160: Christine Elliott broke free from a toxic family to be the mum she wanted to be

Christine Elliot has been married for 32 years, and she has three adult children, one of them is Jackie- founder of Rural Women's Day, and my friend. She nominated her mum Christine for the podcast, and two minutes into recording, I knew exactly why. Christine's story is pretty incredible. She's one of eight children and grew up in a strict catholic family. Her childhood wasn't always easy, in fact it was very toxic at times. Christine has loved and lost so much. Heartbreakingly, she lost twins and struggled to cope, especially with her husband away shearing for 11 months of the year. And in more recent years Christine and her family went through a lot of trauma dealing with succession planning that ended in heartbreak. It's been one hell of a ride. This is her story. 

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