Books
The books
Three books, one throughline: getting honest about what you feel and what you do about it. The memoir tells the story; the Emotional Scale books give you the map I now use with clients every week.
The book · 50% of proceeds to charity
Never Give Up
How to beat depression with confidence, goals, and thinking. My honest account of coming back from the bottom — and the mindset that gets you out of the dark and keeps you there: confidence, real goals, and the way you think. Written to bring the beauty back to life. Half of every copy's proceeds go to a depression charity.
Read a free preview (PDF) →The Emotional Scale
A scale for how you actually feel
We have a scale for money, for temperature, for pain out of ten — but not for emotion. These two companion books build one: where you are from 1 to 10, the habits that keep you there, and what moves you up a level.
Your Emotional Scale
The Scale We All Have. Level by level, 1 to 10 — the emotions at each rung, the habits that hold you there, and what actually gets you to the next one.
View on Amazon →Your Emotional Home
The Scale Everyone Has. The companion book — the level you keep returning to, why it feels like home, and how to move your baseline for good.
View on Amazon →From the blog
Where these ideas show up
The same thinking, applied — free to read on the site.
Emotional Sobriety
Staying stopped is one thing. Feeling steady is the deeper work.
Read →What Made My Recovery Stick
The turning points that turned a stop into a life.
Read →The Pink Cloud
Why early recovery can feel euphoric — and what comes after.
Read →Gratitude in Recovery
Not a platitude — a practice that shifts where you sit on the scale.
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