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Every method you tried was built for a life you don’t have.

Two simple systems, GROWTH and DESIGN, for change that holds when life is messy, time is short, and your brain refuses to cooperate.

GROWTH by DESIGN by Stephen Owen, front cover

The method

Two systems, one change.

One is how you see the change. The other is how you do it. Together they turn intention into something that actually holds.

How you see it.

  • GroundedStart from where you really are.
  • ResonantChange that fits who you are.
  • OutwardLook beyond yourself.
  • Within ReachEmbarrassingly small steps.
  • TransformativeSmall moves, real shift.
  • HarmoniousChange that fits your life.

How you do it.

  • DefineName the one real change.
  • EnvisionPicture what good looks like.
  • StrategizePlan for the bad days too.
  • InitiateStart before you feel ready.
  • GatherTrack what is working.
  • NurtureKeep it going when it is hard.

The books

Read it, then work it.

The book gives you the ideas. The workbooks turn them into a plan you can actually follow.

  • GROWTH by DESIGN by Stephen Owen, front cover

    GROWTH by DESIGN

    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.

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Look inside

Read the first chapter, free.

The whole of Chapter One, Grounded, exactly as it appears in the book. Turn the pages yourself.

From Chapter One. You don’t need to be fixed. There, it’s said. And it’s true.

Free

Not sure where to start?

Take the GROWTH Readiness Scorecard and find out what’s really stopping you, in about five minutes. Plus four more free tools to get you moving.

Planners

A day book for the care office.

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
The Care Coordinator Day Book, front cover

Practical change for people with complicated lives.

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