Rebeckah Turbett

I am 39 and live in North London with my two cats – yes, I am that lady! I have suffered with clinical depression and social anxiety all my life. One thing I found for me to help cope with the symptoms was that if I look good then I also feel better. When I look good then I don’t mind doing those things which usually make me want to roll into a ball and hide away, I can have a conversation with someone, go to a movie, meet up with people, make friends even. So that, and a case of really bad skin, nails, cellulite and a permanent bad hair day led me to study beauty therapy.

Having worked as a dancer for many years I already know a bit about what to eat right, keeping fit, fashions that suit my body shape and make up that covers and creates that whole new person I want to be that day. My family are “showmen”(and women) which means we come from a long line of variety and circus people. Looking glam was always part of the show! I also ran, boxed, danced and kept fit from an early age – I started learning Shaolin Kung-Fu at 5!

I was blessed to have grown up in rural Ireland and spent my childhood running through forests, looking for birds nests in fields and chasing the tide on the beaches. When I start to feel an “episode” coming on today I simply go outside and reconnect with nature and most of the time that is all the meds I need.