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Starting over is never easy, but it is always necessary if we want to change or grow in our lives. I had a conversation with Cindy Drummond, the author of Reflections of the Dating Pool, about her journey to start over after a shocking discovery and the road to support other women. Cindy is also the creator of Women Only Weekend (WOW) events and co-host of Words of Wisdom online gatherings. Part of her journey was about "start before you are ready" where she went on 50 dates in a year in search of love. She turned those dates into learning lessons and part of her healing process. Eventually, it becomes her book with words of wisdom about loneliness, the importance of finding a tribe and how she fell in love again...with herself. Cindy lives in Canada and is now married to her loving husband. Interview Highlights Background story and how she "start over" From a healing process to writing her first book Why 50 dates and what she learned from that experience Dating takes courage, compassion and tenacity but it also brings opportunities to fall in love with ourselves and others 3 tips for navigating the challenges when we "start over" in any areas Word of Wisdom gatherings - why it is so powerful for women to connect and share stories If you would like to find out more about Cindy, her book and in-person and online gatherings, please go to her website CindyDrummond.ca Video https://youtu.be/_zwAZIJZw1s Transcript Sze Wing (00:03): Hi everyone. Today I have Cindy Drummond to connect with me here on this podcast or video if you are watching on YouTube. So I'm really excited. She's all the way from Calgary Canada. So welcome Cindy. Cindy (00:19): Oh, thank you so much. I'm very excited to talk to you today. Yes. Sze Wing (00:23): So a little introduction. So Cindy is an author. Her book is called "Reflection From The Dating Pool" and she had a very interesting story to tell us regarding the book. She has a fascinating story and obviously a truly empowered woman. She's also the co-host of a Sunday souls gathering, and I love it. So, because this gathering is Words of Wisdom and she also run this really amazing weekend gathering or retreat, whatever you want to call it, for women called Women Only Weekend, which I would love to attend, but obviously it's in Canada and we're in locked down in Sydney, so I can only dream. But what I find is so amazing and why I really want to talk to Cindy today is that she obviously had gone through some things in her life. But she managed to really come out strong and now running these events that, I feel we are very needed to connect with other women to empower each other, to listen to each other's stories. So I'm really excited to interview her today and I hope her story and wisdom and advice can also help our listeners. Welcome to my show. Cindy (01:46): Thank you. Sze Wing (01:47): So, first of all, for those that don't know, actually now I'm recording during a mid-morning in Sydney, Australia, but it's 7:00 PM like evening time for Cindy, but she's still enjoying daylight. So we are very envious as it's pretty cold. So I think first of all, I really want you to tell us a little bit about yourself, your background story, so to speak, let that lead you to write your book "Reflections from the Dating Pool". So yeah. Tell us a bit more about it. Cindy (02:20): Thank you. Well, so where do I start? I guess I didn't plan on writing a book. I always sorta thought about writing stories. That was interesting to me, but I didn't have, I didn't have a topic to write about. I was just living my life. I was busy raising my children in my thirties and early forties and men. I went through like many people. I went through a traumatic time in my life. And even then, I didn't know I was writing a book. I was just trying to get myself through the experience, but as I was doing that, I was making notes and I was journaling and I thought ...