Choose You - Testimonials

"10 years ago, I was happily working as a nursery nurse, my career for the previous 24 years. I wasn’t actually looking for a change (happy in my comfortable rut!) but my husband definitely was. Jeff worked in financial services and found himself increasingly frustrated and bogged down with red tape. I was more than a little sceptical when shown the Forever opportunity. However we started part time and I reluctantly started using the products. I could not deny that the were superb and soon made a big difference to our health and that of our friends and relatives. My fears melted away, including my apprehension about running a business. Forever is totally supportive and provides comprehensive and ongoing training for those who need or want it. So what has Forever given me? Better health and more quality time – I control my diary. I can now spend time with two Mums (aged 84 and 90). No more rushing out to get shopping in my lunch hour. I can now take them out and spend as much time as necessary. My weekends aren’t completely taken up any more with washing, ironing and shopping, in the hope that the jobs are finished before the Monday treadmill starts. I have a new found confidence (you cannot help but grow as a person when in the Forever environment). 10 years ago I wouldn’t have said boo to a goose. Now I regularly take trainings and love doing so. Jeff and I also love travel and thanks to Forever, we have been to San Francisco, dined at Southfork Ranch in Dallas (home of the Ewing family, if you are old enough to remember), and stayed in 5 star hotels in New York and around Europe. We have bought a refurbished farm house in the Ricote Valley in Spain and have the choice of retiring there in the next few years. Most importantly of all, I work with a large number of like-minded people; people predominantly from non-business backgrounds who are now building businesses, people who decided to stop complaining about life and do something constructive to improve their lot. If you are wondering where your life is going and see no future in what you currently do, the answer is probably staring you in the face. Come and join us and let’s work together for a mutually better future." Vanessa & Jeff Sant Backgrounds Nursery Nurse and Accountant

"I joined Forever in February 2004, after buying the Aloe drink at a Healthy Living Show. I initially used the products myself and soon found that my stomach problems and asthma disappeared. I went from someone who had sick leave every six weeks for up to a week at a time to one of the healthiest people at work. My mother died in her 50s. When my aunt died too, also in her 50s, I made a conscious decision that I was going to live in the present and have my retirement sooner rather than later! I work as a child protection social worker, a very worth while job - but in September of this year I was told that the contract I had been working to for the last ten years, stating that I could retire on a full pension at 60, will now be changed, and that my hard work will be rewarded by having to work an extra five years until age 65. I therefore decided that I was going to achieve my first goal of Supervisor in October. I worked out a plan with my sponsors and thanks to them and their sponsors, I have achieved my first goal. It is true that when you decide to do it, that's when you achieve it. Forever has allowed me to take control of my life." Jo Sharman Social Worker

"Seven stressful years as a futures and options broker gave me a typical cash rich/time poor lifestyle, and I decided that joining a couple of colleagues in a new financial services venture would benefit my lifestyle. Two years later I had lost everything, and was at rock bottom, both financially and emotionally. A friend introduced me to Forever, and although highly sceptical, I was fascinated by the concept of building a royalty income that would give me a much more relaxed way of life. Starting the business part time (I had gone back to work in the city as a head-hunter) I managed to find around 15 hours a week and within 2 years was generating an income in excess of £5,000 a month. Going full time and working from home in July 1995 was a life changing experience. Gone was the dreaded commute on the tube, gone was the pressure and stress. Instead I found myself with an extra two hours a day; I got fit, spent time with my baby daughter Ella, and subsequently my other two children George and Alice. I have gone on to build a substantial income generated from 36 different countries. But it has also allowed us to travel extensively; the USA 13 times, Canada, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore, Mexico, Brazil; the list goes on. In 2006 we went to Tanzania for three weeks, climbing Kilimanjaro in the process! I have also earned over £300,000 in profit share on top of the six figure income and am also extremely grateful that the business has allowed me to privately educate my children, and importantly, spend quality time with them, an opportunity most working fathers never have. Claire had joined Forever when she was still an extremely busy TV producer and director, working crazy hours in order to meet transmission deadlines. It was not uncommon for her to be in the studio at 1 am on a Saturday morning editing the programme ready to go out on the Sunday. This had already cost her her health. In 1997 she had gone down with ME or Chronic Fatigue, and was in bed for three months. Every year since then she had experienced a relapse, and on average was forced to spend at least a month a year in bed. In 2002 she joined me in the Forever business, and due to both the products and the more relaxed lifestyle, she has not had a relapse for three years, but more than that, we get to live the life we want. Joining Forever was one of the scariest things I have ever done, but thank goodness I did because without Forever, I dread to think where my life would be today. No one guaranteed me it would be the answer to all my problems, but I can honestly say that on reflection it has delivered everything it promised. Don’t hesitate to get involved." Adam May & Claire-Cotton-May Futures Broker, TV Producer & Director - Joined Forever in 1993

