"Books are such great tools to change our thinking"

Elena Brand is an avid second hand shopper and on one trip she discovered a book … a book that triggered a life change, relationship changes and ultimately a career change.

The book was “The Tibetan book of Living and Dying” by Sogyal Rinpoche.

All of Elena’s life changes occurred after reading just 25 % of the book and engaging in a 10 minute exercise about dying … so, with some experience in living but no experience in dying, she had the realisation there was more to life.

The career pivot into “counselling” and developing her human skills saw the universe deliver a dream job where her newly acquired wisdom was matched to her previous career experience.

But most importantly, this process changed the way she viewed the role she played … in her own life.