New Releases by Elise Loehnen

A provocative interactive workbook probing the cultural influences that have shaped our lives, helping us to rediscover our true selves so we can find the peace and wellbeing we deserve. Who am I? What do I want? What’s standing in my way? With the publication of her electrifying New York Times bestseller On Our Best Behavior, Elise Loehnen--often deemed “our culture’s therapist”--offered a groundbreaking exploration of the rules women unwittingly follow in order to be considered good. She illuminated the centuries-old code of conduct that keeps us disempowered, exhausted, anxious, and disconnected--even from ourselves. On Our Best Behavior touched a nerve, sparking impassioned reader response and igniting conversations both virtual and in real life. In Choosing Wholeness Over Goodness, Loehnen partners with Courtney Smith, a renowned Enneagram expert and coach, to take the ideas in On Our Best Behavior and explains what we can do to override them. Replicating the transformational process Loehnen and Smith have shared at sold-out retreats around the country, and incorporating tools they have learned from the visionary healers, thinkers, and therapists they’ve worked with over the years, Choosing Wholeness Over Goodness prompts readers to dig into the stories they tell themselves, guiding them to peel back the layers of cultural programming that prevent them from expressing their full potential. This paradigm-shifting workbook leads us to answer to the questions that tug at our souls.

An upcoming book to be published by Penguin Random House.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A groundbreaking exploration of the ancient rules women unwittingly follow in order to be considered “good,” revealing how the Seven Deadly Sins still control and distort our lives and illuminating a path toward a more balanced, spiritually complete way to live Why do women equate self-denial with being good? We congratulate ourselves when we resist the donut in the office breakroom. We celebrate our restraint when we hold back from sending an email in anger. We feel virtuous when we wake up at dawn to get a jump on the day. We put others’ needs ahead of our own and believe this makes us exemplary. In On Our Best Behavior, journalist Elise Loehnen explains that these impulses—often lauded as unselfish, distinctly feminine instincts—are actually ingrained in us by a culture that reaps the benefits, via an extraordinarily effective collection of mores known as the Seven Deadly Sins. Since being codified by the Christian church in the fourth century, the Seven Deadly Sins—pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, and sloth—have exerted insidious power. Even today, in our largely secular, patriarchal society, they continue to circumscribe women’s behavior. For example, seeing sloth as sinful leads women to deny themselves rest; a fear of gluttony drives them to ignore their appetites; and an aversion to greed prevents them from negotiating for themselves and contributes to the 55 percent gender wealth gap. In On Our Best Behavior, Loehnen reveals how we’ve been programmed to obey the rules represented by these sins and how doing so qualifies us as “good.” This probing analysis of contemporary culture and thoroughly researched history explains how women have internalized the patriarchy, and how they unwittingly reinforce it. By sharing her own story and the spiritual wisdom of other traditions, Loehnen shows how we can break free and discover the integrity and wholeness we seek.

*THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* ''A stunning, big and bold encyclopedia of how to live'' LISA TADDEO ''Astute, radical and utterly compelling'' KATHERINE MAY ''You will finish this book and immediately hand your copy over to your best friend'' JENNIFER ANISTON _______________ Why do women equate self-denial with being ''good''? We congratulate ourselves when we resist the donut in the office breakroom. We celebrate our restraint when we hold back from sending an email in anger. We put others'' needs ahead of our own and believe this makes us exemplary. Journalist and podcast host Elise Loehnen explains that these impulses – often lauded as distinctly feminine instincts – are actually ingrained in us by a culture that reaps the benefits, via an extraordinarily effective collection of social mores: Lust. Gluttony. Greed. Sloth. Wrath. Envy. Pride. These so-called ''deadly sins'' have been used by the patriarchy to control women throughout our history. For instance, a fear of gluttony drives us to ignore our appetites and an aversion to greed prevents us from negotiating a better salary at work. So, what would happen if we stopped trying to be ''good''? Provocative and bold, On Our Best Behaviour is a probing analysis of history and contemporary culture that explains how women have internalised the patriarchy, and how they unwittingly reinforce it. By sharing her own story and the spiritual wisdom of other traditions, Elise Loehnen shows how we can break free and discover a path toward a more balanced, fulfilled way to live. _______________ ''This is a really important book'' CHELSEA HANDLER ''A guide to liberation and a return to the authentic feminine self'' GABOR MATÉ ''Brilliantly reframes our toxic cultural programming'' LORI GOTTLIEB

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