Following a breakup, I needed to find my ‘inner warrior’. What better way to do that than by facing my fears with a group of women, says Olivia Lee, a Scott Trust bursary recipient
I thought I’d spend the summer on a beach with my boyfriend. Instead, I was single – and walking on hot coalsFollowing a breakup, I needed to find my ‘inner warrior’. What better way to do that than by facing my fears with a group of women?atching a woman striking a catwalk pose before walking over a bed of 600C hot coals in a white wedding dress that never made it to the wedding was not exactly what I had expected to be doing this summer.
The truth is it didn’t matter what anyone said, nor that our relationship had been hanging by a thread for a while, because I already knew the answer. Me: I was the problem. If only I’d been more patient, reassured him more, had just been a different person altogether, then maybe we would still be together.
“This is not for the faint-hearted,” read an advert for the retreat; while I signed a release form gently reminding me that I held personal responsibility for any injuries I sustained. But there was no going back. To the cheer of women dressed in colourful dresses and outfits they felt most “fabulous” in, accompanied by the earthy pulses of drums that made me feel as though I was in a scene from Game of Thrones, I stepped on to the coals.Miraculously, I made it out the other end, burn-free. The experience felt so thrilling, I did it three more times. “If you can walk on fire you can do anything,” the organiser cheered.
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