And you look at yourself today, how did you change since you started it?

Yeah, one of the decisions I made right off the bat was, is this going to be an evidence-based research book? Or is this going to be sort of more like a synthesis praxis book? And even though I'm a social scientist by training, I decided this is not a research book.

And so from the start, it was a very different writing process for me than I've ever done before, which was very freeing actually to just say, what do I think about this? What have I seen about this? And I know that it'll help some folks.

Will it help everyone? No, but like nothing can, right? And so that was really interesting to give myself the permission and the freedom to write what I know and not document it, back it up with a mountain of evidence, which I actually, I mean, I could.

But the second thing that was really interesting for me on that journey was because I'm trained as a scholar originally, I can write anytime, anyplace, anywhere.

I do not have to be in a mood.

I can just write, which is a fabulous skill to have in your pocket.

How did your upbringing or early role model shape who you are today?