Smart Healthy Women Magazine© 2013-2017 Smart Healthy Women Magazine. All rights reserved.Smart Healthy Women Magazine was created for smart women everywhere who want the latest strategies for living a life of health, wellbeing and happiness.CONTENTS09PRICELESS FREEDOMby Nichole Compton When love and duty call, is your 9 to 5 getting in the way? How having your own business gives you freedom to make a difference to those in need. 14WHAT IS FREEDOM?by Jodi Reeves Everyone has a different definition of freedom - what does freedom mean to you?06FROM THEEDITOR'S DESKWelcome to Smart Healthy Women Magazine - in this issue we discover the many types of freedom available to us - on the inside AND the outside. 07OUR CONTRIBUTORSThis issue we bring you stories from our experts who offer many and varied perspectives on the subject of freedom. 20HOW TO DESIGN YOUR FREEDOM LIFESTYLEby Gaelle Lecourt Today we have even more options for living an unusual and fabulous lifestyle. Here's one way to do it.25FREEDOM BEGINS WITHINby Sue Lester Don't be tempted to blame a perceived lack of freedom in your life on other people or circumstances. Your freedom does begin with you.37FREE TO MEDITATE by Alison Potts Meditation is no longer about sitting in the lotus position in a remote temple chanting OM. This article is a practical meditation guide for women. 30THE HOLY GRAIL OF BEAUTYby Allie Chambers Do women have the freedom to live life to their own standards, or can they define what beauty means on their own terms? 44HOW FREE ARE WE? by Louise Plant Freedom is more than words, it is a feeling inside that we can be so free that we can choose whatever we want. 49by Jane Turner When redundancy strikes, it's a blow to more than the ego. But what if it was really your Soul's call to freedom and a life so suited to you couldn't imagine!HOW MY REDUNDANCY WAS A BLESSING IN DISGUISE55(INNER) FREEDOMby Andres Hacker Milano Your thoughts create your world, so if you want more freedom in your life, you need to start with your thoughts. Your capacity for radical change is limitless and it starts within.5912 SIGNS OF FREEDOMby Estelle Williams How is the concept of freedom expressed by the individual signs? Understand what will give you the highest experience of liberty and through that, happiness. CONNECTShareSubscribeGet in TouchFollow UsGet the AppEditor's DeskEditor's DeskHello from Smart Healthy Women Magazine!Freedom comes in many forms and we can always increase our experience of freedom in your life, often just by changing your beliefs. Regardless of your beliefs, your personal world is always smaller than your potential to experience what is on offer in the wider world, and if you feel that you don't have the freedoms you seek, a great place to start to look for keys to expanding your freedom is in your inner world. What haven't you noticed that could increase your sense of power and wellbeing in your experience? What questions are you not asking of yourself to be more and experience more of who you truly are?Our experts this month offer many different perspectives on Freedom, from defining what is our own version of freedom, how to have the freedom to create a fabulous career or lifestyle, and there's also lots here to guide you on achieving inner freedom through awareness and by embracing your own version of a meditation practice. I think you'll love the wisdom in this issue - as always feel free to drop me a line at editor@smarthealthywomen.com to say hi! In love and light, Estelle Williams Editor -in-ChiefOur 42nd issue is now out and the theme for this month's issue is Freedom. Nichole ComptonJodi ReevesGaelle LecourtSue LesterAllie ChambersContributorsAlison PottsLouise PlantJane TurnerContributorsAndres Hacker MilanoEstelle WilliamsNext >