188 - Traveling around Australia for five months with a three-year-old; Hayley's story (Part 4)

In this episode, we hear from Hayley who last spoke to us in January 2019. In episodes 131 (Part 1), 132 (Part 2), and 133 (Part 3) she shared her story and experience with sudden wife abandonment and the grief that she experienced for the 12 months following.

Hayley thought her relationship with her husband had been a fairytale. They had been together for more than nine years. They had travelled, enjoyed hiking and doing things together in the outdoors, had just finished renovating a home and had just had a baby. Hayley was very much in love. So when her husband's demeanour changed and he then casually told her that he didn't love her anymore, her whole world stopped. But, as shocking as this story is, ultimately it’s a story of hope and one woman's strength. Hayley shared how she dealt with her grief and how she climbed out of the depths of despair.  

In this episode, we catch up on what she has been doing in the 12 months since we spoke, and it is nothing short of amazing!

Hayley decided that she was not going to let 2019 be as bad as 2018. She spontaneously bought a motor home and then spent 5 months on the road, with her three-year-old daughter, driving 13,000 km around Australia.

She tells us all about the trip and how pivotal it was in her healing. She talks about the people she met, things that went wrong and how she overcame them, and about the highlights... riding a bike around Uluru with her daughter, making her way through Litchfield National Park, exploring Kakadu and looking for crocodiles, travelling through the outback, swimming with turtles off Fitzroy Island, and so much more. She also shares how she managed the long car drives with a toddler, and how she managed to do everything solo.

Also in this episode, Hayley updates us on the situation with her ex-husband. She tells us about the discovery of her ex having twins with the woman he had has an affair with (and finding out about it via Instagram) and how she overcame the sadness and jealousy that she felt about him having the big family that she always wanted, and how she now sees it is a blessing. 

Links mentioned in the episode:

Listen to Part 1 with Hayley (Episode 131) HERE. 

Listen to Part 2 with Hayley (Episode 132) HERE.

Listen to Part 3 with Hayley (Episode 133) HERE.

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