The Kindness Method: Change Your Habits for Good Using Self-Compassion and Understanding

Written by Shahroo Izadi

Narrated by Shahroo Izadi

This program is read by the author.

The Kindness Method is the key to breaking unwanted habits—for good! Combining her own therapeutic style, personal experiences, and techniques learned from working in the field of substance abuse, Shahroo Izadi shares simple steps that strengthen your willpower like a muscle, allowing you to sustain your motivation and make lasting change in your life.

Shahroo’s completely non-judgmental process for mapping and channeling your habits is based on the principle of treating yourself with the compassion and understanding that it is often only reserved for other people. From procrastination to issues of body image, this method works by creating a custom plan—mapped by you, for you, and driven by self-motivation.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Macmillan Audio
• Release date: Jul 9, 2019
• ISBN: 9781250233974

Shahroo Izadi

Shahroo Izadi is a Behavioural Change Specialist and author of The Kindness Method, which has been translated into five languages and was a Shelf Help Club book of the month. She started her career in the NHS before setting up her private practice. Her therapeutic approach is influenced by her frontline addiction treatment work in clinical, community and prison settings. During this time, Shahroo developed a knowledge of how to ellicit self-led change, even in those who are most resistant to it. She shares how the same evidence-based tools she used effectively with her clients in active addiction helped her to lose eight stone in weight, increase her self-esteem and help her self-manage a range of unwanted habits around food and negative self-talk. Shahroo's work has been featured widely on BBC Radio1, the Telegraph, Psychologies and Red Magazine and she ran a sell-out workshop at The School of Life. Her work has been well-received by the field of mainstream personal development and she was invited to chair the One in Five panel on mental health for Women of the World 2018 at Southbank Center. She has also featured on The Diary of a CEO podcast. She runs sell-out workshops in London and is regularly asked to speak publicly on behavioural change, mental health and addiction.

Reviews for The Kindness Method

[Carrie Colvin · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Inspirational, thank you! Life changing for me. So glad I found you.