title: The Tools: Transform Your Problems into Courage, Confidence, and Creativity
author:  Phil Stutz 
description: Transcendent . . .<b>a rapid and streamlined method of self-improvement</b>.<i>Publishers Weekly</i> (starred review)<br /><br />Barry Michels and Phil Stutz are profoundly talented guides to the inner workings of the psyche.<i>The Tools</i> is breakthrough material that <b>ignites your own capacity to transform your life</b>.<i></i>Marianne Williamson<br /><br />These tools are emotional game changers; they can help you work through conflicts, get happier, and feel a deep sense of purpose. As simple and practical as they are,<b> they do nothing less than deliver you to your best and most powerful self</b>.<i>Kathy Freston, author of Quantum Wellness: A Spiritual Guide to Health and Happiness</i><br /><br />"Every single thing Ive written of any power or merit came through using the tools Barry taught me. Usually counterintuitive, sometimes dangerous, they only <b>changed my life</b>.Stephen Gaghan, Academy Awardwinning writer of<i> Traffic </i>and writer/director of<i> Syriana</i>
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  This is a work of nonfiction. Some names and identifying details have been
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  Copyright © 2017 by Barry Michels and Phil Stutz
  
  All rights reserved.
  
  Published in the United States by Spiegel & Grau, an imprint of Random House,
  a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York.
  
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  LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
  
  Names: Michels, Barry, author. | Stutz, Phil, author.
  
  Title: Coming alive : 4 tools to defeat your inner enemy, ignite creative
  expression & unleash your soul’s potential / Barry Michels and Phil Stutz.
  
  Description: First edition. | New York : Spiegel & Grau, [2017]
  
  Identifiers: LCCN 2017013595 | ISBN 9780812994117 | ISBN 9780812994124 (ebook)
  
  Subjects: LCSH: Self-actualization (Psychology) | Change (Psychology)
  
  Classification: LCC BF637.S4 S8485 2017 | DDC 158—dc23 LC record available at
  [https://lccn.loc.gov/​2017013595](https://lccn.loc.