About Me
Welcome. My name is Rebecca Lucie, the founder and proud owner of this blog, it’s an honour to meet you.
While I could go into much detail about who I am and how I got here, I’d like to focus more on you and what Rebeccalucie.com hopes to offer.
A Brief Background Story:
As a young woman born into a quiet, North English town, I have always had a desire to be and do more. This desire was and continues to be aided by my wonderful parents, Jacqueline and Geoffrey, who have encouraged and continue to encourage my every hobby or ambition(s). Whether it be dance, gymnastics, athletics, painting, singing, performing, cooking, baking (just to name a few) or achieving the top grades in school, my family have never failed to be by my side. I feel incredibly grateful for both them and my upbringing.
I, however, must now add a BUT…
Onto My Why:
Unfortunately, despite my childhood, these past few years have been challenging. While it remains for me to detail exactly WHY it’s been exacting, I’d prefer to keep that private (for now anyway). What I can say, however, is that this blog, and its very purpose, is closely linked to my personal journey.
I’m sure that during my adolescence people saw me as naturally confident, charismatic and skilled. To the outside world, I was the girl who did it all. I was “THAT” girl (enter eye roll here).
Eye roll aside. They couldn’t have been more wrong.
Unbeknownst to them, they were witnessing one of the best Oscar performances. I was an actress. Someone who was riddled with insecurities, feelings of loneliness, inadequacy and self-doubt. I was the master of “faking it till I made it”. Yet, that’s precisely my problem, I never did make it.
Not really anyway.
So what if you had to put on a show, it worked out anyway? What a good question. Unfortunately for you, you are just as wrong as the people who assumed I had it all. While my star studded performance managed to get me through primary and high school, this star’s glow would soon wane, especially post- 14 years old. High School and College hit me hard. I struggled to make friends, lost many of those I’d had, my insecurities grew unbearable and I felt so desperately lost.
~ Queue the mini violin ~
So it’s pity you want? Sorry, no. Wrong again. Instead, I want to use my story, my experience, as a means to help others. Is that cliché enough for you?
If not, my deepest apologies but it’s the best I can do.
Although I had hoped situations would improve post-College, my feelings of loneliness and defectiveness have only intensified. Added to that, I’ve lost my passion for life as well as all my previous hobbies. I don’t dance anymore, I don’t sing, I don’t enjoy painting and I certainly don’t pleasure in cooking or baking.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m aware that I am more fortunate than most; I still have a loving family and small circle of close friends, a roof over my head, a comfortable living environment and the privilege to create a blog such as this. I, however, no longer can claim to have either true mental or physical health nor a sense of direction.
This is where YOU enter. Yes, YOU.
The Mission (should you choose to accept it):
As a blog but also a living, breathing online space, Rebeccalucie.com intends to be the all-new lifestyle magazine which centres around the topic of personal growth and connection.
I have come to realise that I can’t be the only twenty-something who feels this way or has found themselves in this position.
~ Disclaimer: this is not me saying that you have to experience a life-changing tragedy in order to utilise or find this blog helpful. No. ~
This blog is for anyone and everyone. It is for the curious, the intellectually driven, the stylish: those who who don’t just want to emerge from their shell but smash it altogether.
On here you can expect to find articles relating to confidence, personal style, skincare, health, building your dream life, books, psychology, philosophy, podcasts (hell, all the arts) and so much more.
Ready to become the best version of you? Good because you’re cordially invited to join the Rebecca Lucie community.
Yours faithfully,
