Change Your Life

Whether you want to make a few tweaks to the way you live your life or find a completely new way of working, living and being, Change Your Life will help you create the life you really want. You may want to change your job, create a new business, reinvent yourself or the way you’re living your life. Whatever your quest, this series will inspire you to make the changes that you want, prompt you to answer life changing questions, and take action. We cover everything from how to consciously create a great start, operate with a beginner’s mind and overcome procrastination to inviting you to explore your greatest, grandest dreams. Imagine if you freed yourself to truly ‘think big’ for the future? Let’s pull back the layers shrouding our dreams, stopping them from seeing the light of day. Prosperity, a job we really love, romance and good health – what if you could have it all? This Change Your Life series will also help you if your goals seem too lofty and float out of reach. We feature experts who help you go back to basics and take sustainable action by practicing positive practical habits and baby step by baby step start building strong foundations. Change Your Life encourages you to be braver, inch out of your comfort zone, stop procrastinating and crack on with creating a life you love.

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CONTRIBUTORS • Meet three of the people who have taken part in the making of Speak Up, Get Confident

Change Your Life

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Time to be heard • Do you find yourself agreeing with others to keep the peace? Or mulling over a conversation and regretting the things you didn’t say? For ‘easy-going’ Ellen Tout, enough was enough – she wanted to start saying how she truly felt

How to bite the bullet and say your piece

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Zooming with confidence • Video meeting angst? Let’s slip into a more comfortable approach and make them work for us. Born introvert and coach Lucy Griffiths sets the agenda

The woman within • For years, Lauren Barber repressed her feminine energy – now she sees it as a superpower, the font of her creativity, health and sexuality. She offers some powerful and liberating exercises, so you can reconnect with yours

Unleash your feminine power • These practices are nurturing, nourishing and replenishing – designed to support the nervous system and guide you to your female essence. This is an outline, so feel free to experiment. We are all unique, so if something doesn’t feel good, leave it or tweak it

What have I said? • Anna Behrmann worried constantly about what other people thought of her, and it was exhausting. Then she sought help to find her voice

How not to care what people think • Sas Petherick, coach and host of the ‘Courage + Spice’ podcast, tells us how to listen to she who matters

Critical mistakes • Judging strangers came easily to DJ Bowman-Smith. It was fun, and it made her feel better about herself. Then a comment from her daughter left her determined to change

Reboot your judgy mindset • Develop a nicer disposition by noticing critical thoughts and making way for positive ones. Follow these steps:

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The value of knowing your worth • How do you achieve a sense of self that does not rely on the judgements of others? Suzy Bashford seeks some expert help

How to make a ‘self’ assessment • Tips on keeping your beliefs alive and maintaining who you are

Move on from disappointment • When Nina Hobson’s dream of a new life abroad fell apart, she felt like a failure. Then she learned how to mourn her dashed hopes, and start again

How to dust yourself off and embrace the future

How to flourish in dark times • You can find strength in awful periods and use challenges to transform your life, says Malcolm Stern, who shares his wisdom and...