Imagine as a seven-year-old waving goodbye to everything you knew - your friends, your toys, your dog, your education - to set sail in a wooden-hulled schooner.
It's your parents' dream to recreate a voyage undertaken by Captain Cook, and initially, life at sea sounds like an adventure from the pages of your favourite fantasy book.
But a dream can quickly become a nightmare when it involves sailing west to east across the Southern Atlantic and Indian Oceans.
Suzanne Heywood is here to reveal all about her extraordinary childhood, one in which she was severely injured in a shipwreck in the Indian Ocean, schooled via a correspondence course and abandoned in New Zealand.
Find out what it took to keep going. 💪🏾
Here’s what to listen out for:
0:00 Discover what happens when Suzanne sets sail at the age of 7.
9:24 Suzanne’s family voyage turns treacherous.
18:24 Suzanne unpicks why she couldn’t tell someone about her situation.
23:33 Hear how Suzanne makes a bid for freedom through her education.
33:10 How Suzanne felt about being back in the UK and her thoughts on parenting.
40:20 What have her experiences taught Suzanne.
👉🏼 Want to grab a signed copy of Suzanne’s incredible book, Wavewalker: Breaking Free? Tell us your key takeaway from this episode in the comments.
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