No slim pickings for LighterLife franchise owners

Debbie Blackburn

With the UK deep in recession and redundancy fears over the credit crunch crisis, for some people, being made redundant can open doors rather than close them, as 51 year old Debbie Blackburn recently experienced.

“I was made redundant from my job as a Senior Account Manager for a global IP Video Conferencing solutions company”, says Debbie. ”When I was first told I was being made redundant I took it as a personal attack and was very upset. It was a total surprise and I was in shock”.

Recovering from this shock, Debbie used her redundancy as the starting point to think about her next step. Drawing from her successful experience on LighterLife she decided to train as a Counsellor and help people in a similar situation to what she had been in. “Having successfully lost four stone on the LighterLife Programme I decided to use my experience of the programme to retrain and become a LighterLife Counsellor. Losing weight helped me regain the confidence to change the direction of my life and set different goals in line with my dreams, and being made redundant was the catalyst for all this fantastic change! It just goes to show that redundancy is not the end, and can sometimes be the beginning!

“I initially decided to train as a LighterLife Counsellor as a result of my own success on the programme, but the more I investigated, the more attractive the idea became. Not only would I be able to help others achieve similar weight-loss success, but high potential earnings, the support of a well-established umbrella company, ongoing training and professional development along with extensive central office and field-based support made the opportunity a bit of a no brainer!

“I have recently taken on my first group of clients and I couldn’t be happier! I no longer have to make the dreaded commute into London and have a much better life/work balance. Now all my job pressure is self inflicted and I love being my own boss! I really feel like I am doing something worthwhile for a change and I am really upbeat about my future. Losing my job has definitely opened more doors than I could have imagined!”

So whilst being made redundant is not a pleasant thought, it could give you the opportunity to try something new.

Zoe Taylor, Franchise Development Manager, LighterLife comments: “LighterLife Counsellors have the potential for high earnings and, as they operate as self employed businesses, can take advantage of flexible working hours and the opportunity to decide the working hours that fit their lives.”

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