All of us want to improve and grow, and the world offers no shortage of answers and products to try. Tieler Giles embarked on a journey to try ‘self-help’ and came up wanting. But in the process, she learned about herself, and more importantly about her relationship with her Savior. This book is the fruit of that journey, and it’s one that will serve anyone who has believed that self-help books and tactics are the answer to their needs. Giles has been in your shoes, and she is a friend who invites you back to God’s purposes for you. -- Courtney Reissig (Author of Teach Me to Feel and Glory in the Ordinary)
With precision and skill, Tieler Giles identifies why self-help promises much but delivers little, and points us instead to the person of Christ in whom all things are done, not to-do. I appreciated her wealth of experience as a life coach; the acknowledgement of where self-help can have value; her honesty and her witty observations. This book is joyful, real, comprehensive and practical. Don’t just put it on your to-do list—read it! -- Linda Allcock (Author, Deeper Still)
Truth and grace mark the ministry of our Lord, and they also mark Tieler’s perceptive book on ditching the endlessly exhausting pursuit of self-help. Full of insight into the human heart, How to Ditch the How-to will expose your need—and Christ’s perfect, abundant grace. -- Kristen Wetherell (Ministry Content Manager, Unlocking the Bible, and co-author of Hope When It Hurts)
Take it from someone who’s been there: Tieler Giles really has put all the latest self-help trends to the test (manifesting, meditating, setting intentions, positive self-talk—you name it, she’s done it!). In How to Ditch the How-to, Tieler takes us with her on her years of trying to find happiness and fulfillment within herself. She shares candidly the effort and exhaustion, the high hopes and deep disillusionment. And then she shares with us the relief, peace, and soul-deep joy she finally found in Jesus. No doubt every reader will see some of herself in Tieler’s story. Who among us hasn’t succumbed to self-help? But Tieler tells us the better and truer story of who we are, in light of who our Creator is and how he made us to find abundant life in him. Tieler’s story is authentic, transparent, and ultimately full of the best news there is. If you’re tired of trying to keep up, then take up this book and find real rest. -- Jen Oshman (Author, Enough About Me)
So many of us are seeking inner healing and transformation. Yet, there comes a point when we desperately need more than the latest trendy tools or tried-and-true religious rituals. In How to Ditch the How-to, Tieler Giles shows us how we change and grow best: as we experience a sincere, deep relationship with the greatest Helper. -- Lakeshia Poole (Author, Faith Beats Fear)
This book offers nothing short of grace to the strive-weary among us. In its pages, Tieler Giles helps us all ease off our own go-go-go agendas and offers a road toward living as God intended. -- Caryn Rivadeneira (Author, Saints of Feather and Fang)