"As a single Mum, recently divorced, the ideal career seemed to me to be teaching. I was over 30, had no work experience besides taking care of the family, and no qualifications. Naively I thought if I trained to become a teacher, my hours would fit in perfectly with James and Emily, my children. I couldn’t have been more wrong. Four years later, having gained my degree, I found myself swamped in one of the most rewarding, exciting and fulfilling jobs imaginable. I knew because things were new, it would get easier. I’d sort of find my feet and teach on automatic pilot after a while. It never happened. Every day was a challenge with never enough time. Work came home for the evenings and the weekends and by holiday time I felt as though I’d lost touch with my friends and family. This continued for six years and because I really did love my job, I just got on with it. How many people I wonder just carry on with their jobs despite the personal cost to themselves and their families? But then my daughter became ill and we needed to visit the hospital regularly. The first few weeks it was fine with the school but as time moved on I found I just couldn’t juggle the needs of my class and the needs of my family. I found myself feeling almost resentful (not a good feeling) about all the personal and family time I had willingly given up to ensure that my class had the best learning experiences possible. Things sometimes need to get really bad before we decide to make a change and I knew that the most important thing to me was being a Mum. Ironically the reason I decided to teach was the reason I needed to leave. Now my day is my own It was then that I decided to look seriously at the opportunity with Forever. I had been using and loving the products for some years but never thought it was something I could do for a living! But when I came along to a presentation to see what it was all about I realised that it was the perfect way to work around my family. This time I was right! Four years later I have a thriving business and a royalty income which has given me back my time. It’s been a fascinating learning curve and I’ve found the personal development incredible. My days are still rewarding, exciting and fulfilling because working with Forever is all about helping others to realise their full potential – just like teaching! But now I can take time off not just when I need it, but when I want it. It’s the most wonderful feeling when you no longer have to ask permission to do the things that are really important in your life!" Elizabeth Clark Teacher - Joined Forever in 2003

"We were introduced to Network Marketing by an old next-door neighbour by chance. David had just lost the motorcycle company he had started 25 years earlier where ironically he’d just been awarded motorcycle dealer of the year. So along with being relieved of long working hours, staff problems and stress, we had also been relieved of our income! I was happily engrossed in my new career, looking after 3 children under 3 and a flock of sheep – perfect: but unfortunately no longer in a secure home. My options were to retrain at my own expense and go back to my former job; previously I had worked as a pilot for Air UK. But that would have meant being away from home and my children much of the time. Or I could waitress at the local cafe! Initially Network Marketing took some understanding, as it is very different from traditional business, but we did realise we had to change our thinking. In the 12 years we’ve been with Forever, we’ve been lucky enough to enjoy 11 free holidays to the States. Our cars have been paid for 11 of those years by the company car plan incentive, and actually one of those cars was a wonderful lorry for our horses. We have had the opportunity to meet and help and be helped by so many lovely people. We’ve been able to take control financially and have also enjoyed profit share 8 times. We’re in control of our work time which means we’re able to choose to work around our family and take holidays when we choose, not when we could shoe horn them in as in our previous life. We’ve also built a life long pension, (that’s what a royalty income really is) that we can grow as big as we choose, and ultimately be willed on to our children (don’t tell them)! When we lost the motorcycle company it seemed like a disaster, but as so often happens in life it held the seeds of an even better future. Thank goodness for our old neighbour who took the time and trouble to make us sit down with a cup of tea and watch a video, which showed us our new future!" David and Cherry Hornsby Engineer and Motorcyle Business, Farming and Flying - Joined Forever in 1995

