Candice March

The second thing I’m passionate about is education. This hasn’t always been clear to me - I’ve always known how privileged I was to get a really good education and been so grateful for that, however my passion for it has grown since becoming a teacher and seeing the impact an education can have on young people. Knowledge is so powerful and everyone deserves a quality education for their future. If I could give everyone in the world one thing, - aside from empathy - it would be an education. Everyone deserves that and it’s really empowering to be able to help facilitate that on a local scale. 

The third thing I’ve become really passionate and interested in more recently is relationships. Not just a relationship with your partner, but all relationships. Friendships, family, colleagues... more importantly, my own self awareness and perception of these relationships. I’ve learnt how complex and delicate relationships are. They are what every person craves in this world... that buzz word; ‘connection’ through these weird and wonderful relationships. Some of them are amazing whilst some of them not so amazing and should be treated as life lessons. How you perceive certain relationships can really impact them and yourself. I’m really enjoying this new area of discovery and passion. It is a fairly new passion of mine because I have only recently done a lot more work on myself and my relationships through a personal development course in 2019. My partner and I did this course together and were able to essentially, break down our relationship and ourselves as individuals. It took a lot of reflection on the past, communication, mentoring, soul searching, goal setting and so much more I can’t even begin to explain. It was so emotionally and mentally intense, but an experience I am so grateful for. I have defined my own purpose, mission and vision (PMV) in life - as an individual -and I think everyone should have a clear PMV for their own life. It’s something that doesn’t get taught in schools nor does it come naturally to everyone so it was a really interesting 6 month+ journey. I have come out the other end with better communication skills, a deeper appreciation and understanding of relationships, and have experienced this profound sense of personal growth that has changed my whole perception of life. My biggest realisation is that we need constant education for ourselves and our relationships to have a better understanding and awareness of them. Super important for young adults and going into your 30’s to be more selfish and prioritise our own personal growth and development. Podcasts and books have been my favourite method for achieving this.

I think everyone should be a little bit more aware of their own relationships and continue to educate themselves on this topic, because its a universal subject. We all have them, want them and need them. I think my passion for this topic has stemmed from having some difficult relationships in my past and not dealing with/holding onto a lot of the emotions and letting those emotions control my life for so long. You’re never going to be able to control the actions of other people but you can definitely control how you perceive those actions and how they affect you. 

What is something powerful that you believe?

Lately I’ve really been tuning into the belief that everything really does happen for a reason and there are things that are meant for us and things that aren’t. Noticing these things has become more important to me and I’ve been trying to pay more attention to this and focus on the positives and knowing that everything will be okay, even if it’s going to be hard. Things will work out as they are meant to and to trust the process more. Even if it’s scary or hard AF!