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Who Are We?

Shift Lifestyle is all about the community.  The magic comes from those who have made, or are making “The Lifestyle Shift”.  Many are graduates of “The Lifestyle Shift Accelerator Program”.  So who are these “Lifestylers?”

Most of our community is already successful.  We’re not big on no-hopers around here.  This is not a place to get rescued or saved! Our community is made up of:

  • Small business owners who have worked their tails off for quite a few years and are waking up to the fact that there’s more to life- and they’re committed to discovering it.
  • Self-employed professionals who like, even love what they do but are ready to stop trading their time for money, and create an “Elegant Business Model”.
  • Career-minded types who’ve reached a level of success in their employment, but are frustrated by “working for the man” and want to break out on their own and possibly be their own boss.
  • Dedicated learners who’ve done some personal development, but tire of lots of talk without results- and are committed to application and implementation.

In summary, we’re an international community of normal, easy going people who enjoy learning, but also revel in its application.  You could safely say we’re addicted to anything that brings us more freedom, choice and The Ultimate Lifestyle.

And who am I?


Perhaps it’s the moments of madness that most define a person.

The day I left the hospital everyone thought I was a lunatic. After graduating medical school with first class honors, I survived my first grueling year as an intern. My career was taking off. My future was set. It was all in front of me—a rewarding career in a respected profession, financial security, success—but I wanted out.

I wanted something else, something that, unlike a career medicine, offered an uncertain future. I wanted to act, to perform, but who trades in a bright, hard-earned future for a dream like that?

One day, while working on the oncology ward at the hospital my favorite patient died. She was a little pixie of an Irish woman, only eight years older than me. And as I looked at her I thought, “That could have been me.” I watched her entire family gather around her and I wondered if I had been given the same prognosis, if I only had six months to live, would I still be a doctor? The answer came to me immediately. “No way.”

Standing in her hospital room I thought, “What if you actually did it? What if you followed your heart?”

Right then and there I made the first deliberate, conscious choice of my life. This moment marked a true shift in the way I led my life from then on. I had denied my true nature for far too long—there would be no more delaying of dreams, no more postponement of happiness. No matter how silly or risky it seemed I would follow my heart.

That night as I listened to soothing music and sipped a glass of wine, I promised myself that by the end of the year I would either have directed a play or auditioned for drama school. Being a true overachiever, I did both! Everything that happened after that day was easy because I was finally on the right path. I was in flow—my passion was rooted in my innate abilities—and so as my dear departed Irish patient might have said, the road came up to meet me.

The drama school was the Actors Centre Australia and it was pure heaven. A forward-thinking school, I was introduced to the field of personal development. It seemed the perfect venue for me, and so in my spare time I embarked on a career as a coach and trainer for individuals and businesses. My career took off and eventually demanded my full time attention. I would go on to enjoy a successful, albeit hectic professional life working for one of the top personal development companies in the world. After a few years though I was exhausted from the long hours and the traveling. And I missed my partner, Greg. So I took nine months off to get my bearings.

The thing is, even those of us who are bold enough to jump off the cliff to pursue our dreams may still end up unfulfilled.

How? Sometimes when people take that leap they assume that a sacrifice must be made in order to realize their vision. They fall in love with the idea of their goal and tolerate tiring lives  as long as they’re “following their dream.”

I had made the leap for my passion but I was still searching, wondering why I was not in love with my life.  Wasn’t I following my heart? Wasn’t that what life was about?

It was at this time that Greg and I sat down and set goals for ourselves. But we didn’t write down actual figures or specifics; we set goals about the flavor of our life.

It was a “Lifestyle Design”.


Conscious lifestyle design gave me insight into what was possible for my whole life. So, rather than build a life around a business—or even our dreams, Greg and I came up with business ideas to fulfill our lifestyle criteria.

And this was the key.  For the first time we put LIFESTYLE FIRST, then business choices SECOND.  This tiny tweak made every business decision from then on EASY.

And what does this mean for you?

Never before has there been a better time for you to create your own dream lifestyle. Technology has made it possible for you to live, work, play, build, grow, and give from almost anywhere in the world. The only limitation is your imagination.

It breaks my heart that people are stuck in jobs that they can’t wait to leave, and that those who are going for their dreams accept unhappiness in their pursuit.

If you’re anything like me, you need both inspiration and information to keep you on path, and so Greg and I created ShiftLifestyle.com to support lifestyle-focussed people like yourself with the resources you need succeed on your terms.

If you “ended up” in your profession by way of influence of family or peers, by accident, or as in my case, because of a knee-jerk reaction to a casual suggestion, you may harbor your own deep desires for something else. Something different. Something wonderful. You may not even know what it is. But maybe its time to ask yourself the same question that allowed me to breathe life into my own dreams:

What if you actually
followed your heart?

Start the journey to your Ultimate Lifestyle today.  Register for the 8-Part Video Course: ‘The 7 Fundamental Laws of Lifestyle Design” valued at $97.  It’s yours free when you register here on the site.