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REFRAME

From Automatic Reactions to Intentional Living

Through real-life stories and practical neuroscience, discover how to change the patterns shaping your thoughts, behaviors, and relationships.

By Nancy Post Executive Coach & Former Fortune 100 VP
REFRAME — From Automatic Reactions to Intentional Living, by Nancy Post
About the book

The habits that frustrate us most are not character flaws

They are patterns the brain has learned through repetition — and the brain remains capable of change throughout our lives.

Years ago, Nancy started noticing the ways she reacted that didn't reflect who she wanted to be. She got defensive when she felt criticized. She replayed conversations for days. When things were uncertain, she assumed the worst.

She wasn't choosing those reactions consciously — her brain was doing exactly what brains do: repeating familiar patterns it had practiced for years. What she learned through neuroscience, coaching, and her own life is that those patterns are not permanent. They can be recognized, interrupted, and rebuilt.

Reframe combines brain science, practical tools, and true stories to help you recognize, interrupt, and rebuild the patterns shaping your thoughts, behaviors, and relationships. The result isn't just clearer thinking — it's greater freedom in how you respond, and the joy of living a life you've actually chosen.

Inside the book

Recognize. Interrupt. Rebuild.

A practical framework for changing the patterns that run on autopilot.

  • Why your most frustrating habits are patterns, not flaws — and what that changes.
  • The neuroscience of how patterns form, and why the brain stays capable of change.
  • Practical tools to recognize a reaction, interrupt it, and choose a new response.
  • Real stories of people rebuilding the patterns shaping their work and relationships.
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What early readers are saying

Nancy Post has spent a lifetime helping people see possibilities in themselves. She combines neuroscience, leadership, and deeply personal stories, reminding us that our past does not have to define our future.

Tony ThelenFounder, The River Coaching & Consulting, and author of Things We Desire — The Desiderata turns 100

Reframe shows how rumination becomes rehearsal and how some of our deepest values may be inherited rather than chosen. Nancy Post turns neuroscience into questions worth sitting with.

Susan FinertyAuthor, Master the Matrix & Cross-Functional Influence

I couldn't stop reading Reframe. Nancy Post explains how our brains develop patterns and how we can intentionally change them. Anyone who wants to make positive changes in life will benefit from this book.

Steven PhillipsRetired Vice President, Harley-Davidson

Reframe is a practical guide to becoming the person you want to be. Nancy combines memorable stories, accessible neuroscience, and actionable insights that help readers better understand their reactions, strengthen relationships, and intentionally align their behavior with their values.

Jaime MineartChief Technology Officer & Senior Vice President, Caterpillar Inc.
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About the author

Nancy Post

Nancy spent 28 years at John Deere, a Fortune 100 company, rising to Vice President of Embedded Software and Solutions — leading the largest team in the Chief Technology Organization, 2,500+ people globally. Today she is a Senior Advisor at Boston Consulting Group and coaches Fortune 500 leaders through transformation.

The youngest of fifteen children, she learned early how people think, change, and show up for one another — and the wisdom of that family runs throughout this book. She writes about the science of the brain the way she has always understood it: through the lives of real people.

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