Sharon was born in Calow, England in 1964.  After the age of nine she was raised by her father.  On leaving school at age fifteen she had a variety of jobs from factory work to grocery store clerk.

After the birth of her second child she worked in a restaurant as a server and took the opportunity to help out and gain experience in the kitchen as cooking was not her strong point at the time due to the lack of female influence in the home.  Sharon really enjoyed learning to cook and with the encouragement of the head chef she started a three year course in the culinary arts.  Sharon graduated from the program in only two years with the highest mark in Nottinghamshire and then ran a small restaurant in a pub for several years.

Once she immigrated to Canada she was quickly employed at Trent University as the head chef at Peter Robinson College.  During her second year in the position she fell at work while leaving for home, seriously injuring her right knee.  After three surgeries and two years of physiotherapy she was diagnosed with Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, a form of Muscular Dystrophy.  It was very debilitating, the pain itself was intense but to suddenly lose her ability to get around made her realize she could no longer do many of the things she loved the most.  She became addicted to pain killers and with her limited mobility she gained well over sixty pounds which in turn did not help her situation.

Sharon could have ended her life at one point but with the support of her family she began to realize it was time to turn her life around, and take back what she once had and make it stronger.  And to do it before her life withered away much as her leg was beginning to.  It was time to reinvent herself, so she began walking everyday and even though it wasn’t very far or very fast, she continued.  She began to use her knowledge of food and nutrition, which was one of her strengths.

Sharon changed her diet and within one year had lost 50lbs and gone from walking 450ft to jogging 10km every morning.  During this time she re-educated herself for a new career in Massage Therapy, quit drinking and had substantially reduced pain medication; Sharon looked and felt better than before her accident.

She still had limitations, but suddenly limitations became challenges and the new Sharon Mould rose to meet each challenge as though conquering each one gave her even more strength than the one before.

Nine years have passed since her journey began and Sharon can honestly say that she is a better person now with more patience, understanding and compassion for others.

She lives her life as if each day were her last and embrace’s fear because that is the only true thing that holds us back, even fear of success.  Sharon hopes that through her journey she not only sets examples for her children but inspires others to conquer their own personal and professional challenges and become the persons they truly are meant to be.