About Me — Samantha Steele

Mother of two boys in a state of flux having left a 16-year career, now starting from scratch finding new ways to work.

I recently turned 38 and found myself without a full-time job for the first time in 16 years. I didn’t get fired nor was I made redundant, I quit! I woke up one day, after being unable to hand my notice in for years, and decided enough was enough. No more tears, no more stress, no more drama, and no more guilt of spending more time worrying about other people’s children than my own, and no more fear of disappointing the people I love.

I live in London and form part of a blended family. My partner and I got together after already having a child with another person, and we have a child together, our youngest son. It has been almost a decade since we met, both of us having lived in Asia and returning to an unfamiliar life with a child and no partner. Unbeknown to us our paths definitely crossed without us meeting, from working in the same small town for an entire summer to going to the same university for a year, to being in the same city in Asia for a short amount of time. Our time together has been tough, with both of us not being sure we would get as far as we have, but that is the reality of being in a relationship where other people have the ability to topple the…