SELF HELP BOOK COLLECTION

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 POLI: Find Your Missing Piece

What if you don't need to fix your entire life?

What if you simply need to find one piece?

We all carry pieces of our stories, pieces shaped by love, loss, relationships, childhood, mistakes, dreams, fear, success, disappointment, and everything we've survived along the way. Some fit beautifully. Some have been damaged. Some we've outgrown. And some have been missing for so long that we've forgotten they were ever part of us.

POLI: Find Your Missing Piece is your introduction to the POLI Path and the community built around four simple but powerful principles:

Prioritize. Open Up. Learn. Invest.

Created by POLI founders Allison Schilling, Jamie Lambert, and Nazla Reagin, this interactive guide shares the story behind POLI, introduces the women who created it, explores the POLI Bookshelf and community, and gives you practical ways to begin looking at your own puzzle.

Inside, you'll discover seven days of affirmations, meaningful reflection and journal questions, and the Broken Puzzle Piece Activity, designed to help you identify one part of your life that may need attention, understanding, repair, or release.

This isn't about becoming perfect.

It isn't about pretending the cracks never happened.

And it isn't about putting your life together exactly the way it looked before.

It's about becoming curious enough to look at your pieces honestly and courageous enough to decide what happens next.

Maybe the piece you're missing is your confidence.

Your voice.

Your boundaries.

Your purpose.

Your ability to trust.

Your dream.

Your joy.

Or maybe...

it's you.

You don't have to solve the entire puzzle today.

Find one piece.
Understand it.
Repair what you can.
Then find the next.

Prioritize. Open Up. Learn. Invest.

That's the POLI Path. 

 Breaking Free From People Pleasing

How much of yourself have you given away trying to keep everyone else happy?

You say yes when you want to say no. You apologize when you've done nothing wrong. You carry problems that were never yours to solve. You worry about disappointing people, overthink how others see you, and keep giving long after you're exhausted.

And somewhere along the way, you started disappearing from your own life.

Breaking Free From People Pleasing is an honest, compassionate journey into why we become people pleasers, and what it takes to finally break the pattern without losing the kindness, generosity, and love that make us who we are.

Through powerful reflection, practical calls to action, and the principles of **POLI
(Prioritize, Open Up, Learn, Invest)**Allison Schilling and Jamie Lambert help you explore boundaries, guilt, self-worth, relationships, rest, self-trust, and the fear of disappointing others.

This isn't a book about becoming selfish.

It's about finally understanding that you matter too.

You can love people without carrying them.

You can say no without becoming cruel.

You can set boundaries without apologizing for them.

You can let someone be disappointed and still know you made the right decision.

And you can stop measuring your worth by how much you do for everyone else.

You have spent enough of your life asking:

“What does everyone need from me?”

Maybe it's finally time to ask:

“What do I need?”

You don't have to stop being kind.

You just have to stop abandoning yourself to prove it.

  What if the patterns controlling your life were never yours to begin with?

The first years of your life quietly shaped what you believe about love, trust, safety, and your own worth. Those experiences became familiar, but familiar is not always healthy.

In What Feels Familiar Isn't Always Healthy, Jamie Lambert, Allison Schilling, and Nazla Reagin introduce the POLI Path, a simple but powerful framework built on four life changing principles: Prioritize, Open Up, Learn, and Invest. Through inspiring stories, practical tools, thoughtful reflection questions, and actionable exercises, you will learn to recognize unhealthy emotional patterns, heal from past wounds, strengthen your relationships, and create a future rooted in peace, purpose, and hope.

This is not a book about becoming perfect. It is a guide to becoming free. Whether you are breaking generational cycles, rebuilding your confidence, healing from loss, or simply longing for a healthier way to live, these pages will encourage you to take one faithful step at a time.

Your past may explain your story, but it does not have to define your future.

Healing is possible.

The next chapter of your life begins today.

