Laura Young talks to Jenna Brown about her path into financial services, overcoming trauma and the tenets of martial arts that she lives by…
Cairn Independent operations director Laura Young achieved a black belt in Taekwondo at age nine. Not many others have achieved the highest honour in her chosen martial art at such a young age. But while she was disciplined in the dojang and living by the five tenets of her sport - courtesy, integrity, perseverance, self-control and indomitable spirit – she was sadly a victim of sexual abuse. Something she kept secret for many years. The trauma from that abuse resulted in self-harm, a spiral of despair and eventually a prolonged estrangement from her parents. While still dealing wi...
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