You’ve Changed

A compelling examination of the contemporary art of self-transformation, from the New York Times bestselling author As obsessed as we are with change, we're also often wildly suspicious of those who claim to have pulled it off. In You've Changed, Benoit Denizet-Lewis shows how so much of what we think we know about self-transformation is wrong. Profound change is often less self-reinvention than self-discovery, and personal change isn't always so personal - it's better understood as a hazardous team sport. Drawing on insights from psychologists, neuroscientists and spiritual teachers, Denizet-Lewis confronts our ambivalent relationship with change by taking us inside the lives of people who've transformed themselves - or say they have. From psychedelic reality benders to political converts, from a seemingly transformed murderer to a bully-turned-Buddhist, Denizet-Lewis brings curiosity, empathy and humour to this compelling investigation of the many ways we try to reimagine ourselves - and what's at stake when we do. You've Changed challenges us to think more deeply about how real transformation happens and is essential reading for anyone who's ever wanted to change something meaningful about themselves, or someone they love.

About the Author :
Benoit Denizet-Lewis is an associate professor at Emerson College and a longtime contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine. He has written three previous books, including America Anonymous and the New York Times bestseller Travels With Casey.

Review :
What a blazingly smart, funny, thoughtful, and moving book about the hope—and the occasional limits—of human transformation. In You’ve Changed, Benoit Denizet-Lewis takes us right into the trembling heart of how tempting it is to try to change your life. I found this to be a deeply humane book, offering the reader both permission to evolve and compassion for the times it might not quite work the way we hoped Denizet-Lewis pursues many offbeat examples of self-reinvention.. combining shrewd analysis and evocative reportage, this offers an entertaining and insightful take on humanity’s unappeasable drive to be different. Readers will be riveted Fascinating... Benoit Denizet-Lewis takes us on a deeply considered yet hilarious ride that explores the promises, challenges, validity, and possibility of transformation in all its forms Combines reportage, research, and memoir in a fascinating and beautifully written book that captivated me from the first page... endlessly thought provoking and inspiring. Read this book! Denizet-Lewis’s wide-ranging study of change in an era when metamorphosis has become the head-spinning norm, is wonderfully reported, often hilarious, and unfailingly captivating Urgent and unifying... I read You’ve Changed with rapt interest and delight. But I also read the hell out of it—I annotated it, underlined it, dog-eared it, and scribbled in its margins, because I couldn’t help but find myself in it. You will too Eye-opening... Denizet-Lewis brings the curiosity and perception that make him one of our best nonfiction writers to the topic of personal reinvention. Reading this book will change you for the better This fascinating and revelatory book should be read by anyone tempted by the promises of painless transformation Benoit Denizet-Lewis is a born storyteller who writes with great wisdom and wit. I loved his new book on change, a central obsession of our era that he thankfully rescues from easy-answer evangelists Benoit is a remarkable writer and a journalist of the first order, as You’ve Changed proves yet again. This is a deeply reported, keenly intelligent, beautifully written book