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E126: Private Jets, Wealth, Luxury at 17. Then Her World Collapsed | Sharon Foulston
Sunday, 21 June, 2026
Sharon Foulston grew up in an ordinary home until the day her father's company went public and the family became extraordinarily wealthy almost overnight. The private jets, the doors that suddenly opened, the kind of life most people only ever watch from a distance, all of it arrived at once. Then, on her first day of university at 17, her father was killed in a crash while testing a car at Silverstone, and the world she knew disappeared with him.What came after is the part nobody photographs. Years of feeling unmoored, disconnected from who she was, with growth that quietly stopped. In this conversation Sharon talks about how she slowly found her way back, through nature, through simply going outside again, and eventually through sailing alone across open water. It is a story about losing everything that once defined you and rebuilding a self that wealth could never buy.In this episode we get into:- What sudden wealth actually does to a young person and a family- The first day of university that became the worst day of her life- The long, invisible middle: identity loss, stalled growth, and grief that has no timeline- How nature and solo sailing became the way back- Why she now wants to help others find their footing after loss
