Guest: Yoda Olinyk from Ontario, Canada.

Yoda thought she had it all: Opening a restaurant in Canada, which quickly became successful, each day she come home to the house she owned and loved, a loving partner and their canine children. And then, a series of traumatic events hit her. Life as she knew it vanished in the blink of an eye. In her early 30s’ Yoda found herself sleeping on her father’s couch, in steep financial turmoil, facing addiction and other mental health complications, and running from a partner she thought she knew.

Yoda shares her Be Love story of resilience and her recipe for starting over.

For Yoda starting from scratch meant waking up alone and sorting through the losses that had vanished: her home, her partner, her dog, her life savings, her restaurant, and her self-worth. Yoda shares the story of her turbulent relationship and the restaurant that caused her to lose so much, including herself. Instead of sugar-coating the process and promising everything will get tied up in a sparkly bow, Yoda details how complicated and unravelling starting over really feels. For Yoda, it was through a combination of facing the hard truths about her relationship and making amends with the people she had wronged. Traveling to Europe, she finds a way to start from scratch in life, love, words, and food and come home.

About Yoda Olinyk:

Yoda is an author and poet from rural Canada. Her full-length memoir, Salt and Sour, was an Amazon bestseller for 40 weeks. Her second book, Dear Future Lover, an anthology of short poems, is out now. Yoda retired from a 15-year career as a professional chef and now uses words to manipulate texture and create a sense of awe for her readers. She works full-time as a book doula and poet, helping other writers birth their stories and leading Sacred writing workshops.

Find more details at www.doulaofwords.com.
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