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​Who developed Positive Transitions?

OUT OF CLUTTER, FIND SIMPLICITY.  FROM DISCORD, FIND HARMONY.  
​IN THE MIDDLE OF DIFFICULTY LIES OPPORTUNITY
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WHO is behind Positive Transitions?​

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​Positive Transitions began to evolve following a massive life change I made in the late 1990’s. I qualified as a Master Practitioner in NLP, came out of a long term relationship, resigned as a part time lecturer at Thames Valley University, gave up a lucrative PR consultancy and moved from London to rural Somerset. Quite a shock to the system it was too!

I started to use my newly learned skills within employed work as an adult tutor and advice worker; gradually developing freelance contracts with small projects, charities and coaching individuals. Positive Transitions formed organically; by work of mouth and Networking; I’ve never advertised. Although I did launch a website in 1994 most of my work came from recommendations and from satisfied clients.

I think of my work as assisting people discover the right pathway towards finding their true self and contentment. I know first hand what it like to be depressed, to feel desperately unhappy as I had mental health issues when I was in my 30s. But I also know that it is possible to fully recover, even though that pathway maybe rocky and hard to negotiate!  It is worth the effort.

I had a career in fashion before retraining as a therapist and tutor.  I knew what clothes looked good on me and what suited others. I helped people feel good about the way they looked outwardly. Now I help people feel good on the inside, which lasts far longer and in my opinion, is more beneficial.

​Since moving to Dorset I have concentrated by efforts in writing.  A Positive Transitions handbook is in work and will be available via this site later this year. In this I detail some of the useful ideas and techniques that have had proven success through my work, in a simple to understand guide. I have almost finished a memoir on my early life and career in which illustrates how I made many positive transitions in my life in order to survive. I have written several radio dramas one being broadcast on local radio in 2011, as well as many short stories and the beginning of a novel. Three of my short stories were published in Narrative Threads in 2015 and one in The Dorset Writers Network – This Little World.

As a child I had a Gerald Durrell fascination with nature and animals. I spent many hours deep in the Buckinghamshire woods with my pets and wild creatures. I communed with the natural world then and in a sense I still do.  In my blog ‘Nature Speaks’ I will share magical moments encountered by observing the natural world or by words from passing strangers.  
​Elizabeth Friend
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