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Turia Pitt shares her most important life advice

By Jo Abi|

One simple word

Turia Pitt is inspiring, in so many ways.

After suffering severe burns during the Kimberly Ultramarathon 'Racing The Planet' in 2011, she endured incredible hardship. Now though, life is better than ever before, thanks to a beautiful new addition to her life.

Her son Hakavia, who is four months old.

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Ahead of headlining Westfieldกฏs new Women in Conversation?event series, the 30-year-old told 9Honey itกฏs gone fast.?

"I think any new parent would attest to that. Well, not even any new parent. That's time. Time just goes. If you don't stop and try and take stock of each day, before you know it, it's Christmas again."

If there's one thing Pitt has quickly learned from new motherhood, it's the importance of taking time for yourself, no matter how small.

"I think it's important for everyone to remember because we're all individuals, and we all have our own identity, and I think especially when you become a mum, your identity changes.

"Because now you're a mother and perhaps attention is deflected away from you and onto your little one, and that's the way it should be, but you don't want to forget who you are either."

Pitt says she doesn't always succeed at it, but manages to get the time she needs as often as possible.

"Even after a couple of weeks [of being a mum] I was thinking, 'Who am I now?' Because you don't do sport anymore, you're not travelling around the country giving speeches...what's your identity?"

Pitt says it's important for mums to maintain their "sense of self", as well as their relationships with partners, friends and family.

The new mum says the title of "mum" is now the cornerstone of her identity.

"I'm a new mum and I'm loving it," she told?9Honey.?"But I'm also a woman who's very determined. I am very gritty. I've got a lot of perseverance. I'm persistent, so I'm trying not to forget all of those attributes that I've got."

And Pitt has needed all of those attributes to cope with new motherhood, which she describes as "relentless".?

"That's the best way to describe it. Relentless, but you wouldn't have it any other way."

Speaking with Pitt, it's understandable why she decided to launch a mentoring program for young Australians, and why so many people are signing up. It's called School of Champions, and you can enrol now.

"I'm in a fortuitous position that I've mentored, I think over 7,000 people through that program.

"I'm really proud of it.

"It's kind of the mentality I've taken with me into achieving many of the goals I've achieved such as my recovery in hospital and competing in two iron man events and a lot of it is common sense but I think the difference is I explain a lot of the concepts in a fairly relateable and easy to understand way."

She says instead of saying, 'I have to', she says, 'I get to'.

When Hakavai was first born, Pitt says instead of saying, 'I have to get Hakavai because he's crying', she says, 'I get to go to Hakavai because he's crying.'

"Previously it was like it was an obligation, and I didn't want to feel that way about my son. So now I say, 'I get to.' I get to go and feed Hakavai. I get to go pick up Hakavai. And I get to be here and I get to be around to watch him grow up.

"And I think that's pretty cool, just changing those two words completely changes how you feel about the situation."

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