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Dr. Shannon brings the science of personality change to an international audience. Her work challenges the myth that personality is set and stone, and provides actionable tips on how to become the person who can create the life you want.

Dr. Shannon Sauer-Zavala is a nationally recognized expert on personality change

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Clinical psychologist Dr. Shannon Sauer-Zavala is a nationally recognized expert on personality change whose research challenges the myth that personality is fixed. She is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Kentucky, author of The BPD Compass Workbook and the forthcoming The Personality Edit, and has received millions of dollars in federal funding to develop evidence-based strategies that help people intentionally change their personality traits.

Visit shannonsauerzavala.com or follow @self.made.personality on Instagram.

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Dr. Shannon Sauer-Zavala is a clinical psychologist, author of the forthcoming book The Personality Edit, and a nationally recognized expert on personality change. Her research challenges the myth that personality is fixed. She changed her own personality using the same science-backed approach she uses with her clients.

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Personality isn't fixed. Science proves it. Dr. Shannon Sauer-Zavala is the researcher making that case.

She runs a clinical trials lab at the University of Kentucky, has published over 140 peer-reviewed papers, and changed her own personality using the same methods she tests on her clients. Her forthcoming book, The Personality Edit, brings that science to a mainstream audience for the first time.

She has been featured on CBS Sunday Morning, NPR, BBC, Washington Post, WebMD, Vox, and Psychology Today. She speaks to corporate audiences, trains therapists worldwide, and works one-on-one with clients ready to stop believing they're stuck.

She is not a self-help personality.

She is the scientist behind the self-help.

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Sample Interview Questons

On Personality Science

  1. What do most people misunderstand about personality?

  2. What are the Big Five traits and why does the science back this model above all others?

  3. What goes into intentionally shaping one’s personality?

On Her Personal Story

  1. You describe yourself as a "former lazy person." What changed?

  2. How do you go from running clinical trials to coaching individuals?

On The Personality Edit

  1. Who is this book for?

  2. What's the one thing you want readers to walk away believing?

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