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  • Published: 31 March 2020
  • ISBN: 9780735274785
  • Imprint: Random House Canada
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 256
  • RRP: $34.00

Design Your Next Chapter

How to realize your dreams and reinvent your life




If you feel stuck with no idea what you should do next, lifestyle celebrity and TV pioneer Debbie Travis's bestseller is for you. Drawing on the lessons she learned in her own leap into a new way of living, along with a multitude of stories, tips and ideas to jumpstart your dreams, Debbie's created an inspiring roadmap for change.

If you feel stuck with no idea what you should do next, lifestyle celebrity and TV pioneer Debbie Travis's new book is for you. Drawing on the tough (sometimes hilarious) lessons Debbie learned in her own leap into a new way of living, and a multitude of stories, tips and ideas to jumpstart your dreams, she's created an inspiring roadmap for change.

A few years ago, Debbie Travis realized that she was no longer challenged by her wildly successful TV career and she was so busy she was missing out on the people and things that made her happy. She dared to dream about a whole new direction in life--a plan to turn a 13th-century farmhouse in Tuscany into a unique hotel and retreat for people who need a change as much as she did. And now, after a crazy amount of work, she is not only living that dream but sharing it with others.
     Her new book draws directly on her own experiences (when she started, Debbie could barely make a bed, let alone run a hotel in a foreign county) and the uplifting stories of personal u-turns shared by women who have come to her retreats. Debbie's "commandments" will inspire women (and men) who have lost track of who they are or what they want to be; who are going through the motions of a career that doesn't satisfy them anymore; who are wondering what to do with themselves now that their kids are gone or their marriage is over. On every page, Debbie shares the tools that helped her transform her life, and her example, her wit and her common sense advice will help motivate anyone who finds themselves standing at a crossroads wondering "What's next for me?"

  • Published: 31 March 2020
  • ISBN: 9780735274785
  • Imprint: Random House Canada
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 256
  • RRP: $34.00

About the author

Debbie Travis

DEBBIE TRAVIS is coauthor of the award-winning Debbie Travis' Painted House, as well as Debbie Travis' Painted House Kids' Rooms and Debbie Travis' Painted House Bedrooms. Her acclaimed television series, The Painted House (www.paintedhouse.com) airs in more than fifty countries around the world. It is shown on the Oxygen network in the United States, along with her exciting new television series Debbie Travis' Facelift (www.debbietravisfacelift.com). Debbie also has a syndicated newspaper column on the dilemmas of painting and decorating.

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Praise for Design Your Next Chapter

Praise for Design Your Next Chapter:

  • "Travis's 'commandments' will inspire women of all ages who have lost track of who they are or what they want to be." --The Suburban (Montreal)
  • "The perfect literary companion to help you take the first step to actualizing your passions. . . . [Design Your Next Chapter is] not only inspiring but very funny, whimsical and infectious, and I know it will light a fire and motivate you to embrace the best things in life!" --Jann Arden, singer-songwriter, and author of Feeding My Mother and Falling Backwards
  • "Debbie shares her courage, strength, beauty, confidence, experience and heart...offering us real ways to create a future for ourselves that is exactly as we dreamed it could be." --Lynn Crawford, chef and cookbook author
  • "You will laugh and you will cry. And if you are searching for that missing piece of yourself, her book will throw you a lifeline." --Marilyn Denis, television and radio host