How To Reinvent Yourself & Become A Brand New You 

It's never to late! I am sixty one but in the last 4 years I have lost 6 stone, grown my hair and bought a whole new stylish wardrobe. I'm even wearing skinny jeans!

1. Change your tribe 2. Start on the outside 3. Change your surroundings 4. Change your routine 5. Think about the person you want to be and then be that person Thank you so much for this video! You're the best

Maybe this is silly but the accent healed a broken part of my soul

Even though I’m only 12, you have helped me so much just now, in just a few days is 2019 and I’m so ready for it! Especially school, I wanna step up my game, be the person I know I can! Thank you so much!

I've revisited thisvideo today, as I needed a kick up the arse. I've decided that the new me isn't going to waste another whole weekend giving into my fatigue and pain, so I'm getting up, getting ready and and going to go for a bike ride with Mr.B and get out in nature. I'll still be tired and sore, so why not add happy to it, right? :)

Great video, Thankyou! I've been working on a new me, for four years, since finishing breast cancer treatment. I have pruned toxic people, changed my hair, doing fitness, put down better boundaries. Now looking at doing my artwork for a living, seeing as I've always been able to draw. Love your videos, thank you so much. From Aussie

Thank you for creating and sharing such genuine positivity

I realize I did exactly what you did to combat shyness! That's amazing. Thank you so much for all the wonderful pointers. Lavendair also did a video where she simply draws pictures of how she sees herself now vs how she wants to be, then work towards all the things she wants to have. Again, thanks so much!

I do a "life cleanout" the way some people purge their closets. What I've come across with recommending it to friends is that they seem to think personality is a fixed thing. I cringe when I hear someone say "I'm the kind of person that..." - Only if you want to be! Disabilities aside, the traits we call our personality we have developed by watching the people around us; parents, friends, teachers, etc. from a very young age until it becomes behavior. If something isn't working for you, stop doing it! It takes being mindful until it becomes a habit NOT to do it/ be that way, but it doesn't take very long. If you want to be a tidy person MORE than you want to be a messy person then be a tidy person. If it's only half-assed important to you than you won't change it but criminy stop complaining like it's out of your hands! :D It's not in our DNA to be tidy or messy, someone who exercises or not, is conservative or flamboyant. These are choices we make sometimes without noticing. If we are aware of them and do them anyway then we are getting something out of it. I 'try things on'. You can be both academic AND creative. They aren't mutually exclusive. I'm both an introvert and an extrovert. Too much of either and I'm not happy but I choose both. Thank you for putting this video out. It **sparkled**** me!

Love this! Really relevant to me right now. I've been now in a new suburb for a year and haven't made any social connections there. Still love my current friends, but realized i'm looking outside my area for my social life. So I'm starting to look at local activities and meet up groups and such. Haircut is booked for tomorrow! I'm doing the CHOP! I've also decided that I miss being active - and that my excuse is because people I know don't seem to want to ice skate or rock climb etc. But I DO. So i'll just go by myself. Or start a new local tribe for these adventures. Super inspiring stuff Laura!

Choice is the key in life. Thank you Laura. Best of luck with the move, changes, and choices ahead for you.

I’m a little late to comment here, but I just wanted to say that I really appreciate what you said here. I’m reinventing my weight, fitness and eating habits with the help of an app and two of my best friends this year. Since January, I have lost almost 16 pounds! I’m very proud of myself because I have done it gradually and have really tried to focus on health rather than looks. I have 60 pounds to go, but I truly believe I can lose at least most of it this year (it’s now March.) It has all been in my head all this time. Thanks for the encouragement!

Good luck in America! :) I completely agree with you. After a year of anger and stress I'm turning a new chapter in my life. I got a new job, started reading books and playing video games again. I have decluttered our home and I am thinking of cutting my hair. I am looking forward to the better me and better life. :) The anger and stress are gone. It feels like I found myself again. The change has also positively impacted my husband. He is also a lot happier and more relaxed than before.

