Chris Lanig

Rebuild a healthy life.

Helping people rebuild healthy lives
after harmful religious experiences through truth, decision, and discipline.

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You don’t have to rebuild your whole life today.Maybe you know something needs to change, but you’re not sure where to begin.Maybe you’ve already made major changes, but you’re discovering that leaving something unhealthy isn’t the same thing as building something healthy in its place.Or maybe life is actually going pretty well—and you simply know there’s an area that could be better.Wherever you’re starting from, rebuilding begins the same way:

Get clear about what needs to change. Discover what’s true. Make a decision. Then start laying bricks.That’s the foundation of everything I teach.

THE REBUILD DECISION

Your first step is to decide.I’ve created a practical workbook to help you identify the area you want to rebuild, clarify what you actually want, count the cost, make a real decision, and determine what your next brick needs to be.This isn’t something you read and forget.It’s something you work through.

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My Book

THE REGULAR GUY’S GUIDE TO DISCIPLINE

Today’s Decisions Create Tomorrow’s Freedom

You don’t need more motivation.You don’t need to wait until you feel ready.And you don’t need to become some superhuman version of yourself before you can finally change your life.

You need to decide what you want your life to become—and develop the discipline to live according to that decision.

The Regular Guy’s Guide to Discipline is about exactly that.I wrote this book because I spent years living without the discipline I needed to build the life I actually wanted. I knew what I should do. I had goals. I had good intentions. I started things.And then I negotiated with myself.Again and again.Eventually I realized something that changed the way I think about discipline:Freedom isn’t the ability to do whatever you feel like doing. Real freedom is having enough self-control to build the life you’ve decided you want.This book is about learning to do exactly that.It’s about dreaming again, making real decisions, removing the back door, doing the work when you don’t feel like doing it, and continuing to move forward when things don’t go perfectly.It’s practical. It’s direct. It’s grounded in my Christian faith.And it’s written for regular people—because that’s exactly who I am.

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About

I’M CHRIS

I don’t teach this stuff because I found a clever niche. I teach it because I’ve had to live it.For years, I knew there were things in my life that needed to change. Sometimes I even knew exactly what I needed to do. But knowing and doing are two very different things.I’ve had to rebuild the way I think, the way I approach my health, my finances, my relationships, my work, my habits, and even the way I understand my faith.And one of the biggest things I’ve learned is this:

Getting away from something unhealthy isn’t the same thing as building something healthy in its place.

Rebuilding requires discovering what’s true, deciding what you’re going to build, and developing the discipline to live according to that decision.That’s what my work is about.I’m a Christian, and Scripture is the foundation for how I understand life, freedom, discipline, relationships, success, and the person I’m becoming.I’m also painfully aware that unhealthy religious environments—and sometimes the people representing Christianity—can leave people confused, hurt, fearful, or unsure of what they actually believe.I know because I’ve had some rebuilding to do there too.So whether you’re rebuilding after a harmful religious experience, trying to change an area of your life that simply isn’t working, or you just know there’s more to the life you’re currently living, you’re welcome here.