Interview with Merryn Witherspoon: Part 2

Monika: It has been over a year since our first interview. You look fantastic! What has changed in your life since then?

Merryn: Many thanks, Monika! It’s nice to keep in touch. Yes, a lot has certainly happened since our first interview in March 2014 and which occurred at a time of great uncertainty just after my father had died and my mother was in a nursing home. She actually also then died early and I then had to decide whether or not to continue with my move back to North Yorkshire.

Ultimately, I did move back in early July, having decided to move into my late parent's house and convert it into a B&B as it’s located in a prime tourist area close to the North Yorkshire National Park and the historic city of York as well as being close to my birthplace of Scarborough on the north coast of England. It’s a very small rural hamlet with only about ten houses and I did wonder what the neighbors would make of me!

Interview with Merryn Witherspoon

In the heart of the Cotswolds, where gentle hills meet quiet English skies, Merryn Witherspoon is learning to bloom, openly, honestly, and on her own terms. A digital creative, musician, and storyteller, Merryn invites the world into her life through her YouTube channel, where she documents her transition not only as a record for friends and family, but as an act of gentle visibility. Her videos offer a conversational window into a life shaped by deep introspection, late-blooming courage, and love, both lost and rediscovered within herself. From her earliest memories at the age of three, Merryn knew that she was not the boy the world expected her to be. Yet, like so many women of her generation, she spent decades navigating the delicate tightrope between internal truth and societal expectation. 

 

After the passing of her long-term partner and her father, Merryn found herself standing at a crossroads with no emotional obstacles left, only the open road of transition ahead. With honesty, warmth, and a sprinkle of wit, she speaks of growing up as an only child among farm animals, escaping into music, and forging a fiercely independent path through anxiety, silence, and, finally, self-acceptance. Merryn may describe herself as “not best known for saying just a few words,” but each one she offers carries the quiet strength of a woman who has earned her voice. Whether she’s writing songs, lifting weights at the gym, or softening her wardrobe’s blacks with plum and apricot florals, she remains refreshingly grounded. She doesn’t chase pageants or platforms, just connection. And in doing so, she becomes a role model not by design, but by example. It is with admiration and heartfelt curiosity that I welcome Merryn to this interview.