"I first discovered Forever while studying at college to become a beauty therapist. The course was three years long and I had to work evenings and weekends to make ends meet before I realised what this company could do for me. Within a few months I was able to create a small part time income to give me the independence I needed. I simply built a small retail business in the nooks and crannies of my day, leaving me time to do my course work at weekends. The alternative would have been working every weekend and every evening in any part-time job I could find from pubs to florists. I left college and worked my way up to managing a top London salon, which although sounding very glamorous was not reflected in my pay. I would still have been struggling financially doing the job I loved, had I not had that small part time income from Forever simply from looking after a handful of satisfied customers who were reporting significant health improvements (not to mention I had stopped suffering from reoccurring bouts of cystitis). I eventually left to set up my own salon closer to home. I loved it and my business soon became very successful. However like every small business owner will tell you, the hours are long and the overheads seem to get higher, and that work/life balance was getting further away. I decided to take on staff which came (yippee) more paperwork. Running your own business is great, but time took its toll on my working 12 hour shifts. After 9 years I started to wonder whether there was another way to make a good income and have a life too! I started to think about my Forever business which now consisted of lots of regular customers and a few people who themselves had seen a great way to make that all important extra income. My Forever business slowly grew even though I only had 5-10 hours per months to spare. I started to realise what could be possible with more time to commit, say 5-10 hours per week. In no time I had created between £500 and £700 per month still only working part-time. Today I have built a full-time income including bonuses from four different countries around the world! This is a fantastic opportunity that’s also great fun and comes with the most amazing training and support, which allows people from all backgrounds to achieve results. Importantly, we work for ourselves but not by ourselves. Best of all Forever is a business opportunity requiring virtually no start up capital, providing margins so generous that profits swiftly escalate to generate a lifestyle most people can only dream about; the catch if there is one is simply being committed to work hard consistently. We simply use the products and then tell people about them, along with the business opportunity, of course." Clare Cichocki Beauty Therapist - Joined Forever in 1995

"I joined Forever three years ago and at the time I was building a physiotherapy practice at home and running another clinic with an NHS contract in Surrey with a challenging business partner. I had also contracted myself out to another clinic in a prestigious London Country Club. I was working 12-14 hour days, commuting between 2-3 clinics per day and could see no way out of this self-employed working trap. I had achieved my previous goals in physiotherapy, but I was feeling trapped and bored, and was fast approaching burn out. I also had that annoying concern that I was not sufficiently preparing for my future, let alone my retirement. Life was definitely passing me by. I joined Forever on the strength of a bottle of Aloe drink, ‘Forever Freedom’ a key product that helps keep joints and cartilage healthy. The person who introduced it thought I was too busy to look at another business. Little did she know, it was exactly what I was looking for. I had been searching for another way to earn an income without selling my soul and I was desperate to put the fun back into my life. Although I was brought up in a family run business, I was unaware of the concept of Network Marketing, but to me it made perfect sense. I was not employing people, instead I was coaching and encouraging people to grow their own business, their success resulting in a monthly bonus paid to me directly by the company. There was also the small retail business I was encouraged to have. Three years down the line, I have moved house and now have one part-time physiotherapy business working from my home. My Forever business took a back seat while I moved premises, but now it is taking priority. That is the beauty of the business, as it can fit within the ebb and flow of my existing business and life. The fact that I have 2 further income streams, one from retailing the product and the second, the team leading bonus, paid monthly by Forever has helped cushion the holidays and the naturally quieter times within my industry. The training by Forever has had an added bonus in benefiting my existing business knowledge with marketing and customer care strategies and performance statistics. All in all Forever has taught me how to work smarter, thus enabling me to add some new fun activities in my life, and helping to achieve the illusive work/life balance. My Forever business will be my pension and holiday fund in the future. It is therefore a very worthwhile investment of my time, particularly as when I choose to retire from physiotherapy I will have a part-time business with a full time income to take its place, with the products helping those around me to have a better quality of life. I can’t think of a better solution to the current rat race scenario." Rosena Johnston Physiotherapist - Joined Forever in 2004

