The Next Chapter by Ellie Barker

Cha Rajakaruna is a world-renowned heart surgeon. We feel so lucky that not only does he work here in Bristol but he’s also one of our very special friends. But Cha grew up in a whole different world in Sri Lanka. He came to the UK to learn medicine and had no idea he was starting a next chapter as he was going to meet

Angela Marsons loved writing as a child but never thought she could be an author – but she kept writing and began submitting to agents – encouraged by her partner Julie who would leave out a pencil and pad for her. Angela (or Angie) had no idea it would take her 25 years of rejections before she found the right place f

Clara didn't set out with a big plan for her life, but by listening to her heart, it's taken her exactly to where she feels she's meant to be.  Clara only started practising yoga as a way of coping with her busy life when she wasn't always the best at saying 'no.' She decided to learn how to teach it all around her job

Imogen Clark says she advises her children to create their own luck - and she leads by example - by following her own heart Imogen has done exactly that in her own life.   First she became a solicitor in Leeds, a job she loved, but left when she had her children. One day she had a dream about writing a novel – so she h

Farrah Storr has not only been the editor of Elle Magazine, she’s also been the editor of Cosmopolitan as well as launching Women's Health magazine too. She was listed as one of the 1,000 most powerful people in the UK in 2017 plus she’s won numerous awards including Editor of the Year. And now she’s changing the way w

Tracy worked as a cancer nurse for 25 years - specialising in breast cancer and later becoming a Macmillan nurse. It’s safe to say Tracy has seen first hand how precious life is – and has spent many years with women and families at their most difficult times. But then Tracy had to make her own difficult decision to lea