testing the water publications

Testing the Water™ is a series of practical guides to support you through particular life transitions. These publications aim to offer you a helping hand to make a positive transition, enabling you to make effective choices and setting you up for success.

Publications in the series include:


Testing the WaterTesting the Water Is Self Employment for me? – Practical Guide

By Cathy Brown 
ISBN: 978 – 1 – 903 1 72 – 98 – 8 
Published by Barny Books
£12.99

Available from Amazon, Waterstone’s and other leading book sellers

This practical guide may be helpful to you if:

You have dreamt of becoming your own boss

  • You have toyed with the idea of setting up a business for a while
  • You are not sure if you are cut out for self employment
  • You are on the brink of starting a small business

You have begun self employment, but it is not working out as planned

  • You are having second thoughts about being self employed
  • You feel like doing a personal MOT to get you back on track with your business
  • You are thinking about going back into employment

You are self employed and you are looking to reinvent yourself

  • You have been successfully self employed for a while
  • You want to change the direction of your business
  • You want to start a new business

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Testing the WaterTesting the Water Getting Set for your Protirement: A Fresh Approach to Retirement – Practical Guide

By Cathy Brown
ISBN: 978 – 1 – 906 542 – 24 – 5
Published by Barny Books
£19.99

Available from Amazon, Waterstone’s and other leading book sellers

This practical guide may be helpful to you if:

You are planning to retire and want to get ready

  • You are looking forward to retirement and are wanting to prepare yourself
  • You have some questions about retirement that you want to answer
  • You have mixed feelings about retirement that you want to resolve

You have begun retirement, and want to make changes

  • You are having second thoughts about being retired
  • You feel like doing a personal MOT to get you back on track with your retirement
  • You are thinking about going back into employment

You are an HR professional and want to support your employees in their transition to retirement

  • The practical guide is based on research – it answers the popular questions retirees have
  • There is expert advice, activities, case studies and useful references
  • Top tips are throughout each chapter and in the next steps

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"If find this a very useful and practical book. I recommend it to anyone contemplating doing their own thing. I wish such a guide had been available when I was setting up my own business."

Keith Harrison
Special Professor, Nottingham University Business School

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"Cathy Brown draws on a wealth of resources to create a really comprehensive guide to planning the next chapter of your life - and demonstrates that approached with careful planning, retirement can be extremely fulfilling and enjoyable."

Katharine Edwards
Manager, BBC Careerlink Plus.
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