The Peace Guidebook is a warm, structured, story-driven roadmap that turns peace from an abstract ideal into ten practical principles and small, repeatable daily actions for personal and collective change. Why was this an important book for you to write?

Peace is something people talk about often, but very few people are taught how to actually practice it in everyday life. That realization became the heart of The Peace Guidebook. My co-author Dr. Katie Eastman and I wanted to create something practical, compassionate, and real. As we often say, peace is not an abstract idea or a distant dream. It is a daily practice, built through small, intentional actions that begin within each of us and ripple outward to change the world. Instead of presenting peace as a distant ideal, we designed ten principles that people can apply in ordinary moments, during conflict, stress, relationships, and personal challenges. The world feels very divided and overwhelmed right now, and we felt strongly that people needed a guide that could help them return to hope, healing, and harmony in a grounded way.

When you were shaping Hope, Healing, and Harmony, what did you most want readers to feel by the end of each section, and how did that influence which principles went where?

When shaping the book into the three sections of Hope, Healing, and Harmony, we thought carefully about the emotional journey many people experience when they are searching for peace. The first section, Hope, helps readers remember that peace is possible. Many people arrive feeling overwhelmed or discouraged, so the early principles focus on presence, potential, and patience to gently reconnect them with possibility. Healing is the deeper inner work, where readers begin practicing compassion, responsibility, and personal growth through principles like practice, passion, and purpose. By the time readers reach Harmony, our goal is for them to feel empowered to live their peace outwardly. That is where positivity, perseverance, partnership, and peace come together as a way of showing up in the world with intention and care.

If a reader only has five minutes a day, which exercise or “Peace Point” do you think creates the biggest ripple effect and why?

One of the most powerful practices we share in the book is simply pausing and asking yourself, “What would peace look like in this moment?” That small question can interrupt reactive patterns and invite a more thoughtful response. It takes only a few minutes, but it shifts awareness immediately. Instead of reacting from frustration, fear, or habit, people begin responding from clarity and compassion. Over time, that one simple pause can transform conversations, relationships, and decisions. The ripple effect is powerful because peace is not something we reach once and keep forever. It is something we practice again and again in the small moments of daily life.

The book connects to the Percolate Peace Project as a larger movement. What’s one concrete way you hope readers will carry their inner shifts into their communities without burning out?

One of the most important ideas behind the Percolate Peace Project is that peace spreads through small, sustainable actions rather than large, exhausting efforts. I encourage readers to start with one simple practice such as logging a moment of peace or performing a small act of kindness each day. That might mean listening more deeply to someone, expressing gratitude, helping a neighbor, or offering encouragement. When people focus on one meaningful action at a time, peace becomes energizing instead of overwhelming. The goal is not perfection or constant effort. The goal is consistency. Small moments practiced daily create a ripple that moves naturally into families, workplaces, and communities.

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