Sara’s First Decade.
I was born on October 6th, 1954, just after midnight. My mother had gone into labor on the Wednesday before and had apparently said, “Thank God she’s not going to be a Wednesday’s child, because Wednesday’s child is full of woe.” Well, I waited until just after midnight on Wednesday to be born anyway. Looking back, I can smile at that now, because yes, there has certainly been some woe in my life, but whether we can blame Wednesday for it is another matter altogether.
Sara’s Second Decade.
As I turned ten, life still carried a sense of comfort and familiarity. My father was alive, and we were living in a beautiful home in Louth, England—surrounded by gardens, open space, and a rhythm that felt secure, even though I was away at boarding school for much of the time. Coming home brought a sense of grounding, of knowing where I belonged. But everything changed at eleven. My father suffered another heart attack, and this time, he didn’t recover.
Sara’s Third Decade.
I thought I would take a tiny look back on my seven decades, and revisit the memories.
Age 20 – Stepping Into the World. The Decade 20–30: The Years That Made Me
There are decades in our lives that quietly pass…
and then there are decades that shape us.
My twenties were not a gentle unfolding.
They were a leap—into the unknown, into the world, and into myself.
At twenty, I didn’t step out with a clear plan or a mapped-out future.
I stepped out with curiosity… with openness… and with a heart that believed in humanity.
And that, as I would come to learn, was both my gift… and my lesson.
In my thirties, life wasn’t something I was simply living—it was something I was holding together. On the outside, it looked like I was doing it all: raising my now 3 children, building businesses, clothing shop called Tabytha’s Wear Unusual, creating opportunities, moving between places, traveling back into England and the States. There was movement, there was momentum, there was creation. But beneath it all… there was a constant stretching of self.
I’m your host, Sara Troy, and this is my fifth decade in the series of seven shows reflecting on my seventy-one years of life. Each episode looks at one decade, and this one is my forties into my fifties. If you want the wider life story, with more of the detail and perspective, that lives in my book, Sara’s Self-Discovery to Soul Living. But today, I want to share what this decade truly felt like, because my forties were a very tumultuous time, yet also the beginning of my liberation.
In my mid-fifties into my mid-sixties, everything began to shift. After asking for the divorce at the end of my forties, I stepped into a chapter that was no longer about just surviving—it was about finding my way forward, even when I didn’t yet know what that path would look like.
FULL SHOW HERE COMING MAY 5TH
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