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Jun 2021
35m 5s

I’m me, again!

Dear Media, Caroline Stanbury
About this episode

This week Caroline is joined by a follower & listener of hers, Jigna Patel, whom she met through the powers of social media.

Jigna joins Divorced not Dead to tell her story..  how at the age of 23 Jigna’s parents presented her with an ‘introduction marriage’, she was presented with 3 young men and had to choose 1 to marry, “this is how marriages where arranged in her culture” she explains.  However, you’re not always going to be the right fit for each other. Jigna then found herself unhappy, subdued, not herself.  So 4 years into her marriage and at the age of only 27,  Jigna found the courage to break free of her unhappiness and divorce from her husband.  Jigna is now the happiest most positive version of herself five years on, claiming this is the best decision she ever made…I’m me, again!

Jigna now uses her social media to dispel the stigma associated with divorce, she tries to offer the support to others now, she felt was lacking man years ago.

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