Banishing The Good Girl Complex

I wrote and published this blog post when I first became CEO of Javelina in 2017. It is just as personal and relevant today, though I’ve certainly changed a lot since I wrote this. In the coming weeks, I’ll be sharing an update on Catherine the Good Girl, and how I’ve reclaimed the reins of control from her hands. 

I am eight, maybe nine, sitting in the back seat of the car with my younger brother. My nana and my mum are in the front. Alex and I are squabbling about something insignificant. Nana twists in her seat and says sharply: “Catherine, if you fight with your brother, he won’t talk to you when you’re older. Be quiet. Be good.”