The Power to Choose: Finding Calm and Connection in a Complex World

When stress, pressure and difficult relationships take over, it's easy to react on autopilot - to say what we don't mean, or pull away when we most want connection. Yet even in the hardest moments, there is always a choice, and learning to use that choice changes how we meet the people and pressures in our lives.

In The Power to Choose, coach and author Robbie Swale offers a practical, compassionate guide to moving from automatic reaction to conscious awareness. Through honest stories, psychological insight and tools you can use right away, he shows how small shifts in attention can transform how we experience stress, conflict and complexity - helping us find steadiness, connection and calm.

Drawing on his work with leaders, entrepreneurs and creatives around the world, Swale explores how to cultivate the inner space that allows us to choose: how we lead, how we relate, and how we live with purpose, even when life is demanding.

Praise for Robbie Swale and The Power to Choose

"Each time I talk with Robbie, he gives me a new thought to think about."

- Robert Holden, author, Authentic Success

"Robbie introduced me to my own potential and I am so grateful to have met him."

- Shivangi Raghuvanshi, Lead Program Manager, Asia, Microsoft

"Whilst my workload is exactly the same, if not increased, I feel more in control of my time, my diary, my work, my life."

- Professor Leonie Taams, King's College London

About the Author

Robbie Swale is an executive coach, writer and podcaster. He is the author of five books, including The 12-Minute Method series, and host of The Coach's Journey and The 12-Minute Method podcasts. He works with leaders and entrepreneurs worldwide.