Submitted For Your Book Club Consideration...
One book. One meeting. One brain that's been sabotaging you for years.
A free, ready-to-use book club guide for MindShifting: Stop Your Brain From Sabotaging Your Happiness and Success — built to fit one 90-minute meeting and spark the kind of "aha" your group will still be talking about a week later.
"What's one recurring fight, flight, freeze, habit, or mimic reaction that feels automatic in your life — and how might pausing for even a few seconds change how you respond?"
Section I: Reacting
90-minute meeting l 7 prompts
3 real-life scenarios
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What's the book about?
Most of our reactions are automatic, not chosen. Our quick reactions are wired for survival, not happiness, and they run on outdated scripts that protect us from pain we may not even be in anymore. Once we become aware of these mental habits, we can begin to change them.
Volume 1 is where Mitch's MindShifting journey began. It teaches practical tools for retraining the brain — silencing the inner critic, mastering attention, strengthening the neural pathways that lead to calm, confidence, and insight — and arrives at a deeper definition of happiness: not constant positivity, but presence and acceptance.
Peace doesn't come from controlling life. It comes from mastering our response to it.
What's In The Packet?
A welcome from Mitch: A short, warm note from the author setting the tone for the conversation.
An overview of the book: A two-paragraph plain-English summary you can read aloud to ground the room.
Seven discussion prompts: Designed to move from awareness ("what's automatic for me?") to action ("what will I try this week?").
A closing reflection: Three questions to help everyone leave with one specific intention for the coming week.
How to host this discussion: Four simple cues — set the tone, follow the flow, keep it real, end with reflection.
Three themed sections of prompts: Reacting · Rewiring · Reclaiming — each anchored in the book's chapters and key ideas.
Three integrated scenarios: Workplace, family, and community — short situations the group reacts to together.
Mitch's contact info: If your group has insights or questions, he'd genuinely like to hear them.
The Three Sections of the Discussion
SECTION 1
REACTING
Chapters 1–2: A Smarter Way to React · Breaking Free from Our Scripts
Why our automatic reactions feel justifiable but are usually rationalizations. The space between stimulus and response — and how to find it.
SECTION 2
REWIRING
Chapters 3–4: Silencing the Inner Critic · Mastering Our Mind
The inner critic isn't truth; it's habit. How to observe thoughts without judgment, train attention like a muscle, and tap into the five Sage powers.
SECTION 3
RECLAIMING
Chapters 5–6: Unleashing Our Brilliance · The Realist's Guide to Happiness
What real happiness looks like — finding the silver lining, the 80/20 rule, and the three opportunities and gifts: knowledge, practice, intention.
Who This Packet Is For:
Book clubs picking their next read
You want a guide that does the heavy lifting so the host can actually enjoy the meeting.
Friends reading something together
You want to talk about how this stuff actually shows up in your life, not just review the chapters.
Anyone hosting a real conversation
A small group, a Sunday afternoon, and a willingness to look honestly at your own patterns.
FAQs
Does my group need to read the book before the meeting?
Yes. The packet assumes everyone has read Volume 1. The whole point is to discuss what landed, what didn't, and where the ideas show up in your real life.
How long does the meeting take?
Most groups land at 90 minutes. The guide is designed to flex from one hour (skip a few prompts) to two hours (use all the prompts plus all three scenarios).
Can we do this without finishing every prompt?
Absolutely. As Mitch puts it in the packet: "There is no pressure. There is no test." Cover what you can. The good conversation is the goal.
Is the packet really free?
Yes — completely. We ask for your name and email so we can send the PDF, and so Mitch can occasionally share new resources or notes if you'd like.
