Sheila Steptoe
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Before I Get Old and Wrinkly is a compelling and powerful story of a portrayal of one ordinary woman's life and how she learnt to find peace within herself amongst the incredible turbulence of a succession of traumas and heartbreak. Written with passion, honesty and love, this book will inspire and is a wake up call for everyone.
Written in an easy relaxed style, this book will help anyone who is on the brink of questioning the quality of their own lives, Sheila Steptoe highlights key issues that facilitate this questioning process. She conveys especially the importance for us all to ensure that we truly understand the significance of getting to know our family and friends properly as people instead of merely taking their presence for granted. The result, as the book describes, leads to a deeper understanding of ourselves as well as an appreciation of how crucial family and friends are to us - something that is so easily overlooked, and then regretted when it becomes too late.
Sheila also gently narrates her own powerful, beautiful and un-expected spiritual awakening through some amazing experiences which she shares with the reader which opened up her life and could yours.
Despite the distress of life-threatening illness, bereavements and 2 excruciating family separations, the ultimate message in this book is a deeply positive one about learning to forgive, patience and, above all, awakening.
The practical approach of the second half of the book, written in 14 different personal development sections, opens the door for the reader to apply such essential questions to their own life situation and benefit from the valuable insights contained within these pages.
Sheila Steptoe is a young grandmother who is not yet old inside or out! She is still living life to the full.
Before I Get Old and Wrinkly is Sheila’s first book which started as just a letter to her children but the idea and contents were beginning to help so many other people who were begining to question things in their life that she turned it into a book. This has now resulted in her appearing on TV and BBC Radio.
Her life has been an adventure and as a teenager in the late 60’s early 70’s Sheila and a group of girlfriends thumbed their way around Europe for 3 years, but she then settled down and was happily married for 20 years with 2 children. They have now flown the nest and she now has beautiful grandchildren. She went back to work when her children were teenagers and having spent most of her working life at The Observer and Sunday Times newspaper went to work for her local newspaper. After 6 years she then trained to become a BUPA Health Care Adviser for 7 years and the company thankfully took her away from sales and trained her to be a trainer and teacher. She had found her vocation. She also studied for a Counselling degree and trained to be a Life Coach. It has been a journey of self discovery.
Having had a corporate background in sales Sheila decided to utilise her skills when writing her letter. She has also written a second part within the book ‘My thoughts on life’ divided into 14 personal growth sections. This has now subsequently lead her on to a new successful business venture giving talks and running workshops to help others. .For more details please visit http://www.sheilasteptoe.com
Her book is now making people think about their own lives and bringing people closer together. Sheila lives in Essex and loves reading, learning and travelling.
My letter to you all
To my dear son, daughter and grandchildren,
Where my life is going at this moment in time I am not quite sure but isn’t life an exciting journey? It is full of so many different emotions and experiences that sometimes it is hard to put it into words. Everyone’s life is like an adventure, each is different and personal, and sometimes we never know what will happen next. It can be full of magical moments, exciting and life can be great but then suddenly it can change in an instant. My life is like that and so much has happened that I felt I would like to write to you and tell you more about my life. You may wonder why and for what purpose but for various important reasons which I will explain to you as I write, I feel that the time is now right for you both and my grandchildren to know and understand the deeper me.
Another reason to write to you now is that when nanny and granddad both died, I realised afterwards that I did not really know them, and in some ways that hurt and surprised me. It suddenly dawned on me – who were they? Why had I all my life just accepted that they were just my parents and I had never actually wanted or even thought about who they were as individual people? They had a life before I came along, but it never occurred to me to ask what it was like. … but it is too late to ask them now. Perhaps if I had, I would have understood them more.
I have had a great life so far with some real fun and laughter. I have also had some real heart breaks, one of which is still breaking my heart today, as you know.
Part 2 is Personal development for you in 14 seperate sections to help you move on with your life and get the most out of it. Learning to use your own 'Inner Power' is the key to your success.
