It’s a long time since this picture was taken (a quarter of a century in fact), but if I close my eyes and think back I can still\u00a0feel<\/b> the hormones surging through my veins, hear<\/b> my insecure outpourings whispered to friends on my parents’ landline, and experience<\/b>\u00a0once more the raw emotion and angst of those challenging years. I’ve written about it before, in this post entitled Smells Like Cheap Spirits<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Which is why, when invited by young entrepreneur and author Ella Stearn<\/b><\/a> from The Lucky Truth<\/a><\/u><\/b> to take part in Project Teen<\/a><\/u><\/b>, an initiative designed to support teenage girls through the daily challenges they face, I jumped at the chance.<\/p>\n