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If I hadn’t met so many hurdles, I wouldn’t be where I am”

“My way had always been to wake up early, and I suppose I was a bit of a workaholic. With an eight-month-old child, however, it was more complicated than getting up at dawn to get a handle on the day!”

After working in senior roles in the NHS for most of her career, Celia Gaze never imagined life would take her to a farm in the countryside complete with llamas, alpacas and donkeys. ‘I had always worked in London but, one day, I took a gamble on what seemed like an amazing job in the North West,’ says Celia. ‘I thought I’d found my purpose in the NHS, then I had difficulty falling pregnant and had two miscarriages. When I finally got pregnant with my son,

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