"My background is in product development and Andrew has experience in management roles in various sectors. More recently we have run separate ‘traditional’ small businesses, and whilst enjoying the experiences have had to meet the various challenges that these ventures bring. When we joined Forever we found an organisation where we could develop our own business and be our own bosses, but also benefit from the support structure of a hugely successful international company. Add to this the help and encouragement from others already successful with Forever, and it became obvious this was a far cry from the environments we had been operating in prior to joining the company. Whilst we partly retain our other business interests, the growth and development we have achieved in Forever has helped us both personally and professionally and we have a fantastic vision of the future. When our daughter Zara was born in February 2007, I found a new dimension to our Forever business. I am able to involve myself in many different groups and circles and at the same time we are able to split Zara’s childcare between us. We share so much of her development that many parents miss out on and we consider ourselves very fortunate. We also found that having a baby opens up a whole new network of potential customers for our amazing products and gives us the opportunity to explain this fantastic lifestyle business to a group of people who could benefit from it tremendously. Our lives have a plan and a direction of which Forever is an integral part. Without this opportunity we would not have been as fulfilled from both a family and career perspective – and we are most certainly far better equipped to take the necessary action to achieve our goals." Acer and Andrew Morgan Product Development, Product Development

"We discovered Forever when we bought some very effective products which helped relieve the pain Bill suffered from arthritis. Life is transformed when someone is no longer in pain and able to do everyday things with ease. We had owned a one-stop garage business for 21 years but had sold up the year before. We felt the time was right to leave behind the red tape and long hours. Having tried the products we were shown the business opportunity with Forever, and immediately saw a way of adding to our pension while enjoying flexibility and shorter hours. Six and a half years later the whole family enjoys good health. When our daughter married she looked absolutely radiant and despite being a hayfever and asthma sufferer, needed no medication despite all the flowers. She was thrilled when we said ‘Don’t worry about the price label on the wedding dress, have the one you want.’ Having our Forever income enabled us to do this. We can now book a holiday whenever we feel like it with no major planning needed for extra staff required, as we had to in our previous business. In 2007 we experienced the 5 start treatment Forever offers when we qualified for a trip to Stockholm. We drive a Mercedes, have no mortgage and most importantly, have cut at least 90 hours from our joint working week. It is a good feeling to be able to show others how they can have their own business and to help them achieve the income and lifestyle they desire. While our first business took a great deal of investment and personal sacrifice, our Forever business needed little financial investment, has added to our personal development, given us a completely different lifestyle and is a very sociable business. It’s shown us that business can be fun as well as rewarding!" Bill and Maureen Prior Small Business Owners - Joined Forever in 2001

"My journey with Forever started 4 years ago. In February 2003 I was the finance manager for a large housing association, working 60 hours a week but being paid for 35. I was very committed to my job and then they ‘restructured’ and I was made redundant for the second time in my accounting career. This time it was more painful as I felt I had arrived and I was in the process of fulfilling my dream of owning my own home. During the following 9 months I realised that a job was not going to give me the security or the lifestyle I wanted for my family and myself, so I started looking for an opportunity and found Forever. Four years on I am committed to Forever, so much so that when my last accounting contract ended in July 2007 I decided not to find another job, but to focus all my time and energies on building my Forever business. I now work from Home, and I do the long commute from my bedroom to my front room which is great. I get huge enjoyment from building my business because it is also building my future, unlike my previous career, where I was swapping my time for money. I have more time with my family;I have 3 grandbabies and am able to have quality time with them. I want to see them growing up and I am able to see much more of them, than when I was doing the 9-5 (or more likely 8-8). Financially I still have things to achieve, however I know that with Forever I will be able to reach my goals. I feel I have grown as a person and I am still learning and developing, something which has really given me a new lease of life. Forever has allowed me to see what I can have; I can now dream and know that my dreams will come true as I continue to build my business. Most of all though I have total freedom over my hours and my life. My journey continues ...." Diane Caballero Finance Manager - Joined Forever in 2003

