The Kindness Method: Changing Habits for Good

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It doesn't matter what the habit is that you want to change - I'm going to show you how to do it. And how to make those changes last forever. - Shahroo Izadi The Kindness Method is the key to breaking unwanted habits for good. By combining her own therapeutic style, personal experience and techniques learned from working in substance misuse, Shahroo Izadi shares simple steps that help strengthen your willpower like a muscle, so you can sustain motivation for the long haul. Shahroo shares her totally non-judgmental and flexible process for mapping and changing your habits, based on treating yourself with the compassion and understanding that would normally be reserved for others. It works for everything from procrastination to alcohol consumption and body positivity because the plan is bespoke: mapped by you, for you and driven by self-motivation. Shahroo will teach how to: 1. Believe you can change 2. Clarify your reasons for changing 3. Plan how you're going to do it 4. Prepare for what is likely to throw you off track Start mapping your habits, setting your own goals with honesty and start treating yourself with the kindness you truly deserve!

Shahroo Izadi is a Behavioural Change Specialist. In the summer of 2016 she was featured in the Pool in a personal series of articles with journalist Marisa Bate, who went to Shahroo for help in looking at her alcohol use. Almost overnight, her private practice had a months long waiting list and she was inundated with press requests. Shahroo's work has been featured on BBC Radio 1, Red magazine, the Telegraph and Psychologies. Shahroo is a support group facilitator and therapist at Amy's Place, a recovery house for women set up by The Amy Winehouse Foundation and a Senior Consultant for Vital Signs, who deliver professional development training and advisory services for leading health and social care organisations.

The moment I met her I immediately knew she was the real deal. She just gets it. She's a sobering, safe and sassy presence in a world of extremes. -- Bryony Gordon, #1 bestselling author of Mad Girl Shahroo's dynamic and compassionate approach to an entrenched and sometimes scary drinking culture is refreshing, non-judgmental and feels like a very contemporary approach to talking about alcohol. -- Gemma Cairney, BBC Radio 1 presenter and author of Open: A Toolkit for How Magic and Messed Up Life Can Be Aside from my own experience of Shahroo's superb work, the greatest testament is that our clients keep requesting more and more of her invaluable experience, insights and strategies to successfully manage their emotional wellbeing. -- Dominic Ruffy, Amy Winehouse Foundation That's what Shahroo does. Gets me to ask fundamental questions with a kindness and compassion I normally reserve for others. -- Marisa Bate, The Pool This book is wonderful. Kindness is king. Kindness is key. -- Eoin Colfer, bestselling author of the Artemis Fowl series A game-changing book about habits and beliefs that focuses on boosting our self-esteem and resilience, rather than demonising ourselves or our behaviours. And we can use it to change any unwanted behaviour, from struggling with prescription drugs to procrastinating to drinking too much prosecco. -- Evening Standard