   Some burdens were never yours to carry.

Maybe you've spent years holding onto guilt that won't let go. Maybe you're carrying unforgiveness, fear, shame, disappointment, or the weight of trying to be everything for everyone. You know you want peace, but no matter how hard you try, something keeps pulling you back.

What if the very thing you're holding onto is what's keeping you from the life you were meant to live?

In From Burden to Freedom, Allison Schilling and Jamie Lambert introduce the POLI Path, a practical and heartfelt approach to healing through four life-changing principles: Prioritize, Open Up, Learn, and Invest. Through powerful stories, meaningful reflections, and practical action steps, this book will help you release what no longer serves you, embrace who you were created to be, and begin building a life marked by purpose, peace, and lasting freedom.

Healing isn't about forgetting your past. It's about refusing to let your past control your future.

No matter where you've been or what you've carried, it's never too late to let go, move forward, and discover the life waiting on the other side of healing.

Because sometimes the greatest freedom begins with one simple decision:

To finally lay the burden down.

  Why do you keep attracting the same kind of people?

If every relationship seems to end with the same heartbreak, disappointment, or unanswered questions, the problem may not be the people you meet. It may be the unresolved wounds and emotional patterns you carry.

In Why Do I Keep Attracting the Same People?, Allison Schilling and Jamie Lambert introduce the powerful POLI Method: Prioritize, Open Up, Learn, and Invest. Through inspiring insights, practical exercises, and honest reflection, you'll discover how past experiences influence your relationships and how to finally break unhealthy cycles.

Learn how to recognize red flags, strengthen your self worth, establish healthy boundaries, forgive without losing yourself, and build relationships rooted in peace, trust, and authenticity.

Your past may explain your story, but it does not have to define your future.

Stop attracting the same patterns. Start becoming the healthiest version of yourself and create the relationships you truly deserve.

   Anyone can be given a title. Few earn the right to be called a leader.

Leadership Beyond the Title is a practical, honest, and inspiring guide for anyone responsible for leading people. Whether you're a new supervisor, experienced manager, business owner, general manager, or aspiring leader, this book will challenge you to rethink what leadership truly means.

Drawing from years of real-world leadership experience, Jamie Lambert explores the principles that separate bosses from leaders, including building trust, developing teams, creating accountability, coaching employees, managing conflict, hiring the right people, maintaining standards, and building a culture people want to be part of.

Inside these pages, you'll learn:

• How to lead through influence instead of authority
• Why silent approval is still approval
• How to develop employees into future leaders
• The importance of communication and accountability
• How to create a culture that retains great people
• Why consistency matters more than motivation
• How your leadership legacy is built every day

Filled with practical lessons, real-world examples, and leadership insights that can be applied immediately, Leadership Beyond the Title reminds us that great leadership is not about power, position, or control.

It's about people.

Because the true measure of a leader is not how many people work for them, but how many people become better because of them.

   PCOS & Me: Hormones, Hope, and Hilarious Truths is an honest, emotional, and sometimes humorous journey through the complicated reality of living with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. In this deeply personal story, Jamie Lambert opens the door to experiences many women silently carry, including hormonal chaos, sudden weight gain, infertility struggles, miscarriage, body image battles, and the emotional rollercoaster that comes with trying to build a life when your body refuses to follow the rules.

After being diagnosed with PCOS, Jamie watched her life shift in ways she never expected. The athlete she once recognized in the mirror slowly disappeared as hormones changed her body, cravings became overwhelming, and weight seemed to appear overnight. Along the way she faced heartbreaking fertility struggles, the joy and miracle of unexpected pregnancy, and the devastating loss of miscarriage at fourteen weeks.

But this story is not only about loss. It is about resilience.

Through adoption, motherhood, laughter, tears, and the discipline of earning a black belt in Taekwondo, Jamie discovers that strength often appears in the most unexpected places. She shares the truth about hormones, emotional struggles, and the pressure women face in a world that often labels them as “too emotional” or “too much.”

