How Change Really Happens is a grounded guide to personal transformation that honors the messy, emotional, and non-linear reality of change, with micro-shifts, self-trust, and a healthy dose of tough love. Why was this an important book for you to write?

It was the first time I took what I teach, practice, and live and put it into book form. It was a passion project as well as a vital learning process for me in my personal and professional development. It addresses a common question we all face about how to become the people we desire to be in this life.

What personal experience first sparked your realization that “working harder” wasn’t the answer to change?

As I share in the book, I tried for years with the traditional approach. It failed me over and over. I couldn’t see how a more gentle and strategic, natural approach could be more effective until I gave it a try and saw the results for myself and the countless clients I shared it with.

What advice would you give someone who feels stuck but is skeptical of self-help books?

The Self-help genre has gotten a bit of a sour reputation. I think of it as windows of opportunity to see oneself differently and craft a life you want. If you feel stuck, something has to change. Try something new.

If readers take away just one practice or mindset shift from your book, what do you hope it is?

Microshifts, the small movements towards a goal, get you there just as well and possibly faster without triggering our fear of something new that often causes a backslide. It is a hack I still use whenever I am stepping into new unfamiliar territory.

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