For me, finding balance is the most important. I do that by reconnecting with myself; doing the little things that make me ‘me’.
For me, finding balance is the most important. Finding the time to heal myself emotionally, mentally, or physically. I find a way to do that by reconnecting with myself. Doing the little things that make me ‘me’. When I'm in that place, I know the true intent behind everything I do, every decision that I take, and that for me is my balance – that’s where I find myself. My most vital role at the moment is being a mother; I have a three-year-old son. But, besides that, I have a creator in me that likes to conceptualise things. It’s something that runs in my mind 24/7. I am also soon-to-be an entrepreneur. So everyday is a step closer to something that I want, but it also means I have to balance these roles and do the best that I can do. Ideologies, I believe, are always something that you create within yourself versus what somebody else wants out of you. Being a mother comes with a set of rules, where you’re meant to do a few things a certain way. I struggled for the first one year, to find my way – to figure out whether I was doing the right thing. I think my greatest learning has been as a mother. To realise my strengths, mostly. Building confidence has been number one for me. Finding my way through my own insecurities as somebody who had lost a part of herself but had found newer parts. I had more access to newer parts of me. I think that was something that made me really want to strive harder, to be more connected with how I saw myself. I'm someone who has a vision that’s very clear in my mind. Whether it be me struggling with figuring out an equation – being a mother to being a working model – or looking forward to the future, I take everything as something that’s teaching me. Everything is adding to my core and is going to just help me be more powerful and more focused on where I have to go. It’s more like an inward journey, and I think that’s probably the reason why I seem so zen – because I've never lost sight of where I need to head. Rachel Bayros, Model
As a woman, as someone raising daughters, just as a general citizen of the world, it’s very easy to be afraid. How I manage to not be scared is through humour. Some people may say it’s through averting my eyes, but I think it is exactly because I engage so deeply with the world around me that I feel a need to find a route that isn’t fear.
I’m incredibly driven.The older I get, the more authentic I want to be. When I was younger, I would want to control things more.I was afraid of the outcome. Today, I have no fixed plans – I have guidelines, because I’ve discovered that magic lies in the unexpected.
Freedom requires courage to do what you choose to do, and take responsibility for your actions. It means being able to do exactly what I want, without being questioned, with equal opportunities.