With vulnerability and courage, PCOS & Me invites readers into the real conversations women need to have about their bodies, their dreams, and the strength it takes to keep showing up even when life becomes incredibly difficult.

At its heart, this book is a reminder that no woman is broken because of her hormones, her body, or the path her life takes. Every woman carries stories of pain and perseverance, and those stories deserve to be heard.

Because women are strong enough to carry what the world often refuses to see.

Serve Like You Mean It: How to Make More Money & Create Unforgettable Guest Experiences is a powerful, real world guide for servers who are ready to stop “just getting through shifts” and start maximizing their income, confidence, and impact on the floor.

Written by industry professional Jamie Lambert, who worked her way from host to general manager, this book breaks down exactly what separates average servers from top earners. It goes beyond basic service steps and dives into the psychology, timing, energy, and strategy behind creating experiences that guests remember and reward.

Through 25 engaging chapters, Jamie teaches you how to control the flow of the table, read guests like a pro, build genuine connections, master upselling without sounding salesy, and turn everyday interactions into higher checks and bigger tips. From the greeting that hooks guests, to the second drink strategy, to closing the experience in a way that leaves a lasting impression, every chapter is designed to help you earn more without working more tables.

Blending humor, real life scenarios, and actionable techniques, this book shows you how to step into your role with confidence and intention. You will learn how to handle difficult situations, master busy shifts, build regulars who ask for you by name, and become the kind of server both guests and managers value.

This is not just a book about serving.

It is a book about mindset, growth, and turning your position into a skill that pays you back every single shift.

If you are ready to stop hoping for good tips and start creating them, this book will show you how.

 Are women really too emotional to lead, or are they simply more honest about what leadership actually requires?

For decades women have been told that emotion is a weakness in the workplace, something that must be hidden or controlled in order to be taken seriously. Yet the very qualities that have often been criticized, empathy, awareness, honesty, and connection, are the same qualities that build trust, strengthen teams, and create resilient organizations.

In Are Women Too Emotional or Just Honest? The Truth About Emotion, Leadership, and Being Underestimated, Jamie Lambert challenges the outdated idea that strong leadership must be detached and unemotional. Through thoughtful insight and real-world leadership perspectives, she explores how emotional intelligence is not a liability but one of the most powerful tools a leader can possess.

This book examines what it means to be underestimated, how women navigate environments that question their authority, and why emotional awareness often leads to stronger communication, healthier workplace cultures, and more effective leadership.

Honest, insightful, and empowering, this book invites readers to reconsider the definition of strength in leadership.

Because the truth is simple.

Women are not too emotional.

They are often just more honest about what leadership truly takes.

 Healing is rarely simple, and it is never linear. It unfolds in layers, through moments of clarity and moments of doubt, through growth that is quiet, personal, and deeply human. This book invites you into that real journey.

Using the POLI framework: Prioritize, Open Up, Learn, and Invest — Allison Schilling and Jamie Lambert guide readers through the emotional work of understanding survival patterns, releasing shame, and learning how to live differently after pain. Rather than offering quick fixes or unrealistic positivity, this book speaks honestly about grief that lingers, identities formed through survival, boundaries that feel uncomfortable, and the courage required to choose yourself without guilt.

Readers will explore what it means to heal without perfection, to move forward without forced forgiveness, and to build a life that truly reflects personal growth. Through compassionate insight and relatable truth, the authors help readers recognize that healing is not about erasing the past, but integrating it in a way that restores self-trust and emotional safety.

This is a book for anyone who has ever wondered why healing still feels hard, why old feelings return, or how to create lasting change beyond self-awareness.

 Something feels off. Your life looks full, but it does not feel aligned. You are doing what you are supposed to do, yet parts of you feel misplaced.

