Transformation Stories
“Tragic circumstances forced me to redesign my future”
The devastating loss of her husband, aged just 49, led Liz Withyman to reassess her own life and health. Discovering Time Restricted Eating and embarking on a new career changed everything for her.
“I realised this was the thing I was here to do.”
Her own difficult childhood experience as a mixed-race girl brought up by a white family, and a transformational experience led Rebekah Clark to a lightbulb moment and a mission to change the lives and destinies of children around the world.
Picture: Sian Trenberth
At school I wanted to be a writer but the careers teacher suggested hairdressing. At 60 I finally got published
Julie Owen Moylan always wanted to be a writer. She finally stopped listening to her doubts...and made it come true
I became a mother of twins in my 50s
Linnet Cotterill decided she wanted children and embarked on a journey of egg-freezing, genetic testing, using donor eggs and finally becoming a mother...
I swapped life as a diplomat to become a junior doctor, just as Covid hit...
Victoria Whitford used to negotiate hostage release but with a small child in tow she opted for another kind of busy
‘It was time to give something back’
After Sue Peart's life hit a difficult patch she began to volunteer with Samaritans -- and gained a new purpose.
At 47 I was diagnosed with cancer - my local ladies running club saved my life
After a cancer diagnosis, Josie Lloyd discovered a group of running friends who helped her regain gallows humour and hope.
My life looked perfect in my 40s but I was falling apart inside...
The first half of my life was about being good, being approved of and being thin. It wasn’t until my marriage failed that I learnt what success really looked like, and how to nourish myself and the women I work with.
How I survived the pandemic & menopause as an entrepreneur
Menopause, five kids and the pandemic: how one entrepreneur has survived. Liz Matthews on a year like no other.
I hated being a corporate lawyer so I left and created a new life...
Forest bathing is about connecting to nature. For Liz Dawes, it was a pathway to reconnecting to herself.
