For professional women who know something needs to change but can't figure out what to do next
The Life-First Career Accelerator is a structured group coaching programme that takes you from stuck and going round in circles to clear, decided and taking real action towards a career that actually fits your life.
Tired of feeling stuck?
Maybe your career has plateaued and that stuck feeling has been with you for weeks, months or even years!
Life feels like a relentless hamster wheel.
Same days, same tasks, no sense of progress. You’re miserable in the monotony, but you don’t know how to get off.
You know you want change, but you can’t decide what that looks like.
Your mind is constantly going over all the different options, going round in circles. It’s exhausting, and you’re terrified of getting it wrong.
You don’t feel like yourself anymore.
Work has taken over so much that the version of you who had energy, interests, and a life outside the job feels far away.
And you dread going to work.
You’re tired of the Sunday Scaries and that knot in your stomach. You just want to wake up looking forward to your day again.
I feel like I'm entering an exciting new chapter as the person I've wanted to be for a while now. Dana built up my confidence, gave me the tools to bat away any doubt, got me reconnected with myself and my wishes, and opened my eyes to new possibilities. I started the coaching very low, feeling that my career was over and clueless about what to do next. I actually felt disconnected from myself and unemployable.
The good news is that it is not as hard as you think to change your career.
I know that changing careers at this point in your life is about so much more than just getting another job, it’s about putting your life first.
Instead of spending hours on LinkedIn or scrolling through job boards hoping that the answer will miraculously appear, I'll teach you a different way to approach your career change. One with you and your needs at the centre.
This is about taking control of your career and being proactive so that you can find a job that fits in with what you really want in the next chapter.
The Life-First Career Accelerator will help you do just that.
STEP INTO YOUR NEXT CHAPTER
This September, don’t just think about change, create it.
Join The Life-First Career Accelerator group coaching programme and follow a proven, guided process to design a career that fits your life, not the other way around.
You’ve spent enough time feeling stuck, wondering if you’re in the right job, and doubting your next move. This is where that ends.
In just a few weeks, you’ll gain clarity, confidence, and momentum, the three essentials to building a fulfilling career that actually supports your lifestyle.
Here’s how I’ll get you there:
Step 1: Get Clear on What’s Right for You
You’ll create your Life-First Criteria: a personalised decision-making framework that helps you choose roles that align with your values, goals, and ideal day-to-day life. No more “maybe this will work.” You’ll know.
Step 2: Build Up Your Confidence to change
You’ll learn simple yet powerful mindset tools to overcome overthinking, quiet self-doubt, and build self-trust. You’ll start taking action from a place of confidence, not fear.
Step 3: Take Focused, Strategic Action
With your plan mapped out, you’ll know exactly what steps to take next and you’ll have expert guidance each step of the way.
From rewriting your CV to mastering interviews, you’ll feel prepared, focused, and in control.
BY NEXT YEAR, YOU'LL BE UNSTUCK & TAKING ACTION
You’ll feel an incredible sense of relief once you gain clarity.
No more spinning in circles or second-guessing yourself, all that wasted energy will finally be freed up and redirected toward your next move.
You’ll experience true mental freedom.
That constant hum of choice noise — the overthinking, the what-ifs, the endless analysis — will quiet down.
In its place? Clear direction and a focused path forward.
You’ll start to think and feel differently about yourself.
You’ll believe, deeply, that you can do this.
You’ll handle uncertainty with calm, face fear with courage, and trust that you’ll be okay, no matter what.
You’ll trust yourself again.
And with that trust comes momentum — real, tangible progress.
You’ll be taking confident steps forward, following your plan, and feeling that surge of energy that comes from finally moving toward what you truly want.
It’s going to feel liberating, empowering, and energising. You'll feel like you again.
Picture a Monday morning that does not start with dread. Not a perfect day, just a manageable one. A day where you know what you are working towards and why. Where the Sunday night anxiety has gone quiet. Where you are tired at the end of the day in a different way, satisfied rather than depleted.
That is what this programme is designed to get you to. Not just a new job. A different relationship with your working life entirely.
Enrollment is open for TWO WEEKS ONLY and closes at midday on Monday 21st September.
If you’re ready to take back control of your career, now’s the time to step forward.
Here's what you get inside the Group Coaching Programme which starts on Monday 21st September 2026
STEP-BY-STEP GUIDANCE THROUGH MY PROVEN PROCESS
PHASE 1: THE WHAT - CREATING CLARITY WITH A LIFE-FIRST CRITERIA
YOUR PERSONAL VISION OF YOUR LIFE-FIRST CAREER
- Create your LIFE-FIRST CRITERIA: an individual framework to help you get clear on what you want now and in your next chapter.
- CLARITY on the skills, personal qualities, and unique value you will bring to your next role.
- REDEFINE SUCCESS for you now, based on what you personally want and need.