You are brilliant and fantastic thank you so much x

Changing thoughts is the hardest part. But the new me is getting rid of a bad friendship and reaching out to those friends that revive me more!!

Just wanted to say THANK YOU, watching this video at this moment in my life has cleared a lot up for me xXx

I always reinvent myself as well. It’s always came natural for me. I’ve never met or heard of anyone else that does this until now.

Thank you! I love you!

Hiya Laura! So much of this has been going through my mind, but seeing a list to work through really helps. In my 50s and recently diagnosed with MS, I don't want to be the person I used to be because it was all about pleasing others. I have a look in mind and have plans to move the furniture, so I will start there. Thanks for your inspiration and the best of luck as the new you in the US!

Good luck on your move and welcome to the US! Great video, thank you. I hope all your dreams come true!

Have a blast in the US! Looking forward to seeing new videos from the new Laura in the new country!

This is the first time I have ever commented on anyone's video, but I just wanted to thank you for making this video.

.Life changes again and again with time and with those changes comes a reboot in friendships. Singer songwriter Dougie MacLean said it best in his song Caledonia, "lost the friends that I needed loosen' fund others on the way" Sometime people can bring out the worst in us. We need friends that accentuate our best qualities. Good advice Laure. And enjoy your stay in America ❤️

This is such great, sensible advice. Thank you for this vid & your channel.

Wow America! Good luck my love! I can't wait to hear about your adventures 😊xx

This video helped me to take the first step to a new me. Thank you for yoyr words of inspiration😄😄😄

This is the 1st "reinvent yourself" video that I have actually watched till the end. I am going through a bit of a rought time and all signs lead to me living a better life, a new me and all that. But I needed practical steps to mediate on implement, and tick off. None of this "look inside you must, find your inner you" crap. Thank you for this video. It is practical, achievable and speaks my language. Your sense of humour is cute and I will be watching your other videos as well as sharing this one!

I love your videos.Your are doing great work.....and you are hilarious!

i loved this ♡ You had me at a technicolor unicorn dance party. i loved the tips. I seem to breathing in and out on a daily basis at the moment but this video gave me hope and plenty to think about. Safe moves, Laura ♡ wishing you all the best!

I love this tips and I was looking for something like and I really need to change myself to the new person since I’m already going through some pressures in my life about everything so far this is actually a good idea for me to make myself just like you! And you’re very awesome for sharing your thoughts with other I was personally looking something like this to change my habit and become new person so I’m hopefully this will work for me as it did for you!

Thank you! The new Leslie is spunky and efficient!

I'm 63. I still don't know who or what I wanted to be. I love your videos, even the ones which don't really apply to me.

This video is just what I needed to hear right now to be honest! I am struggling with losing weight and eating less sweets and fitting into my old clothes and being confident again, so I am going to try your tips, and when I am struggling with motivation, I will rewatch your video

I love your vibe!

Your best video ever..! Thanks. Made my day. I love the most my new resilient peaceful attitude. :)

I needed this video! I'm moving across the country in a month and this will be the perfect fresh start for me.

Welcome to the USA..you are gonna love it here..thanks for your tips..it made a world of difference..

Great advice and perfect timing! In January, I decided to stop dyeing my hair and grow out my natural grey...I even went and got a pixie cut recently to get rid of all the old dyed ends. I have never had my hair this short but, most days, I like it. Now to a new wardrobe to match my authentic self. :)

Thank you

Thanks for the video!! I am really wanting to be a tidy, organized person. Right now that's not me, but you have just convinced me that it CAN be me!! REALLY appreciate all your decluttering and KonMari posts, too. :) I felt like I was making good headway with the decluttering til I hit First Trimester with Baby 4... Hoping in a week or so to get the "nesting" energy back and tackle some more closets and drawers! Thanks again, Laura!

