Peta-Ann is the Founder of Elegant Rebel, providing support for other soul-full rebels in rediscovering their uniqueness and celebrating all that they are and can be. Elegant Rebels choose to follow their inner-knowing instead of societal norms and take heart-centred action filled with compassion, kindness and grace.

Her desire to assist other people thrive, stems from her many years studying Humanities and Complementary Therapies alongside a stellar career as a communication specialist, in the fields of politics and government. This included spending 20+ years with police and emergency services. During this time, Peta-Ann had the honour of working directly alongside officers protecting and serving the Queensland community. She developed and led many award-winning Qld Police programs such as the anti-violence campaign ‘One Punch. Can Kill’ and the introduction of the non-urgent Policelink Contact Centre.

Peta-Ann is also a breast cancer thriver, having a bilateral mastectomy in her mid-40s. Post mastectomy, she decided to elegantly rebel against society’s version of normal and chose to ‘stay-flat’ – meaning no prosthesis and no reconstruction.

This decision came after much soul searching, trial and error and discovering the really odd things that may occur to your mind, body and soul after having a bilateral mastectomy.

It was the indescribable need to share these really odd things, so others could make the best choices for themselves in a traumatic situation– and not for society – which led Peta-Ann to publishing her first book, “What happens when they don’t grow back – the upside down view of life after a bilateral mastectomy”.

Now an IndieReader approved author, it was through her writing that Peta-Ann reignited her passion for assisting others to rediscover their authentic self and realise the answers are always within them—buried most of the time, but still there.

Sharing from a place of lived experience, Peta-Ann cherishes being able to assist other like-minded souls discovering they too can elegantly rebel and do not need to ‘find themselves’ or a ‘new normal’. We simply need reminding of how to celebrate own uniqueness every day.

First anniversary of the release of my first book – ‘What happens when they don’t grow back – the upside down view of life after a bilateral mastectomy.’

After breast cancer treatment, I decided to elegantly rebel. To stay flat. To simply be myself. Stylishly. Authentically. No boobs required. I have been a proud ‘Flattie’ since 2015!

No subject is sacred in my wee tome. Normal is not expected when reading this book. Normal is debunked in fact. You may even discover the fact when you don’t fit in with society’s version of normal is exactly how you fit in.

In this heartfelt, openly honest read, I share how I decided to rebel quietly and definitively against external expectations and their version of normal. By sharing my experience and toolkit, my hope is others will find their own voice. Take up their own space. Stand in their own personal power. Ask their own questions. Find their own truth.

Celebrate their uniqueness more info link – https://peta-annwood.au/meet-peta-ann/