PHASE 2: THE WHO - BECOMING THE PERSON WHO CAN MAKE CHANGES
BECOME THE PERSON TO CREATE CHANGE
- Learn how to THINK DIFFERENTLY so that you are create a mindset for change
- Identify and CHANGE BELIEFS holding you back such as perfectionism, imposter syndrome or overthinking
- Learn self-coaching tools like CONSTRUCTIVE THOUGHT PRACTICE to manage your mind, build your confidence and overcome fear
- Create a NEW IDENTITY you are excited to move towards
PHASE 3: THE HOW - TAKING ACTION WITH YOUR LIFE-FIRST PLAN
- Learn how to CONFIDENTLY DECIDE on the right NEXT CAREER MOVE using your LIFE-FIRST CRITERIA
- Create your LIFE-FIRST CAREER ROADMAP
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Get EXPERT SUPPORT & MENTORSHIP on the practical side of your next steps, whatever you decide. Depending on the pathway you choose, you will get specific guidance.
> Want to get a new job? Learn how to improve your job applications, rewrite your CV to standout in an AI world, confidently structure your answers for successful interviews
> Want to retrain? Get help with studying applications, create a framework for success and identify your interim work plans
> Want to start your own business? Create your business plan with clear goals, a strategy for launch and work on your entrepreneurial mindset
Here's how it is delivered:
WEELKLY
TEACHING GROUP COACHING SESSIONS
These inspiring sessions will kick off the week as I guide you through my step-by-step process to help you change jobs and create your Life-First Career. In each session, I’ll explain what you need to do next in simple language, teach you new ideas and concepts to help you make changes and be there to coach and support you as you take action.
Each week you can get coached on how each stage of the process applies to you and your personal circumstances. We explore your thinking and your decision-making, we interrogate your options and work through any blockers that might be getting in your way.
WEEKLY (OPTIONAL)
CAREER COACHING CLINICS
You have the option each week to attend the Clinic to get personalised coaching on the process so that you can keep moving forwards. In these workshop calls we come together and you can ask me anything! We do strategy coaching, mindset coaching and mentorship working through parts of the process that you are working on in real time. You have access to my expertise and you’ll get to learn from everyone else in the group.
In this supportive environment, you never need to feel embarrassed or worried about getting stuck or any aspect of your journey. These re designed to keep you out of overwhelm and overthinking.
MEMBERSHIP PORTAL
RESOURCES & WORKSHEETS
In your online membership area, you’ll have access to tailored worksheets, videos and resources to help guide you through each step of the Life-First Career Accelerator process. You can access these at any time when you want additional support.
You’ll be able to use these to reflect, capture your progress and map out your new Life-First career plan. These will help keep you out of overwhelm so you can stay focused and keep moving forwards.
You’ll also be able to access any video replays of any calls or coaching sessions you have missed whenever you want to.
ONGOING SUPPORT
COMMUNITY C0NNECTION
Connect with like-minded women going through the same as you so that you can share experiences in your dedicated Community Space.
There will be opportunities to get ideas and inspiration from each other and see what’s working and what challenges you are facing together.
The coaching has totally changed the way I approach this. I now have multiple plans for what I want the immediate future to look like. And most importantly I am taking action.
When I started I was in a spin cycle. I knew it was time to make a change but I could not picture what that looked like so was never confident enough to start making the change.
Hearing perspectives or experiences that are totally different to your own but somehow the advice always resonated with my own situation or challenges. Everybody's progress was different and it helped to see us all hitting various milestones even if it was in totally different ways.
Ready to Invest in yourself?
Think about where you are right now. The going round in circles. The exhausted evenings. The same question still unanswered.
Now think about where you could be by the end of the year with the right process, the right support, and a community of women doing this alongside you.
The women who came through this programme last time did not just feel better. They made real decisions. Built real plans. Took real action during the programme itself. You could have a new role in place for the start of 2027.
That is what is on the other side of this decision.
The investment for the full programme is below.
You can spread the cost over three months or save £300 by paying in full.
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What's included:
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Structured Group Coaching Programme until the end of January 2027
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Weekly Teaching Group Coaching Sessions (60 minutes)
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Optional Weekly Group Coaching Clinic (60 minutes)
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Membership Portal with resources and workbooks
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Access to our supportive Community
Instalments
3 x £520
Pay in full
£1300
<Save 20% - £300 discount>
THE DETAILS
The Life-First Accelerator starts on Monday 21st September with our first Group Coaching Session at 7.30pm. The programme will run until January 2027.
All calls will be over Zoom.
Weekly Teaching Coaching Sessions will be online each Monday at 7.30pm for an hour. (There will be a couple of exceptions)
Optional Weekly Group Coaching Clinics will be on Wednesday lunchtimes between 1- 2pm.
