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.

CONTRIBUTORS • Meet three of the people who have taken part in the making of Be Happy And Successful

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Create fulfilment

Build the career you really want • Are you stuck on a professional ‘dreadmill’ and feeling despondent about your job? Anita Chaudhuri talks to the experts about the path to finding fulfilment at work

What stops you from having your dream job? • Limiting beliefs can put the brakes on you achieving the kind of career that you want and deserve. Take our test to find out what type of negative thinking is standing in your way

“There is opportunity to found beauty everywhere; you just need to change the way you look for it” • Artist Philippa Stanton relied on her creativity to see her through challenging times and has now written a book to share the key to living a creative life

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Passion project • Ever dreamed of making money out of your creative hobby? Anna Behrmann didn’t know where to start, so she sought help from the experts

It’s the little things • Oliver Burkeman suggests small changes that will make the biggest impact on the quality of your daily life

Reinvent yourself

How to pivot to a new future • Changing course is never easy – especially when it’s prompted by the unexpected – but with the right strategy, you can forge a fulfilling new career. Heidi Scrimgeour explains how she did it

Transferable skills checklist • Use this template to help you compile your list of transferable skills. Add your abilities and qualities as you reflect on your career history – and include every professional proficiency you possess

‘I was brave and honest about what I wanted’ • Sam Burgess, 35, moved from recruitment to a marketing and social media role in the same retail company

Three exercises to help you change direction • Heidi Scrimgeour’s suggestions for expanding your mindset, experience and talents

‘I married my skills with my principles’ • Antoinette Daniel, 46, is a former teacher who started an ethical cleaning business

What stops you changing course? • If it’s time to take your life in a new direction but you can’t seem to make it happen, complete our test to find out what’s in the way

“I love connecting with people and helping local businesses” • Started as a hobby, Hero Brown’s website, Muddy Stilettos, has grown into the definitive online lifestyle guide for women living in the countryside

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Dream big

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