Taekwondo and financial services changed my life: In conversation with Cairn Independent's Laura Young

Cairn Independent operations director Laura Young achieved a black belt in Taekwondo at age nine. Not many others have achieved the highest honour in her chosen martial art at such a young age. But while she was disciplined in the dojang and living by the five tenets of her sport - courtesy, integrity, perseverance, self-control and indomitable spirit – she was sadly a victim of sexual abuse. Something she kept secret for many years. The trauma from that abuse resulted in self-harm, a spiral of despair and eventually a prolonged estrangement from her parents. While still dealing wi...