In this episode, Nancy bravely shares her story about what it was like to be living with OCD, undiagnosed for 30 years, and how she overcame it. She is no longer crippled by this debilitating mental illness and is living a life that she loves.
In this episode, Nancy bravely shares her story about what it was like to be living with OCD, undiagnosed for 30 years, and how she overcame it. She is no longer crippled by this debilitating mental illness and is living a life that she loves.
Nancy is a 53 year old woman who has previously been the Vice President of an international organization and among the top 2 percent of income earners in Canada. She suffered from a debilitating mental illness which almost took her life and spent 15 years in an unhealthy marriage. After her marriage ended, she was left to support her three kids by herself. Nancy ended up finding true love and then had it taken from her when he passed suddenly at the same time as she lost her top-paying job as a VP. Nancy is now stronger than ever, happier than ever and more optimistic about life than ever before. She loves her life. Despite all of her successes in her job, she has no savings to speak of after losing all of it to her ex and the loss of her well paid VP job. She has had to live off savings while looking for a new job. Nancy is re-building slowly, but loves life so much. She is proud, strong and a mental illness overcomer!