Good luck with your move. Exciting! Need lots of footage please :) x

Oh, the Stepford wife dream. I have had that one myself. Dang, them dresses are fantastic!!! Real life hasn't mirrored it yet. Yay for restarts! Need to realign my goals. Loved video! And I said yep... What a concept... I could use a little fuel my self and we could all use a little change.

Really enjoyed this video. I recently went with a shorter haircut and I love it! Best of luck in America!

I just found your channel and love it! I'm going through some life changes and this video is brilliant. I love your hair. Mine long but I'm very into short styles. Any advice?

You've done a great job. I just became a lawyer but i love to read about science, from medical science to aerospace engineering.

I don't know how it will be where you go, but me, coming from Paris, France, and arriving in L.A. for sure I had to change a lot! No choice: everything is so much faster here and in France, we used to be kind of assisted a lot! Here, it's like a kick in the a.. We have to move on, alone, nobody to help us, to help me more exactly. It's hard but I think I became a stronger and more independent person. We learn a lot in the US! I also learnt that as a French woman, I was slightly snobbish and uptight beside the American mentality... We learn every day... :-)

I loved this - I'm going to be the person who gives up snacking. I'm going to stick to three meals a day and graze on fruit and vegetables. Thanks for the motivation.

Laura, congratulations on the move! Looking forward to future videos of your twists and turns in the US.Thanks for this reinvent yourself video, too. In addition, I would add "don't be afraid to use some professional therapy to give some structure and a sounding board to those changes you know you want but can't find the way to accomplishing." At least it applies to me!

YEAP !!!!!!

Great video!!

🙏🏻 THANK YOU

stunning content as usual Lora 👍🏻

This was very timely - thank you! And welcome to the U.S.! I live in the Cincinnati area - decent location for day/long weekend trips, and quick flights to much of the U.S. Good luck with your move!

Welcome to America! Ohio isn't my favorite to be honest, but I'm from Michigan so they are kind of our rivals 😉. People in the Midwest are generally really friendly which surprises foreigners, take it at face value. We mean it. I think it's funny that right before watching this I just cut my hair dramatically shorter, maybe I should take this as a sign and think about what else the new me wants to do!

the new me is confident, bold, daring, ambitious, vibrant, successful, a winner!!!!

Very practical, thank you for sharing this. P. S. I absolutely love your accent 😊

Lovely video! And good luck with the reinvention and move :D

Great advice

You are adorable. Don't change a thing!

I bid you welcome to America ! I hope you find a community that you love. Settle in a friendly state. You will love it there.. I moved a lot in my lifetime. I made my self at home wherever I went and loved the small towns rather than the big cities. Whether overseas or stateside, setting up a new home is a lot of fun.

I love your shirt!

Love it

Awesome video.

I had an older friend of 31 years 31 yes and sometimes as I doive home from her place i would stop the car and scream my lungs out. It sure took me long enough eh,should of listened to my husband and children years ago. I just felt so sorry for her having nobody,then i realized why, about time...

I am struggling with memory issues and I am changing. I am not liking the person I am changing into. This came at the right time for me Laura and I so appreciate it. I go Tuesday for a 4 hour test on my memory. I am anxious, scared and afraid. I want to be a person who is empowered and faces her fears head on. I am trying, it's hard right now. I have removed toxic people from my life, too much stress!! Now to get rump out of office!!

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Laura, I feckin LOVED this and needed this so much right now! Thanks so much for your awesome work. Also, is it weird that I'm, despite being so happy for you moving to the U.S. for an exciting new chapter in your life, (I live in England) I am also sad that you'll be further away? It's a bit odd. 😂

Best of luck in America xx

Yay America!

The new me doesn't say things to specifically push people away. The new me is not afraid of the possibility of a friendship.

My office is being moved to a different location in about a month. If I'm going to have my routine shaken up anyway, I might as well figure out how to use that to my advantage.