There will be two research weeks and a break over Christmas. You will have access to resources during this time.
Ready to make 2026 the year you make the changes you want?
I'm Dana Stevens
I have changed careers twice. So I know what it actually takes
I’ve felt the fear, doubt, and overwhelm that come with reinventing your working life. And I’ve learned how to navigate through them to create a career that truly fits the life you want now.
My first dream job was at the BBC, producing for Radio 1, 1Xtra, BBC London, and the World Service. But dreams evolve. When I wanted to start saving for a property, financial stability and career progression became a priority. So, I pivoted to content and social media, ultimately becoming Head of Strategy at a top London ad agency.
On paper, I was "successful". But behind the scenes, I was burning out - juggling work deadlines and motherhood left me exhausted and disconnected from myself.
So, I changed again.
This time, with a mortgage and young kids, the stakes were higher. But through powerful mindset work, I found clarity and the courage to build a business that aligns with the life I truly want. One where I get to take my kids to school, have time for my mental and physical health and where I can have a tangible impact on other people's lives.
Today, as a Career Change Coach, I combine proven coaching tools, deep personal insight, and insider recruitment experience to help you do the same: not just change careers, but create a life that really works.
Client Success Stories
I have a new job that really fits with how I want to live and work.
Working with Dana allowed me to understand what was important to me from my career but also how I wanted my career to fit into my overall life. She also helped me understand what I have to offer and how to position that to employers.
Dana makes you ask questions of yourself that you wouldn’t necessarily think to ask and challenges you to really think about what you want.
Lucy Smith
Head of Search
I just got out of a call with Slack’s HR confirming that I got the job!
Last August, I faced redundancy... and I was still exhibiting signs of burnout from a couple of years ago. The coaching greatly helped me in seeing myself objectively, enhancing my confidence and self-esteem, refining my (anxious) thought process, and equipping me with the skills to set healthy boundaries and advocate for myself effectively.
Thanks to coaching with Dana, I now possess confidence in my capabilities.
Sarah Nkobo
Senior Customer Success Manager
I’ve just accepted the new job!
It feels amazing that I had two offers to decide between and I was able to pick the one that best fits how I want to live my life.
Coaching with Dana really has been life changing.
I’m in a place mentally where I have wanted to be for a very long time.
Nicola Quayle
Sales Director
Frequently Asked Questions
If you have any additional questions that I have not answered below or if you'd like to discuss whether this programme is the right fit for you, just email me dana@danastevens.com.
When does the programme start and how long does it last?
The live coaching calls will start on Monday 21st January at 7.30pm. The programme lasts for 4 months until the end of April.
You will have access to your membership portal as soon as you sign up so you will be able to watch some initial videos. Additional resources will be added each week.
When will the live Coaching Sessions be?
The main live Teaching Coaching calls will be on a Monday at 7.30pm. They will last for approximately 1 hour. There is one week when the call will be held on Tuesday 6th October.
Coaching Clinic Sessions will be each Wednesday lunchtime between 1-2pm. These are optional calls that you can attend to receive additional support.
There will be two research weeks when there will be no live calls but you will have access to the programme resources and a break over Christmas week. A full call schedule will in your membership portal when you join.
Do I have to attend all of the coaching calls?
No, there is no requirement to attend all of the calls. Each one will be recorded and a replay will be available in your membership portal.
Just attend as many as you can or watch the recording when it suits you.
Will replays of the calls be available?
Yes. Don't worry if you can't make a call or you miss part of it. All the calls will be recorded and available for you to watch when you can in your membership portal.
How long do I have access to the programme materials?
The programme runs from September to the end of January 2027. However, you will have access to the session recordings, resources and workbooks for 3 months after the live coaching element ends. So access to the membership portal until April 2027.
What is the difference between group coaching and 1:1 private coaching?
Group coaching offers structured guidance plus the support and energy of a small community walking the same path.
You still get expert coaching from me, but also benefit from hearing others’ questions, insights, and breakthroughs often the things you didn’t even know you needed.
It’s ideal if you want:
Shared motivation and community accountability
To learn from others’ experiences
A more accessible investment while still getting strong results
A sense of belonging while making big career shifts
Think of it this way, 1:1 coaching is like having a personal trainer for your career.
Group coaching is like joining a transformational small-group program led by that same trainer with built-in support from your peers.
I have no idea what I want to do next, is the programme suitable for me?
Yes the programme is designed specifically to help you figure out what you want to do next. So there's no need to have things worked out before you join. I will help you get clear on what you want to do and make a decision.
I'm not sure if I want to change careers or stay in my industry, will this help me?
Yes, I'll help you stay open-minded to what the right next path is for you. You might decide to make a big change and retrain, or just do something similar to your current role but with some tweaks or set up your own thing.
Whatever you decide you'll get guidance and support to help you make a plan and move forwards.
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