Author: Lara Bowen

What I Wish My Younger Self Had Been Told By Lara Bowen My grandparents kept a framed copy of Desiderata in their downstairs loo. It was impossible to avoid. I read it so often I memorised it long before I truly understood its wisdom. It became my North Star – a lesson, long before life tested me, that gentleness, courage, and perspective matter. If I could sit beside my younger self, I would underline the guidance of this text with these notes from our life experience: There is no single right way. No tidy blueprint. No perfect path. Your life…