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2026 is the Year

I’m writing a book called Survival Patterns™.

It looks at what long-term pressure does to the nervous system, how survival responses form in childhood, and why they keep running even when life is no longer dangerous.

It isn’t self-help. It isn’t theory for theory’s sake.

It’s a careful examination of mechanism —how the body adapts to survive, and how those adaptations can be misinterpreted as identity.

The book is actively being written. It is grounded in established nervous system science and has a clear structure and direction. I'm excited !

Survival Patterns will be published in summer 2026.

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