POLI: When the Pieces Don’t Fit is for anyone who has ever wondered why effort is not leading to peace. Using the powerful metaphor of life as a puzzle, this book helps you identify the pieces of your life that are not in the right place and shows you how to stop forcing what no longer fits.

This is not a book about fixing yourself. It is about recognizing misalignment and learning how to respond with honesty, compassion, and courage.

Through the POLI framework Prioritize. Open Up. Learn. Invest. you will be guided to examine patterns, relationships, beliefs, and choices that quietly drain you. You will learn how to identify what feels wrong without blame, how to choose yourself without guilt, and how to place your energy where it actually supports your growth.

Inside these pages, you will discover how to • Recognize misalignment before it becomes burnout • Stop forcing relationships, roles, and expectations that hurt • Learn from repeating patterns without self blame • Open up safely without overexposing yourself • Choose alignment consistently, even during change • Trust yourself and live without apology

Written with honesty and warmth, POLI: When the Pieces Don’t Fit reminds you that setbacks are part of the process and that alignment is not about perfection. It is about returning to yourself again and again.

You are not broken. You are not behind. Some pieces were simply placed where they did not belong.

This book will help you put them back where they do.

 What if the greatest gift you could give your child wasn’t perfection, but healing?

Breaking the Cycle: Raising Children Through the POLI Path is a powerful guide for parents who want to raise emotionally strong, resilient children while ending the generational patterns that quietly shape families. Many parents carry wounds from their own upbringing, unspoken expectations, emotional distance, or survival habits learned long ago. This book helps parents recognize those patterns and choose a different path forward.

Through the POLI framework: Prioritize, Open Up, Learn, and Invest. Allison Schilling and Jamie Lambert offer honest, real-world guidance for creating emotionally safe homes, strengthening communication, and preparing children to become confident, healthy adults. With raw insight and practical wisdom, this book explores the hardest seasons of parenting, especially the teenage years, when connection matters most.

This is not a book about perfect parenting. It is about intentional parenting, learning, growing, repairing, and loving in ways that transform families for generations.

If you want your children to inherit emotional strength instead of emotional survival, this book will help you begin.

Because breaking the cycle starts with one courageous parent willing to do things differently.

 This book is not about perfection. It is about alignment.

Through the journey of prioritizing your life, you have learned that clarity replaces chaos, discipline strengthens identity, and daily decisions shape long-term outcomes. You discovered that saying no protects what matters, that patience builds durability, and that resilience keeps you steady when life shifts.

Prioritization is not a one-time reset. It is a repeated choice. It is waking up each day and aligning your actions with your values. It is protecting your peace, guarding your time, and focusing deeply on what truly deserves your energy.

When you prioritize intentionally, confidence grows. When you protect your boundaries, stability follows. When you align consistently, your life begins to reflect your purpose.

The reward is not external applause. The reward is internal coherence, a life that feels grounded, focused, and meaningful.

The process continues beyond these pages. The structure is yours now.

Build intentionally. Adjust when needed. Return when you drift.

And choose alignment again tomorrow.

 Opening up sounds simple, until you try to do it.

In Open Up, the second step of the POLI Path, Allison Schilling and Jamie Lambert guide you through the real work of emotional honesty. This is not about oversharing or becoming louder. It is about alignment. It is about learning how to communicate clearly, regulate your emotions, set boundaries without guilt, and build relationships rooted in trust.

Through practical insight and grounded encouragement, this book teaches you how to stay steady in difficult conversations, rebuild after rejection, and grow in confidence without hardening your heart. You will learn how to discern emotional capacity, repair when necessary, and stop abandoning yourself for the comfort of others.

Open Up is the bridge between self-awareness and meaningful connection. When you learn to live openly, with clarity, courage, and emotional maturity, you create space for deeper intimacy, stronger relationships, and lasting peace.

This is not about becoming someone new.

It is about becoming fully yourself.

 Growth is not about becoming someone new. It is about becoming someone intentional.

