SOS Village

Jason, who has moved into the debt advice sector after spending 16 years in the world of investment banking, once worked for the collapsed Icelandic bank Landsbanki, so has good knowledge of debt problems and the devastating effects they can have.

I was a divorcee throughout my 30's and whilst I enjoyed single parenthood with two children my greatest concern for the future was that I hadn't established a solid career before becoming a parent.

 

 

 

One man's story about dealing with depression after the suicide of his partner

 

It has taken me a long while to finally write about life after my divorce, and how I found myself waiting in line to take my life at the Beth Israel Hospital in New York City.

 

 

Why it can be a good thing to "crash and burn" - Andy and Di share their starting over stories.

'Living Hindsight':

 
I am an experienced Personal Mentor and Inspirational Speaker and have survived divorce, my Mum’s physical and mental illnesses, parental bereavements and six redundancies over my 30-year career.

In January 2008 I took the biggest leap of faith in my life.  I packed my car with my most treasured belongings, which when it came down to it, were one suitcase of clothes, my personal development books, my motivational CD’s and my Border Collie….. and drove 500 miles south to start again at the age of 40.

 

 

Julia Armstrong interviews Andrew Nicholson and Diane MacDowall on Holistic Personal Development.  Their own relationship mirrors their work and their meeting one another and subsequent move to live and work together was a love story that was picked up national papers and magazines! Di tells us about it during the interview.

 

Clive Collins tells us how managing a Christmas tree farm has helped him regain his self-confidence and self esteem since injury.

"In 1990, while operating my forestry business, I had an accident at work and found myself in the NSIC at Stoke Mandeville with a broken back, T12/L1 complete. This meant I lost all sensation in my lower body, my legs stopped working, as did my bladder and bowels.