Maybe It's You: Cut the Crap. Face Your Fears. Love Your Life.

by Lauren Handel Zander

Overview

Maybe It's You picks up where You Are a Badass leaves off — this no-nonsense, practical manual to help readers figure out not just what they want out of life, but how to actually get there.

In Maybe It's You, life coach Lauren Handel Zander walks readers through the innovative step-by-step process that has transformed the lives of tens of thousands of her clients, and explains how anyone can achieve amazing things when we stop lying and finally start keeping the promises we make to ourselves. Whether readers want to find love, succeed at work, fix a fractured relationship, or lose weight, Zander's method will offer a road map to finally get there. Filled with practical exercises, inspiring client stories, and Lauren's own hard-won lessons, this book enables readers to identify, articulate, and account for their own setbacks so they can transform them into strengths.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780316318662
Publisher:	Hachette Books
Publication date:	04/04/2017
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 8.70(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Lauren Handel Zander is a life coach, university lecturer, and public speaker. As Co-Founder and Chairman of Handel Group, an international corporate consulting and private coaching company, she has coached countless private clients: professors, politicians, award-winning artists, and Fortune 500 CEOs. The Handel Method has been taught at MIT, Stanford University, NYU, and in the New York City Public School System. Lauren has also led seminars and conferences all over the world and has contributed to the New York Times, Forbes, Self, Women's Health, Vogue, Marie Claire, Elle, and the Huffington Post.

Table of Contents

Foreword Dr. Mark Hyman ix

Warning Label xiii

Introduction: The Concession Stand: Me, Myself, and Why 1

Chapter 1 You Must Be Dreaming: tDesigning the Life You Want 9

Chapter 2 Maybe It's You: Discovering Your Own Fingerprints on the Crime Scene 31

Chapter 3 The Promise Land: Learning Now to Keep a Promise to Yourself 50

Chapter 4 Change Your Mind: Getting Your Head Under New Management 72

Chapter 5 Emotional DNA: Dealing with the Hand You Were Dealt 89

Chapter 6 The Truth about Lying: Becoming Honest about Your Dishonesty 111

Chapter 7 Hauntings: Unraveling Your Past 142

Chapter 8 Unstuck: Finding Your Way out of Purge-atory 167

Chapter 9 The Mother Load: Cleaning, Unloading, and Putting away Your Dirty Laundry 185

Chapter 10 Mission I'm Possible: Be You. Only Better 220

Notes 237

Great-Full 239

Resources 241

What People are Saying About This

Hugh Jackman

“Lauren has changed my life. People say that kind of thing all the time...but this is the real deal. I can flat-out say I have never been happier, more fulfilled, or more certain and excited of the path ahead of me. Nor have I had more FUN! Lauren’s method is a gift that is now available to everyone.”

Trinity College - Peter Stone

“Lauren Zander is a master coach, and her game is life. No life coach today is better at helping you figure out what obstacles are keeping you from leading the life you really want to lead.”

coauthor of Art of Attention - Elena Brower

“Lauren and her method have helped me rewrite my inner dialogue, connect deeply to my family, and evolve my excuses so I can be the partner, the mother, the daughter, the sister, and the teacher I've always dreamed I could be.”

author of Do Cool Sh*t - Miki Agrawal

“Lauren Zander has taught me important lessons required to live a life with the most integrity, the most success, and most importantly—the most fun. My business is killing it, my personal life is the best it's ever been, and my social life is fully loving. Lauren has forced me to face myself over and over again until I am happy.”

professor, MIT - David Mindell

“Lauren Zander is a unique talent with unique insight into the human condition. I have seen her method transform dozens of students over more than decade of teaching at my university. Now this important work can reach the mass audience it deserves—transforming readers across the world.”

Senior Vice President for Student Affairs, New York University - Marc Wais

“Profound and enlightening. Will also make you smile and laugh. And, most importantly, if taken seriously, it can be transformative. You'll be recommending it to your family and friends who you care about.”

Editorial Reviews

"Lauren Zander has taught me important lessons required to live a life with the most integrity, the most success, and most importantly--the most fun. My business is killing it, my personal life is the best it's ever been, and my social life is fully loving. Lauren has forced me to face myself over and over again until I am happy."—Miki Agrawal, CEO and cofounder of THINX, and author of Do Cool Sh*t

"Lauren and her method have helped me rewrite my inner dialogue, connect deeply to my family, and evolve my excuses so I can be the partner, the mother, the daughter, the sister, and the teacher I've always dreamed I
could be."—Elena Brower, author of Art of Attention

"Lauren Zander is a unique talent with unique insight into the human condition. I have seen her method transform dozens of students over more than a decade of teaching at my university. Now this important work can reach the mass audience it deserves--transforming readers across the world."—David Mindell, professor, MIT

"Profound and enlightening. Will also make you smile and laugh. And,
most importantly, if taken seriously, it can be transformative. You'll be recommending it to your family and friends who you care about."—Marc Wais, senior vice president for student affairs, New York University

"Change takes work! I'm so glad that there is a book that doesn't sugarcoat anything.... This book is only for people who are ready for change and to face everything holding them back. You're not alone; I'm on the journey too!"—Michelle Williams, Destiny's Child

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