When you pick up my new book, Fearless Choices, I hope you to feel grounded by it.
Not “sold to.” Not hyped up. Not talked into believing you can overhaul your life in a weekend if you just want it badly enough.
This book came from real life—messy, layered, human life. The kind where you’re trying to do the right thing in a world that feels loud, divided, and heavy. The kind where you can be smart and capable and still feel stuck. The kind where choosing bravely doesn’t always look brave from the outside.
So here’s what this book is. And what it isn’t.
What this book is
A guide back to your power—one choice at a time.
Not in a cheesy, motivational way. In a grounded way. In the way that helps you stop drifting through decisions and start choosing with intention.
A book about integrity in real life.
Not just the big “cinematic moment” choices—also the small ones: what you tolerate, what you rationalize, what you keep avoiding, what you keep repeating because it’s familiar. The choices that shape you quietly.
A framework for self-trust.
So many of us don’t struggle because we don’t know what to do. We struggle because we don’t trust ourselves enough to do it (or we think other people are going to judge us in the process). This book is meant to help you rebuild that relationship with yourself—slowly, honestly, and without pretending it’s easy.
A companion for the messy middle.
There are chapters for starting over, breaking patterns, learning to take up space, letting go of grudges, betting on yourself when you're barely getting by, and finding steadier ground when your nervous system is tired. It’s practical, but it’s also personal.
A book that holds both personal healing and the larger world.
Because we’re living in a time where it’s hard to separate “my life” from “the world.” The pressure to be brave. The pressure to be informed. The pressure to get it right. The pressure to speak, or the guilt when you don’t. This book meets that tension in an honest place, not performative.
What this book isn’t
It isn’t a perfection plan.
This isn’t about becoming someone flawless with flawless habits and flawless boundaries. If anything, the book is built on the opposite truth: you’re allowed to be in process.
It isn’t a “quick fix” or a cute checklist.
There are tools, reflection, and structure—but this isn’t a life hack. It’s an invitation to take yourself seriously enough to change slowly and for real.
It isn’t therapy, and it isn’t meant to replace support.
This book can open doors. It can give language. It can help you recognize patterns and choose differently. But it’s not a substitute for professional care, community care, or safety planning if you need support.
It isn’t a political manifesto.
But it also doesn’t pretend we’re living in neutral times. It speaks to the reality that sometimes “the right choice” comes with social cost, discomfort, or loneliness—and it doesn’t romanticize that.
Who this book is for
If you’re at a crossroads—internal or external—this book is for you.
If you’re tired of shrinking, appeasing, over-explaining, over-functioning.
If you’re tired of being brave for everyone else and abandoning yourself in quiet ways.
This book is for the person who’s ready to choose to change.
Not with shame. Not with pressure.
But with honesty.
How to read it (so it actually changes something)
You can absolutely read it straight through. But if you want it to do what it was written to do, here’s a better approach:
- Go slow on the chapters that hit a nerve. That’s usually where the work is.
- Don’t skip the reflection. Not because it’s homework—but because your life won’t shift from insight alone.
- Be gentle with yourself.
- Put the book down, and put it into action in the ways that make sense in your life.
Fearless Choices is not here to tell you what to do.
It’s here to help you hear yourself again.
Happy reading.
xx
Brandi
