Barbie Wharton - Losing the illusion. Dealing with Bells Palsy.

Barbie Wharton is a speaker, writer, dance event boss, Mum and survivor of Bell’s Palsy. Barbie started dancing in 5th Grade but made her career in upper management before having her two sons. She then started a team apparel company and worked with her mother and sister producing dance competitions across Western Canada. In 2020 the business closed due to Covid-19 but Barbie has now started her own company, B1 Dance Productions. She has suffered from Bells Palsy, a condition that causes a temporary weakness or paralysis of the muscles in the face, since 2015. It came on very suddenly and she realised what a traumatising and emotionally terrifying thing it is. Because there wasn’t a lot of information available she decided to set up Bellspalsytalk.com, a community where people can come together and talk to other people who are going through the same thing. In this podcast:

• Barbie discusses why she wasn’t ready to let the dance world go and needed to get back up and try again!

• The need to speak up and use her voice

• Losing her illusion of what her life should look like.

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