After Stephanie Weichert’s friend Trevor committed suicide, she wondered how she might have helped him if he’d reached out. What would she have said to him? What insights from her life-coaching career could she have shared that might have changed the outcome? Although it was too late for Trevor, how could she help others in despair rise above it into a place of hope?

This book is a collection of her answers—and a roadmap to self-love.

We each have a personal narrative we think defines us. For many, like Trevor, it’s about hopelessness, limitation and defeat. This book teaches us how to rewrite our story so that it reflects who we want to be and how we want to live. The steps include:

• Recognizing our inherent worth
• Breaking the cycle of having low expectations and manifesting them
• Grasping our power to change how we think, feel and act
• Developing a positive, new perspective on old situations
• Rising above counterproductive habits
• Aligning our life with our values
• Forming deep, meaningful connections with others
• Manifesting our biggest goals and dreams

Change may not come fast. It may look different than we envision it. We might have to take the first steps before we believe they’ll lead anywhere. But through those steps, a new path will emerge—a path to our most authentic self. Steeped in perennial spiritual tenets that have helped millions of people for thousands of years, this book brings those principles to life with its practical guide to day-by-day, moment-by-moment, personal, actual change.