Out 1 December 2026
Two simple systems, GROWTH and DESIGN, for change that holds when life is messy, time is short, and your brain refuses to cooperate.
The method
One is how you see the change. The other is how you do it. Together they turn intention into something that holds.
The books
The book gives you the ideas. The workbooks turn them into a plan you can follow.
You don’t need to be fixed. You’re a person getting on with complicated circumstances on limited resources, and most self-help was written for someone with more time, more money and fewer problems than you have.
Out 1 DecemberNotify me
Reading about change is easy. Doing it is the hard part, and this is where the doing happens.
Out 1 DecemberNotify me
Not everyone has a spare month. Some days you just need to start. The Lite Workbook is the express route through GROWTH by DESIGN.
Out 1 DecemberNotify meLook inside
The whole of Chapter One, The Gap, from the current text of the book. Read it free before the book is out on 1 December.
From Chapter One. The gap between knowing what to do and doing it isn’t a character flaw. It’s a design flaw.
Free
Take the GROWTH Readiness Scorecard and find out what’s really stopping you, in about five minutes. Sign up and I’ll send you the printable Scorecard and the One-Page Change Plan. The Emergency Kit is free to everyone, with no sign-up.
Planners
The Care Coordinator Day Book is an undated, page-a-day planner for domiciliary and community care coordinators, rota coordinators, team leaders and senior carers.
See the Day Book
Stephen Owen has spent 15 years as a primary care nurse, having the change conversation for a living and watching the gap between knowing and doing up close. He writes for people with complicated lives, not ideal ones.
Start with the book
