'Today, I feel empowered because I know that I am the only person who can change my own life'

I want to create a space in the pages of this magazine for radical honesty and self- acceptance, for compassion and empathy.

If given the opportunity to pick any career you like, what would you choose? A rock star, a brain surgeon, a bartender in the Seychelles? A Disney Imagineer, a Ben & Jerry’s ‘Flavour Guru’, a professional traveller?

If writing was no longer an option in some sort of dystopian future where no one reads anything longer than a 1,000 word thinkpiece on their smartphones, there are only two other careers I can imagine myself pursuing.