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Your Fault
it’s NOT
(all)
Sharon Podobnik
This could be the last self-help book you ever read.
Self-help books promise transformation and empowerment but rarely deliver real change. What gives?
Despite what we've been told, no amount of self-help, quick-fixes, or mind-hacks will get us where we need to go. We cannot transform our futures through willpower and hard work alone.
It's Not (All) Your Fault reveals the ways self-help-though well-meaning-is deeply flawed and keeps us trapped in stagnant cycles. It makes all of society's problems your problems.
Sharon Podobnik draws on extensive industry and personal experience to offer a fresh perspective on personal development and collective transformation, revealing their inextricable link and demonstrating that well-being depends on solidarity, not self-optimization.
Whether you're a self-help enthusiast, skeptic, or outspoken activist, this book is essential reading. Through captivating stories and insightful research, Podobnik reorients us to our power, provides radical strategies for growth and change, and brings conscious awareness to what we already know: the future is a collaborative effort.
Despite what the world has told you, it's not all your fault.
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“A wonderful chaser to our collective self-optimization hangover...”
-- Dr. Devon Price, social psychologist and author of the books Unmasking Autism and Laziness Does Not Exist
“Sharon's take on the self-help industry is refreshing and, as someone who has spent countless hours reading those books, made me realize that I'm not alone in my feelings of failure and inadequacy stemming from what's meant to be helpful. Turns out, it's not (all) my fault.”
-- Maricella Herrera,
CEO, Ellevate Network
“Rather than fixing ourselves, Podobnik invites us to recognize our shared humanity, articulate our deepest values, and work together to build the future we deserve. Hers is a vision of radical hope with the power to transform lives and society itself.”
-- Shasti Conrad,
political strategist
"In incisive, engaging prose, Sharon Podobnik sheds light on the flaws of the self-help industry, sparking timely cultural conversations, while empowering women to free themselves from oppressive power dynamics and embrace their full, authentic selves."
Katie Bannon, MFA, Memoirist & Writing Instructor at GrubStreet
This book is like nothing I’ve read before. It’s a must-read for anyone who wants to challenge the status quo. Sharon’s style is witty and honest, original and truthful. It is the most important book you’ll read in 2024 and provides everything you need to understand why it’s truly not (all) your fault!
-- Sara Wolfsberger, singer, songwriters, liberatory content creator
“Podobnik pulls no punches in her brilliant analysis... ultimately showing us that liberation is a collective project.”
-- Renee Powers,
Founder & CEO, Feminist Book Club
"Watch as one woman single-handedly breaks down societal conditioning and paradigms in four paragraphs. You won't believe it."
-- Rasaja Wolfe,
author of Ember & Flame
What I love most about this book is Sharon’s ability to welcome you into a story that feels like your own. She is authentic, funny, intellectual, and practical transporting you to a safe space to accept the natural emergence of life.
-- Nicole Baker Rosa,
Head of Human Design and Development, Strategic Foresight Consultancy
“Sharon speaks a silence that all of us carry. She’s given us a guidebook for re-wilding, a protection spell against loneliness, a powerful and necessary text for a weary world.”
-- Nina Kuzniak,
Forever aspiring educator, creator, and liberator
“If you have ever read a self-help or professional development book this should be required reading”
-- Brighid Lynch,
Operations Manager, Ameriprise Financial
Read this with your kids. Read this with your friends. You're going to need to talk about so much of this. I promise.
-- Melanie Winklosky, woman, wife, mother, daughter, sister, seeker of peace! Chief Advancement Officer, Boston Plan for Excellence
Ideally, you’d read this book before the allure of self-help culture draws you in. For most of us, it may be the catalyst to finally breaking free.
-- Jess Edelstein, neurodiversity advocate
"This book is for any woman who's felt the weight of expectations and the requirement for constant self-improvement - and wants to let it go. You'll gain more freedom with every turn of the page - and you'll want to contribute to a greater collective freedom as well."
-- Heather Whelpley,
author of An Overachiever's Guide To Breaking The Rules and Grounded Wildness
"Sharon invites us to get curious about ourselves and the societal pressures that shape us. Together, we get off the hamster wheel of self-help and embrace emerging values and collective healing to pull a more cooperative future closer to us."
-- Kelsey Volkmann,
futures and experience designer, Edward Jones
Meet Sharon
Sharon Podobnik is a leadership coach, author, and speaker known for her work at the intersection of individual development and collective transformation.
Sharon’s writing draws from her background in education and her personal experiences in the self-help industry, and explores the psychological and sociological factors that shape our lives and our futures. Podobnik synthesizes complex topics, blending research with storytelling to present ideas in compelling and accessible ways. Her writing has been praised for being as entertaining as it is enlightening. Her work has been featured in Forbes, The Washington Post, Good Morning America, and Oprah Magazine.
She is the founder of The Center for Conscious Leadership, which seeks to co-create a more peaceful, just, and equitable world. When she’s not exploring the world with her husband Mark, she’s writing at a local coffee shop or reading with her spunky kitty, Annie, in Seattle, Washington. Find out more at: sharonpodobnik.com.
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