For most University Students, your first year flatting is the time to make horrific meals, break some windows and enjoy the pleasures of freedom. Zara was no different, making the most of this exciting new chapter all while balancing the demands of law school. In todays episode, Zara details her experience being the victim of a stalking incident which unfolded over the second half of 2019 in Dunedin, New Zealand. She details the short term impacts of experiencing trauma, as well as long term effects she carries with her today. Zara emphasises the importance of sharing the burden of difficult emotions with friends or family, and credits gratitude journalling as a way to draw yourself out of dark places. I can appreciate this is a really difficult topic for Zara to discuss and I hope it serves as a message of hope for anyone who has experienced any kind of trauma.  
Topics discussed: 
- Growing up in Auckland  
- Being a confident kid 
- Instagram in the early days 
- Building an online presence 
- Being the victim of a serial stalker  
- Carrying the trauma in her body vs her mind 
- Regaining parts of herself  
- Gratitude journalling  

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