I cannot wait to introduce you to our guest. Lauren Handel Zander is a life coach, university lecturer, public speaker, and the Co-Founder and Chairwoman of Handel Group®, an international corporate consulting and private coaching company based in New York City. Lauren has created these groundbreaking methodologies she uses in the Handel Method®, which I am a huge fan of practicing and studying.   Lauren is also the author of Maybe It’s You: Cut the Crap, Face Your Fears, Love Your Life, a no-nonsense, practical manual that helps readers figure out not just what they want out of life, but how to actually get there. She has spent over 20 years coaching thousands of private clients from entrepreneurs to families and Fortune 500 CEOs.   Lauren is an incredible woman. If you want to talk about really creating the life you want, you have to talk to Lauren. In our conversation, Lauren shares how to create change immediately, how our past affects our present and so much goodness about transformation.   Radically Grounded Lauren   Taking 20 years to write her book and share her voice authentically Helping people design their own lives for decades Having radical love for people and all their struggles Playing the make a difference game to never stop working on herself   Radically Inspired Clarity   Start with personal integrity and being able to keep a promise to yourself. You’ll be able to dive deeper once you build your confidence and prove that you can change. If you don’t solve things from your past, they will pop up in your future unexpectedly. The more you face those issues, the more it will do for your current reality.   Lauren Zander Answers…   What continues to fuel your curiosity to do what you do? How are you able to work with people in a confrontational and loving way? Why do people have a hard time being honest with themselves? Is there a difference between settling and compromise?   Radically Loved Quotes   “I can’t think of anything better than hearing an individual’s life story. That is God coming through.”   “I care way more about your ability to keep your promise to yourself than to pick up your kid from school on time.”   “There’s a gradient to change and that’s my problem.”   “You have three competing voices: head, heart, and hoo-ha.”   A Little More About Our Guest   In the early 2000s, Lauren created a groundbreaking methodology, The Handel Method®, which is supported by top educators and psychologists, and has been taught in over 35 major universities and institutes of learning across the country including MIT, Stanford Graduate School of Business, and NYU. With her unique, honest and irreverent approach, Lauren is a contributor for several publications and media outlets, including: The New York Times, BBC, Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Self, Women’s Health, Men’s Health, Vogue, Ebony, Cosmopolitan, and The Huffington Post. She has appeared on television and in film, starring in A&E’s Biography Channel TV Special, “Celebrity Life Coach,” as well as the critically acclaimed feature documentary, “My Own Man,” produced by Edward Norton. She has been an expert on The Dr. Oz Show, The Meredith Vieira Show, The Dr. Drew Show, MTV’s True Life and Businessweek’s “Coaches Corner.” www.handelgroup.com Be sure to subscribe to our weekly Radically Loved Updates and listen on iTunes to make sure you never miss an episode!