Raising Changemaker Teens, founded by Heidi Conway, exists to help young people become happy, confident, and future-ready —while supporting parents and carers to be calm, resourceful, and resilient.
 

Heidi’s commitment to teens and their families grew out of her own experience navigating the challenges her sons faced in traditional schooling. Mainstream education often measures and compares, leaving little space for individuality, creativity, or self-discovery. Choosing alternative education opened a new path where young people could uncover who they truly are, explore their passions, and develop the confidence to flourish in life and beyond school. From this foundation, The Changemaker Way™ was created—a structured yet flexible pathway of self-discovery designed to equip teens and young adults, whether neurotypical or neurodivergent, with resilience, career readiness, independence, and purpose.

At Raising Changemaker Teens we define a changemaker as someone who first discovers and embraces their authentic self, then takes purposeful action that creates positive impact for their family, community, and the wider world. Changemakers are not born through pressure or comparison—they rise when given the space, tools, and support to be themselves.

Alongside Heidi is a dedicated team of Changemaker Educators who provide specialist support by partnering with families. Together, they create the language and environment shifts at home that allow young people to thrive. This integrated approach recognises that parents and carers are central to long-term change, ensuring the whole family rises together.

Through A Course in Raising Changemakers™ (ACIRCM), parents, carers, and educators are trained to become Changemaker Educators themselves. This training not only expands the positive impact for families, it also provides an income stream for parents choosing alternative education pathways, enabling them to support their own young people while guiding others.

Heidi brings to this work a science degree and extensive qualifications in life and business communication. Since 2001, she has trained thousands of life coaches and held senior management roles in Health, Safety and Environment before stepping away in 2015 to home-educate her sons. Today, she is recognised as a Global Changemaker Educator, best-selling author, international speaker, and edupreneur—an education entrepreneur who develops innovative programs that transform both learning and livelihood. For Heidi, edupreneurship is about creating her courses that continue to change lives while offering parents and educators the opportunity to pivot into meaningful, purpose-driven income streams.

Our vision is clear: to redefine changemaking as a journey of self-discovery first, ensuring young people confidently embrace who they are before taking action—within safe, supportive, and inspiring environments. Communication is grounded in love, not fear. Authenticity is honoured so that “I can be fully me, and you can be fully you”—creating a foundation of mutual respect, connection, and belonging, free from judgement or limitation.

Heidi’s approach is shaped by her expertise and her intuition, which she believes is divinely guided. She is open about her faith and trust, while respecting all beliefs, creating an environment where families of all backgrounds feel seen and supported. Her ability to engage the mind while listening to the soul has earned her a reputation as an exceptional communicator and educator—someone who truly “C’s” (sees) the potential in every person.

Through the Raising Changemakers  signature programs—The Changemaker Way™ , Changemaker Connect Dojos™  and Conscious Transactions™ for teens and young adults and A Course in Raising Changemakers™ for parents and educators —Heidi and her Changemaker Educators are creating a legacy through pioneering a movement in alternative education and future readiness for all young people. These initiatives address purposeful learning alongside  physical, mental, emotional and financial wellbeing, career preparation, independent living, and communication skills rooted in love.

Families world wide are discovering and sharing that when young people rise as changemakers and parents ‘be the change’, they shape a future grounded in purpose, wellness, and connection.