In Learn, you confronted patterns that once controlled you. You examined ego, embraced accountability, practiced discipline, released resentment, and built emotional stability. You discovered that peace is not found in perfect circumstances but in practiced self-governance. You learned that forgiveness requires wisdom, that boundaries protect growth, and that stability reshapes legacy.

This journey was not about perfection. It was about alignment. It was about choosing response over reaction, clarity over chaos, and maturity over impulse. It was about becoming the steady presence you once searched for in others.

Emotional intelligence is not a destination. It is a daily discipline. It is humility in action, consistency in tone, and courage in reflection.

As you move forward, remember this: the learning never stops. Growth continues. Standards rise. Peace deepens. And the life you build from here will reflect the stability you have cultivated within.

You are not finished.

You are becoming.

 INVEST is the final step in the POLI Path, a transformational journey built on Prioritize, Open Up, Learn, and Invest. This book moves beyond awareness and into action, guiding readers to intentionally build a life rooted in purpose, growth, and meaningful connection. Through reflection, resilience, and personal responsibility, readers learn how to invest their time, energy, relationships, and passions into what truly matters.

Rather than chasing perfection or external success, INVEST teaches that fulfillment comes from alignment, living authentically, nurturing healthy relationships, embracing lifelong learning, and creating impact beyond oneself. Each chapter invites readers to move from survival to intentional living, transforming challenges into opportunities for growth and legacy.

More than a self-help book, INVEST is a call to action: to become the investment, to live as an example, and to continue growing long after the final page. The POLI Path becomes not just a philosophy, but a lifelong practice, empowering readers to build a life of purpose, connection, and lasting fulfillment, one intentional choice at a time.

 Unprocessed Feelings Don’t Disappear is a raw, honest, and deeply human exploration of what happens when emotions are ignored, minimized, or buried, and how healing begins when we finally stop running from ourselves.

So many of us learned to survive by saying “I’m fine,” staying busy, being strong, and pushing feelings aside. But unprocessed emotions don’t vanish with time. They transform, into anxiety, resentment, numbness, burnout, and disconnection. This book names that truth without shame and offers a compassionate path forward.

Through powerful reflections and real-life insight, Unprocessed Feelings Don’t Disappear walks readers through the hidden cost of emotional suppression, the courage it takes to speak what’s never been said, and the freedom that comes from learning to feel without falling apart. Grounded in the POLI framework; Prioritize, Open Up, Learn, Invest, this book shows how emotional health becomes possible when we stop treating feelings as problems and start understanding them as information.

This is not a book about fixing yourself. It’s about coming home to yourself.

For anyone who feels tired of holding it all together, overwhelmed without knowing why, or ready to live with more honesty and less fear, this book offers clarity, permission, and hope.

Because unprocessed feelings don’t disappear but with the right tools, they no longer control your life.

Healing doesn’t start with perfection. It starts with honesty.

 Mismanaged Emotions Are Toxic is not a book about suppressing feelings or learning how to “stay positive.” It is a book about telling the truth, about what happens when emotions are ignored, mislabeled, avoided, or carried in silence for too long.

Throughout these pages, you learned that emotions themselves are not dangerous. They are signals. Messengers. Puzzle pieces meant to guide you toward healing, connection, and wholeness. The toxicity comes not from feeling, but from mismanaging what we feel.

When emotions are stuffed down, they don’t disappear. They turn into anxiety. They deepen into depression. They show up as hopelessness. They settle into the body as tension, illness, and exhaustion.

This book walked you through the real cost of pretending you’re fine, wearing masks to survive, and choosing endurance over honesty. It showed how emotional avoidance keeps you stuck, disconnected, and overwhelmed, often without you realizing why.

But this book did not stop at awareness.

It offered a way forward.

Through the POLI framework, Prioritize, Open Up, Learn, Invest, you were shown how to take everything you uncovered about your emotions and turn it into a sustainable way of living.

