The Light Switch Myth

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Light Switch Myth:</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A Beginner's Guide to Creating Realistic and Sustainable Change</em></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Begins with a simple truth: most of us know what it feels like to be hard on ourselves. We chase perfection set impossible standards and get caught in spirals of criticism and shame when change doesn't happen fast enough. The promise of instant transformation leaves us not inspired but defeated.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>This book offers another way. Drawing from personal experience professional coaching and trauma-informed practice the author invites readers to examine their own relationship with change - how expectations self-talk and external pressures shape the path. Instead of rigid formulas readers are guided toward a kinder values-based approach that emphasizes self-compassion personalized strategies and sustainable growth.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Through original imagery and constructs reflective prompts and practical tools *The Light Switch Myth* reframes change as a path that unfolds uniquely for each person. Along the way readers learn to build balance identify supportive structures and cultivate an internal sense of worth and motivation.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Warm relatable and deeply practical this book is for anyone who has struggled under the weight of unrealistic expectations and is ready to explore change in a way that feels both possible and meaningful.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Key Themes:</span></p><p><strong>~Our Relationship to self is a foundational component to quality of life and quality of connection to others. </strong></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>~Change/growth is non linear</strong></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>~Shame guilt perfectionism block progress</strong></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>~Compassion does work as a motivator and an agent of change</strong></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>~Personalizing our efforts based on our own values and internal feedback lends to change being meaningful sustainable and often enjoyable</strong></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>~Small steady shifts/steps work better and faster than big leaps/overhauls</strong></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>~Choosing support and resources that mirror compassionate approaches is more effective than those that pressure or make false promises/exaggerated claims.</strong></p><p></p><p class=ql-align-center><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>This book has been reviewed for ethics and accuracy by a Clinical Counsellor MSW/RCSWC. It is intended to be trauma informed and therapeutic in nature but not a substitute for professional help.</span></p>