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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 the author of the BPD Compass Workbook and the forthcoming The Personality Edit. Dr. Shannon helps her clients step into more aligned, effective versions of themselves using the same science-backed approach she used to transform her own personality.
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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Dr. Shannon Sauer-Zavala, Nationally Recognized Expert on Personality Change
Dr. Shannon Sauer-Zavala, Clinical Psychologist and Expert on Personality Change
The Story
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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NBC
Managing Election Anxiety
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Psyche
Treating Neuroticism
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verywell mind
Main Character Energy
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PsychWire
Ask: Neuroticism
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Kentucky Lantern
Borderline Personality Disorder is Stigmatized
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Northern Kentucky Tribune
Covid Anxiety
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NBC | LEX18
Does Early Decorating
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CNET
Affordable Internet &
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Web MD
Neuroticism Isn't Funny
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NPR | WEKU
On College (Parents') Anxiety
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NPR | WEKU
On Personality Tests
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Psychology Today
Coping With Election Anxiety
Podcast Appearances
Sample Interview Questons
On Personality Science
What do most people misunderstand about personality?
What are the Big Five traits and why does the science back this model above all others?
What goes into intentionally shaping one’s personality?
On Her Personal Story
You describe yourself as a "former lazy person." What changed?
How do you go from running clinical trials to coaching individuals?
On The Personality Edit
Who is this book for?
What's the one thing you want readers to walk away believing?
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