You learned to:

Prioritize your emotional health, boundaries, and body instead of abandoning yourself

Open Up by removing the mask and allowing honesty to replace silence

Learn how emotions actually work so you can master moods instead of fearing them

Invest your energy into what heals, aligns, and moves your life forward

POLI became the structure that tied every chapter together, the picture on the puzzle box that showed you where each emotional piece belongs.

This book reminded you that healing does not mean becoming someone new. It means becoming real. Real about what hurts. Real about what needs to change. Real about what you are no longer willing to carry alone.

By the end, the message is clear:

You cannot heal what you refuse to feel. You cannot change what you will not confront. And you cannot live fully while wearing a mask meant only for survival.

Healing begins when you stop pretending, speak truth, and choose to live unmasked.

And when you do, emotions stop being toxic.

They become guides. Teachers. Medicine.

This is not the end of your journey. It is the beginning of living it honestly.

And that is where true healing starts.

 I Just Turned 17: Getting Ready for College and Freaking Out a Little is a raw, real, and radically honest survival guide for the in-between moments of life, when you're not quite a kid anymore, but not fully an adult either.

Through 100 short, powerful chapters, each ending with a reflective poem, author Jamie Lambert invites readers into the messy, emotional, confusing, and often hilarious reality of being seventeen. This isn’t just a book about college prep or picking a major. It’s about everything else that comes with turning 17:

The pressure to have a plan when you don’t even know what you want for dinner.

The silent panic that everyone else has it all figured out but you.

The identity shifts, the family tension, the emotional highs and crashing lows.

The fear of growing up, and the thrill of finding your own voice.

With a voice that’s relatable, unfiltered, and deeply compassionate, Jamie speaks to the reader like a trusted older sister, someone who’s been there, messed up, cried on the bathroom floor, started over, and made peace with the fact that becoming yourself is a lifelong process.

This is not a textbook. It’s not a rulebook. It’s a flashlight for the nights when everything feels dark, a friend who doesn’t need you to have it all together, and a mirror that says, “Hey, you’re not alone, and you’re doing better than you think.”

Whether you’re seventeen, just left it behind, or still healing the teenager within you, this book is a space to slow down, breathe, and realize that freaking out a little might be part of the magic.

 Detoxify Your Life

You are not lazy. You are not broken. You are carrying too much.

Detoxify Your Life is for anyone who feels overwhelmed, emotionally drained, or stuck in survival mode. If your life looks functional on the outside but feels heavy on the inside, this book will help you understand why and what to do next.

This is not a guide to fixing yourself. It is an invitation to release what no longer belongs in your life.

Through honest reflection and practical insight, Detoxify Your Life walks you through identifying the emotional clutter, unhealthy relationships, mental overload, and survival patterns that quietly drain your energy and cloud your clarity. You will learn how to recognize what you have been tolerating, why letting go feels so difficult, and how to rebuild your life around alignment rather than endurance.

Inside these pages, you will explore how to:

Release emotional clutter and unresolved weight

Set boundaries without guilt or isolation

Let go of relationships and patterns that pull you backward

Rebuild trust in yourself and your intuition

Break cycles and create healthier rhythms

Choose relationships that support your growth

Live from alignment instead of survival

This book is not about dramatic change or burning your life down. It is about awareness, courage, and sustainable healing. It is about learning how to rest, reset, and move forward with clarity and self-respect.

If you are in the trenches, trying to crawl out of a hole and unsure how to begin, this book meets you where you are. It offers compassion instead of pressure and truth instead of quick fixes.

You do not need to become someone new.

You need to stop carrying what was never meant to be permanent.

Detoxify Your Life will help you put the weight down and begin choosing alignment every day.

 Turning thirteen can feel confusing, overwhelming, and unpredictable. Your body is changing, your emotions feel louder, and the world suddenly expects more from you even when you are still figuring things out.