"Prior to joining Forerever I had my own convenience store. I worked long hours, 7 days a week from 7am to 11 pm. As a result I had no time, no holidays, and definitely no lifestyle. I just use to get up every morning and start working until late evening without ever questioning what I was doing. Fourteen years later I suffered a back injury and had to sell my business. My self esteem became lower and lower the longer I wasn’t working, and I despaired of ever finding anything that would give me a good income and perhaps even a holiday or two per year. In June 1998 I was introduced to Forever and straight away I could see that it ticked all the boxes on my wish list. I looked for a catch, but not finding one, started to build my business. 10 years on and life is so different. I am travelling the world, working part-time, and earning a full-time income. Forever has allowed me to buy four houses which I rent out, I have 3 cars and this business has ultimately helped me to have the lifestyle I was long overdue. We now live in a 5 bedroom house, and at the age of 52 I am building my 3,000 sq.ft. dream holiday home in Mumbai, India. To me Forever means the sky is the limit. Now I have health, wealth, happiness and also have an opportunity waiting for my family and friends – and a few more too!" Elaine and Brian Patel Convenience Shop Owner - Joined Forever in 1998

"We have been with Forever for 11 years. When I looked at this opportunity Mike was extremely sceptical and said, “You go if you want to, I am not interested.” When Mike was made redundant for the second time we seized the opportunity and moved foward working our Forever business together. Now we are both total converts having enjoyed everything this company has to offer. Mike came from an engineering background and I ran a Post Office in the good old days when they were a lucrative concern. We both thought we had jobs for life. Little did we know that Forever Living was to be our complete and utter salvation in the future because you never know what life is going to throw at you. After acting as guarantors for a friend setting up a new business, we lost everything when it subsequently went bust. Everything except our Forever business and the residual income it continued to provide, not just from the UK, but other countries as well. Forever now allows us to own a substantial home and to keep on enjoying the fruits of this amazing business. Without our team we would not be where we are today, as you can only be successful by helping others to be successful. That is what is so great about our industry and the way we do business. We all come from a point of contribution. Both of us our proud to be associated with this company and all that it represents; great life changing products, a proven marketing plan and a chance to make a difference to lots of people’s lives. Forever has given us so much, including travelling all over America and Europe, a brand new BMW car and the icing on the cake, Profit Share. Best of all, we now have a secure future! Thank you Forever, we will always be grateful for the opportunity." Mike and Christine Thompson Post Office Manager, Electronics Engineer

"In my previous life, which seems a very long time ago now, I worked in Retail Banking for 23 years. I thought I was successful because I had a very good salary, a company car which I chose myself every three years and in a good year a tax free bonus. What I didn’t have, and what took me a long time to realise, was any control over my day. As soon as I walked into work my plans for the day were taken over by other people; staff phoning in sick , a boss that wanted me to do something for them, a new procedure that needed implementing that day and customers who only wanted to see me. So gradually my work had to be done outside of opening hours; a couple of extra hours in the morning before I started work; working through my lunch, staying a couple of hours in the evening and taking work home. My dining room table became my second office and I would spend most evenings and weekends catching up. Eventually there were no more hours in the day to catch up and I had to find another answer. What is the point of a good salary without the time to enjoy it, the car of my dreams when I only drive it to and from work and six weeks holiday that I never take? I no longer felt that I was doing a good enough job, and in fact I no longer cared. It became a question of surviving the day rather than enjoying it. I resigned and went on a long holiday and the relief at the realisation that I wasn’t going back was so huge I knew it was the right decision. I put off looking for a new job as long as I could because I thought my only option was going back to the world of banking and what was the point of that? Same job, same issues only different faces. Then I realised that if I wanted to keep control and have more balance my only option was to work for myself. I answered an advert in a local magazine which turned out to be Forever Living. I knew nothing about network marketing or aloe vera but I was prepared to give it a go. It was really my last hope to avoid going back into paid employment. It was the best decision I have ever made because now I am now own boss with complete control over what I do and who I work with and more time than I ever dreamt possible. " Alison Schofield Retail Banking, Electronics Engineer - Joined Forever in 2005