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A tale of resilience: Carien Rennie

Rennie moved from South Africa to Canada with her family in 2019
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Carien Rennie works as an accounts manager for Boulevard Magazine in the Okanagan. (contributed by Carien Rennie)

It91裸聊视频檚 a big decision to pick up and move to a different country.

Carien Rennie (Wessels) took courage to a new level when she left South Africa for Canada in hopes of giving herself and her three sons a better chance at life.

91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 the uncertainty of the country, and the state that it91裸聊视频檚 in left us all to wonder what was going to happen in the future.91裸聊视频

Rennie and her family moved to Nova Scotia first, but found it wasn91裸聊视频檛 the right fit. The family packed up and moved again to Kelowna in December 2019.

Settling into a new city in a new country was not easy. To add to the hardship, Rennie said her job qualifications aren91裸聊视频檛 recognized in Canada and she had to go back to the basics.

91裸聊视频淚 studied as an aesthetician and I eventually worked my up in South Africa.91裸聊视频 Rennie worked as a regional sales manager for a pharmaceutical company in their aesthetics division. 91裸聊视频淐oming here, it91裸聊视频檚 different levels of qualification that you need to do it, it doesn91裸聊视频檛 just work on merit.91裸聊视频

Going back to where she started, Rennie took a job as an aesthetician at a local spa. Then COVID-19 took the world by storm and Rennie decided to re-evaluate life once again.

91裸聊视频淭he world changed as it is, and being in that industry where touch and all of that was the main focus of it I had to question myself.91裸聊视频

Rennie started doing pre-consultation visits for a doctor, but found being stuck in an office wasn91裸聊视频檛 the life for her. 91裸聊视频淚 can91裸聊视频檛 be contained in four walls. My personality is way too big and bright and sparkly, and I need to be in between lots of people.91裸聊视频

With a history of sales, Rennie applied and accepted a job with Boulevard Magazine in March of 2022 as an accounts manager where she continues to work today and loves it.

The hardships didn91裸聊视频檛 stop there, however, with Rennie91裸聊视频檚 husband filing for divorce during her first year in Kelowna. 91裸聊视频淪o, here I was in this country thousands of kilometres from anyone I knew or know, new culture, new environment, single mom, three boys and it was like, what do you do now?91裸聊视频

Rennie said a choice had to be made and she wasn91裸聊视频檛 going to let circumstances stand in the way of success. Rennie said it hasn91裸聊视频檛 been an easy road, but she is extremely proud of her resiliency.

Her advice to other women, 91裸聊视频淣ever stop trying.91裸聊视频

Rennie said the people she surrounds herself with have made all the difference in climbing the ladder and reaching her goals in life. 91裸聊视频淲e are all flawed human beings and we need each other, we need to stand together. No one is meant to do this alone.91裸聊视频

Rennie started with Boulevard in the Okanagan and has since been promoted, also overseeing the English and Chinese magazines in Vancouver.

She recently received her Canadian citizenship alongside her three boys, adding excitedly that 91裸聊视频渢he future is bright.91裸聊视频

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