You are hilarious!!😍

I really want to get a whole new friend group.. but it’s not as easy as you think, like I can’t just get a friend randomly and i don’t really feel comfortable going up to someone going ‘let’s be friends’ I don’t want to meet my best friends that way. I really wanna change myself but I can’t in the ways I wanna change

Great clothes, great hair, great video! :- ) I love you enthusiasm about new beginnings; I'm starting my freelance career in September, which will entail lots of changes and I'm very excited about it :- ) Good luck with your new beginning in the States!

LOL!! Stepford wife! Or however you spell Stepford. 😂😂😂🤣 Love this!! I have less than a month (next month), to begin your class. Can't wait!! I'm a total mess at home, and need it.

HI Laura! finally , you're making it !! congrats on your move! I have a feeling that 16 bottles of a certain hot sauce won't make it trough the border though héhéhé . And don't worry, if nostalgia gets you, Irish people are EVERYWHERE hahaha !!! Even in Ohio =)

I desperately need to reinvent myself...I don't have much time, I need a job, am currently layed off...still not sure of my next direction but the cubicle all day is not what I want or need anymore.

So glad you'll be in the US! But, what are you thinking? We're all trying to get out! LOL Maybe you can help us get *our* sh!+ together.

what if you have no idea who you want to be because you've never been one or seen a different image? i'm stuck

I don't know who I am out who I want to be. I used to know, but life has thrown me so many curve balls that I don't see any way out. My husband and I were going to move to Michigan but a sh*tty roommate killed that dream. I was going to college but had to drop because of my depression. Now I owe the school money and can't go back. I used to have dreams. Now I feel like they'll never come true. There are so many changes my husband and I want, but due to finances and the environment we live in, I don't know that we'll ever get out. Even the style of clothing we like we can't afford.

Welcome I'm new to you and welcome to the usa I'm david

Another great video! So... when you quit your legal career to become a blogger and RU-vidr, how did it go initially? Did you quit cold turkey, like with the chocolate, or did you work on both jobs for a while before you took the leap? Was your family okay with your decision? What gave you the courage to go for it?

That is pretty much what I did with my haircut.

Sometimes the leech is a family member, making it a little more challenging

Welcome to America. I hope you find the place that fits and yours well. Have you decided where you are going? I suppose that even though you have reinvented yourself over time, there is still a lot of academia in you. Will you be looking for places that have a lot of history, museums and other cultural events like Boston, MA or New York City area. Even though these are cities, they are small and the urban areas are quite close. I know that your choices will be fun and exciting. Happy planning and let us know what you are up to.

I finished a book called You Are A Badass. The author's style is fresh, funny and slightly scatological. She isn't telling you anything you weren't aware of (we have all heard and experienced many of the items she discusses), but the sense that you are not alone in your experiences is wonderfully relieving and supportive. Reading this reminded me that we are all very powerful beings and that the leap of faith is very much worth the effort. Happy Re-invention! Out of curiosity, in what part of the US will you be living? It's a huge country. What an adventure!

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Loving your work, as ever! Welcome to the US, don't believe everything you might have seen on tv, lol. Two generations ago, my grandfather did the same as you, coming to the States from Ireland. It's working out well, so far... Take care of yourself and family! My job is morphing from working in the field to executive stuff...canna say I'm looking forward to it, but I've no real alternative. Your tips are once again perfectly timed! Thank you! P.S. - Still a person who doesn't snack at night. Thanks again for the inspiration, lass! I've lost 15 pounds (7 kilos?) so far...

What part of the States? We welcome you, happily!

New me has broken a very very very bad habbit :)

In America, getting rid of someone who generally makes your life suck a lot is called "Impeachment."

I hope you see my comment

What if it's your husband of 17 years?

I'm a clean freak

"America? North or South?" The United States?

....draining all the Disco balls out of your life....priceless.

Moving to the States? hmmmm....

personal shopper? What is this magic?

I love your commitment, but could you stop bouncing up and down when you talk. It makes me feel queasy watching you