TAKING THE WHEEL
MY STORY. YOUR ROAD.
This is my story, but it’s not just about me.
Taking the Wheel takes you through the wrong turns and unexpected detours that shaped my life, and the choices I made along the way.
Through stories of love, loss, motherhood, identity, illness, healing and starting again, I share the moments that challenged me, changed me and sometimes made me stop and take a long, honest look at where I was heading.
But this is more than a memoir.
Along the way, I invite you to pause and consider your own road. The choices you’ve made. The stories you’ve carried. The people and beliefs sitting in the passenger seats. And perhaps the places where you’ve been driving on autopilot.
There are questions to reflect on, moments to pause in, and practical ways to help you find your own direction.
Because no two journeys look the same.
I share my story. You navigate yours.
And if something in these words speaks to you, it may be time to take the wheel.
Who This Book Is For
This book is for the woman who:
• Holds it all together for everyone else, even when she’s running on empty.
• Looks strong and capable on the outside, but sometimes feels lost or disconnected on the inside.
• Has spent years doing what was expected of her and is beginning to wonder, What do I actually want?
• Knows something needs to change, but isn’t quite sure what — or where to begin.
• Is tired of living on autopilot and ready to start making more conscious choices.
• Is navigating a crossroads, a life change, a loss, a new beginning or simply a growing sense that something has to shift.
• Wants to trust herself more and listen to the voice beneath all the noise.
• Is ready to stop handing the steering wheel to everyone else and start having a say in where her life is going.
You don’t need to have it all figured out.
You don’t need a five-year plan.
You just need to be willing to pause, notice what’s really going on, and take the next turn.
What This Book Is About
This is a book about what happens when you stop for a moment and take an honest look at the road you’re on.
It’s about:
- Taking responsibility for your direction, even when you’re not entirely sure where you’re going.
- Recognising the beliefs, choices and patterns that may be shaping your life without you even noticing.
- Letting go of what you can’t control — and of what was never yours to carry in the first place.
- Moving through grief, fear, change and uncertainty without losing sight of yourself.
- Learning to trust your own inner voice, even when it gets drowned out by everyone else’s opinions.
- Making choices that are yours — not necessarily the easiest choices, or the choices others expect you to make.
- Understanding that changing direction doesn’t mean you’ve failed. Sometimes it simply means you’ve finally noticed where you’re going.
At its heart, Taking the Wheel is about learning to pause, notice and choose.
Because life will always throw you unexpected turns, potholes and the occasional roadblock.
You can’t control every part of the journey.
But you can choose how you meet the road ahead.
What Makes This Book Different
Taking the Wheel sits somewhere between memoir and personal reflection.
I share the stories, experiences, wrong turns and hard-won lessons that have shaped my life, but I don’t want you simply to read my story and close the book.
I want you to find yourself somewhere in it.
Woven throughout the book are simple, practical tools to help you pause and look at your own life:
- Pull Over Moments – pause and reflect
- Dashboard Checks – honest self-awareness
- Mirror Questions – deeper personal insight
- Words to Carry – grounding reminders
- Your Move – small, meaningful actions forward
These aren’t exercises for the sake of having exercises.
They are invitations to stop for a moment, notice what’s really going on, and consider what you want to do with what you’ve discovered.
Because my story may be mine, but what you see in it and where you choose to go from there, is entirely your own.
I share my road. You get to navigate yours.
A note from Evelyn
I didn’t write this book because I had a perfect journey. I wrote it because I didn’t.
Because life didn’t go to plan. Because I got things wrong.
Because I had to stop, rethink, and choose again, more than once.
And somewhere along the way, I realised something important:
We all have a story. Some chapters we choose, and some are written for us.
But we also have choice.
We can pause.
Take a breath.
Look at where we are.
And decide what the best possible next step might be.
It doesn’t mean we can change everything that has happened. We can’t.
But we can change direction. We can make a different choice. We can decide how we want to move forward from here.
You don’t need a new life.
You need to take the wheel of the one you already have.
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