The Pivot Year is available now on Shop Catalog.

First, tell us a little aboutThePivot Year.

What can readers expect from this upcoming release?

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What inspired you to writeThePivot Year?

Was it your own pivot period?

Was it the insights youve gained throughout your years as a writer?

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A combination of the two?

Give me the tea.

Over the years, your work has been primarily focused on personal transformation and change.

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Its a matter of if, and how, we activate it.

I believe this is a layered process changing the way we think, and then behave, consistently.

There are many reasons why it can feel hard to be your authentic self.

First, our authentic selves are our most vulnerable selves.

Its not as painful to have someone reject a version of you that isnt who you really are.

Second, we adopt a lot of our identity through osmosis.

This is why its so crucial to expand your perimeter, your circle, your environment.

It normalizes differences in a way that makes authenticity feel safer.

They are not who we are when we follow every want, interest or desire on a whim.

They are the people we become when we learn to live in accordance with our truest values and ideals.

What are the biggest takeaways you hope your readers will glean fromThePivot Year?

What is your favorite quote fromThePivot Year?

Life will bring you to your knees.

Sometimes with pain, sometimes with beauty, sometimes with both at once.

It will weather down your defenses and it will give you opportunities to love.

It will disguise miracles in the most ordinary moments.

It will bruise your heart until it breaks open.

It will teach you, slowly, that its not out there, its inside.

It will go more slowly than you can bear and more quickly than you could imagine.

It will lead you down unexpected turns that twist into destiny, and you will learn to trust.

Finally, when and where willThePivot Yearbe released?

The Pivot Year is available now onShop Catalog.