New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

MIFFY’S MERCY How I found my joy

It’s heartbreakingly difficult to fathom that a child as young as nine could suffer from severely dark thoughts but as she endured a tumultuous childhood, that was the reality for Youthline worker Myfanwy Barling or, as she likes to be called, Miffy.

And while today the 26-year-old Aucklander recognises how the turbulent years of her youth strengthened her ability to help other young Kiwis facing tough times,

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