwent several life-threatening traumas, including domestic abuse, and almost killed by a former partner, kidney and brain cancer, mental health issues, and a near-death experience. Her life was encapsulated in darkness, and she welcomed the thought of dying. From a breakdown to a breakthrough, these words from Viktor Frankl’s book, Man's Search For Meaning, changed her life forever: “The existence of life is to suffer; to survive is to find meaning in suffering.” Once she became aware of this, her life changed, and choose to live each day like it's her last…