You are not alone.

I Just Turned 13: What Are Hormones and Why Do I Smell? (For Boys) is an honest, reassuring guide for boys navigating puberty, emotions, friendships, school, and self confidence. Written with empathy and understanding, this book answers the questions many boys are thinking but are often too awkward or unsure to ask out loud.

Inside, you will find real conversations about body changes, emotions, confidence, stress, friendships, crushes, boundaries, hygiene, responsibility, and learning who you are. Each chapter is designed to help you understand what is happening in your body and mind while reminding you that growth does not happen on a single timeline.

This book is not about perfection or having everything figured out. It is about reassurance, self respect, and learning how to take care of yourself during one of the biggest transitions of your life.

Whether you are confused, curious, stressed, or just trying to get through the day, this book is here to remind you of one important truth.

You are normal. You are growing. And you are going to be okay.

A must read for boys entering their teen years and for parents who want a supportive, thoughtful resource to walk alongside them through it.

 So… you just turned 13. Your body feels weird. Your emotions are louder than ever. You might smell different, think differently, and feel like everyone else got an instruction manual you somehow missed.

This book is that manual.

I Just Turned 13 – What Are Hormones and Why Do I Smell? (For Girls) is a funny, honest, and reassuring guide through puberty, emotions, friendships, confidence, and self-discovery. It talks about the stuff adults don’t always explain well—and the stuff you might be too embarrassed to ask about, without judgment or cringe.

Inside these pages, you’ll learn: • What hormones are and why they’re turning your life upside down • Why your body is changing (and why that’s normal) • How to handle mood swings, friendships, crushes, and confidence • Why being awkward isn’t a flaw, it’s part of becoming you • How to be kinder to yourself while you grow

This isn’t a book telling you who to be. It’s a book reminding you that you’re already enough.

Growing up is messy. Puberty is confusing. But you’re not alone, and you’re doing better than you think.

 What if your life doesn’t look like everyone else’s and what if that’s okay?

I Just Turned 22 is the brutally honest, laugh-out-loud, cry-in-the-bathroom kind of book you didn’t know you needed. Written for the in-betweeners, the ones who don’t have a ring, a baby, or a five-year plan, this book is your messy, beautiful permission slip to live life on your own timeline.

Jamie Lambert cracks open the raw truth of early adulthood: the confusion, the comparison, the “what the heck am I doing?” spiral. Through 100 short chapters packed with real talk, personal confessions, and soul-nudging wisdom, she reminds you that you’re not behind, you’re just becoming.

If you’ve ever questioned your path, felt stuck between old friendships and new dreams, or secretly wondered if everyone else got the manual and you didn’t… this book is for you.

This isn’t a how-to. It’s a hey-you’re-not-alone.

You’re not too late. You’re not too weird. You’re not too anything.

You're 22, and that means you're just getting started.

 Putting the Puzzle Together: A Teen’s Guide to Understanding Who You Are

by Allison Schilling and Jamie Lambert

Life can feel like a scrambled puzzle with pieces scattered everywhere and no picture on the box to show you what it is supposed to look like. Between school, friends, family, and the constant pressure to be enough, it is easy to lose sight of who you really are.

In Putting the Puzzle Together, authors Allison Schilling and Jamie Lambert guide teens through the journey of self discovery using the powerful POLI Framework which stands for Prioritize, Open Up, Learn, and Invest. Through relatable stories, journal prompts, and practical exercises, this book helps readers:

✔ Understand their identity and values
✔ Recognize the outside pressures that shape their self image
✔ Build confidence and boundaries
✔ Form healthy friendships and relationships
✔ Learn to love themselves completely

Each chapter is a piece of your puzzle, helping you make sense of confusion and rebuild a clearer, stronger picture of who you are and who you are becoming.

This book reminds every teen that they are not broken, they are becoming. With time, reflection, and courage, the picture of their life will come together beautifully.