Nicholas and Wendy Boothman

A former fashion and advertising photographer Nicholas Boothman traded in his cameras for a laptop and spent thirty-five years studying how humans connect, communicate, and reinvent themselves.

Working together with his wife Wendy on The Fresh Start Challenge they consulted with psychologists on resilience, motivation, and coping strategies; sociologists on social and cultural factors that affect people’s decisions to start anew; career counselors on career paths and job opportunities; life coaches on personal strategies; financial advisors on financial planning; psychiatrists on physical and mental health, and teachers on educational opportunities and resources.

Wendy’s vast knowledge on the topic comes from—among other things—opening and running a successful model agency at age eighteen, serving an eight-year term as a university governor, and from producing a series of televised events called “The Secrets of Talented Women” where, in each episode, four super successful women from all walks of life shared their secrets and answered questions from the audience.