What we call personality may sometimes be the lasting imprint of survival.

From perfectionism and people-pleasing to hyper-independence and the need for control, Survival Patterns™ explores how the nervous system adapts to early experiences - and how those adaptations can become mistaken for who we are.

Drawing on neuroscience, psychology, and human behaviour, Elle Hernandez challenges the way we understand ourselves, shifting the conversation away from what's wrong with us toward what happened within us.

Not another book about fixing yourself. A different way of understanding yourself.