A: People often look for “triggers” or trauma to explain their feelings and behaviors. Could be another person, an event, something that happened in the past, or even a book, movie, or advertisement. But those external “triggers” aren’t what actually create your emotional responses. If so, then you and I would feel the same way even if we were unconscious or zoned out for the whole experience.

Yet that’s not what’s really going on. Instead, it’s the body’s instinctive, physical reaction to the environment that starts the domino train. Things like sweaty palms, tight chest, a racing heartbeat.

This gets interpreted by the brain as, “Oh no! Something is wrong! What do we do?”

While most therapy tries to get you to understand that you have triggers or traumas – so that you can manage or cope with them better – this method works a little differently. Instead, we work to retrain those physical reactions so that the alarm bells only ring when absolutely necessary.

And what happens when your body is no longer gripped by unnecessary breath holds, gut bombs, and jittery fingers? Well, then there’s no reason for your mind to freak out either.

The result? The thoughts, emotions, and behaviors the mind is used to serving up go away on their own—without having to talk through them or “white knuckle” it.

A: Probably the biggest difference is that this isn’t “therapy.” It’s more like learning to walk or drive a car. We’re looking at making you an elite athlete in the sport of automatic happiness. No more sitting on the sidelines wishing for a chance to play. Consider this quirky book your ticket to bootcamp, your invitation to “heaven” week, your cheat codes to beat the boss at the end of the level.

I certainly learned some helpful things from many of the programs I tried over the years, but most of them were either only focused on getting rid of the behavior (not dealing with the core issue) or on just one narrow part of the issue — my thinking.

Those are definitely important pieces of the puzzle, but they are tiny in comparison to what else is going on. AND… they are only symptoms. Every thought, feeling, and behavior is a byproduct of a much deeper, physical pattern. THAT was what kept me stuck in a cycle. But nobody was talking about where that pattern came from and how it was also linked to my body, my breath, my movement, etc.

Once I started addressing ALL of those fundamentals in some key ways, the addictive tendencies started going away almost on their own - without the struggle. So this is a much more holistic approach to living joyfully in such a way that, as a nice bonus, tends to make depression, anxiety, addiction, and trauma go away by themselves.

It takes the focus off of fighting those addictive behaviors or racing thoughts, and instead trains you on how your mind and body work so that they begin to produce freedom and happiness by default.

It's a bit of work in the beginning, but I try to keep it stupidly simple and fun. In the long run, it’s actually the “lazy” way out. Because once you “become” freedom, it just goes with you wherever you go!

A: Not at all! Look, I love to laugh, be goofy, learn cool things, and actually enjoy myself. I probably tell too many dad jokes, too. Because there’s no use in training your body that the way out of struggle is more struggle. It has to feel lighter, freer, and more enjoyable with just a touch of challenge. That’s the only way to make it stick. So I share everything with that in mind. I treat it like a game, a cute story, or a juicy factoid.

There are plenty of movie references, goofy antics, and ridiculous analogies in just about every chapter of the book, because the point is to actually enjoy your life even when dealing with tough stuff.

Remember, the focus here isn’t on fighting off the enemy but on learning to live so joyfully and free that there simply isn’t room for struggle, pain, or addiction anymore.

A: Nope. Just the stuff you hate. How’s that? And what if “reinventing your life” meant making it even more enjoyable? Instead of thinking of this like some kind of burden or loss, what if it just felt like a Christmas present? I mean, you add those to your life and rearrange the furniture to make room for them without any problems. So what if this was like that? A gift.

Besides, this is only a book. It’ll take time to read. So you’ll have to at least give it that much, There is no requirement to give up anything else to start benefiting from what’s inside. And if you wanted to add 10 or so minutes per day to put into action what you learn because it’s just that exciting... then you'll be able to do that, too. And you will have only gained a shot at teaching your body to give up its habit of unhappiness.

A: I wish I could tell you. You’ll definitely feel some changes the first time you try out some of the breathing, movement, visualizations, and questions inside the book. But they won’t become an automatic habit right away (at least they didn’t for me). They also build on each other over time. So it’ll take some testing and playing around with them until you find your groove. The bigger changes can sometimes start showing up within a few days or weeks. But they definitely happen if you 1) are enjoying the process, and 2) keep enjoying it over time (aka - stick with it).

A: No one on earth can say that something will work in every single possible case. Everything I share is definitely backed by years of medical research, personal research, and thousands of in-the-trenches results. But none of that is you, and what’s most important here is that you know this works for you.

That starts with actually testing it out for yourself. What I share is simple. It doesn’t require any special equipment, surgeries, medications, professional supervision, or a subscription to some elite membership club. This kind of freedom is your birthright. It came gift-wrapped inside your body. You just need to unwrap it, grab the user’s manual, and take it out for a spin.

A: Nope…but it might help. 😉

In all seriousness: I know that’s a silly question, but I want you to know that you don’t have to be like me (or any of the other thousands of people who’ve succeeded with this approach) for this to work.

This is about you finally getting a chance to learn all the things you should have been taught growing up about how your mind and body actually work to produce happiness and well-being with as little work as possible.

It's like learning to drive a car. The skills are more or less the same for most vehicles. That’s what you’ll learn here. Where and how you choose to drive once you catch the knack is up to you.