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Dealing with tough times
Difficult situations or events often affect your career path or outlook.
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After having Leukaemia at 17, Manna wanted to make sure she had a full life.
When Rita’s two-year-old child died, her family network, friends at work, as well as the job itself, helped her carry on.
Joseph didn’t want to be at school while his mum was ill. He took a range of paths until a chance encounter helped him find his way.
Growing up in care and living in lots of foster homes made Antoine realise how unstable life can be.
Martin’s dad died, just before Martin’s finals at university. “That pretty much stopped me in my tracks and I decided to take a year out.”
When Altaf moved to England aged 14, he couldn’t speak a work of English.
A leg accident led Seb to rethink his career.
Louise didn’t really enjoy the first half of secondary school and was badly bullied. Things improved in her later school years and she ended up staying on to sixth form.
Paul’s world fell apart when his brother was killed in a road accident.
Andrew was badly bullied at school, “I was the quiet one in the corner whereas I’m far from it now.”