A deeply human self-improvement book about social anxiety, shame, and the inner voice that holds us back.

I didn’t know that saying "good morning" could make my armpits sweat. Until I experienced it.

If you have postponed going out because you sweat before leaving, if you have forced a smile while inside you were freezing, if you have imagined that everyone judges you simply because you exist, then this book is for you. It is not a guide to perfection. It is a manuscript of courage, written from the inside out. With small stories, self-observation tests, exercises, first aid lists and… humor.

Through its pages you will learn how to:

• Talk to yourself without diminishing yourself.

• Stay at the table instead of leaving out of shame.

• Refute the voice that tells you “you don’t belong.”

I wrote this book when I had already healed my own social anxiety. And then came Eva. She trusted me to accompany her on her own step forward and reminded me that shame doesn’t simply go away when you say it aloud. It goes away when you work on it, endure it, and transform it.

If you have ever felt that something is "wrong" with you simply because you struggle in social environments and don’t know where to start, start here:

You are not defective. You are vulnerable.

And that is profoundly human.

You are not alone. And that, by itself, changes everything.