Emily is 38, a mum of four, a pastor, and someone whose love of the colour pink seems to match the brightness of her smile.

We first met over coffee in a busy Starbucks, cups clattering in the background, for a conversation originally meant to support her coaching qualification. What emerged was something much richer: a story of faith, calling, family and the quiet wisdom that comes from living life with intention.

After careers in teaching, Emily and her husband felt a strong pull to follow a different path. Together they responded to what they describe as a calling, planting a Freedom Church in Cheltenham. Today, their community numbers around 160 people. They don't have a traditional church building, instead gathering in schools and borrowed spaces, meeting people where they are.

Despite her young age, Emily speaks with clarity about the importance of caring for herself so she can better care for others, as a wife, mum, pastor and leader.

She reflects on her childhood on the family farm, early mornings at markets with her dad, and the simple joys that shaped her outlook. She also shares how she and her husband are complete opposites and why that difference is one of their greatest strengths.

Finally, Emily leaves us with four principles she hopes her children will carry through life:

• Be confident in who you are and own your path.
• Love people, even when they're hard to love.
• Find joy in the small things.
• Live a life full and die empty, give your all, until the cloth is wrung dry.

If her story were ever told on screen, she'd choose Anne Hathaway, Cameron Diaz or Kate Winslet to play her.

A conversation full of warmth, honesty and a zest for life that lingers long after the coffee cups stop clattering.

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