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Publisher: Legacy Launch Pad Publishing

Pub Date: June 3, 2025

Genre: Self-Help/Personal Growth

Price: $19.99 trade paper

Trim: 5.5X8.5

Page Count: 178

ISBN: 978-1-964377-40-7

Olivia Chadwick and Garnet Morris explore personal growth through the lens of endurance and connection in this motivational friendship–meets–self-help memoir. The authors’ journey begins on a cold morning in Saskatoon, where Olivia Chadwick, a young, self-critical personal trainer and mother, meets Garnet Morris, a successful but emotionally burdened insurance magnate. Their initial task is simple: prepare Morris to complete the grueling 100-mile Kananaskis Relay. But as their training continues, the relationship grows into mutual transformation. The authors use each of their shared runs to center themes of commitment, fear, forgiveness, resilience, and to unpack conversations that blend vulnerability with real-world wisdom.

Morris, though decades older, emerges as someone who needs guidance as much as he offers it. Chadwick discovers her own strength through their exchanges. The result is a dual narrative in which both authors serve as mentor and mentee in turns. Morris’s life lessons include breaking long-held habits and rethinking inherited beliefs, while Chadwick reflects on perfectionism, motherhood, and self-worth. Their story is shaped by mutual honesty rather than polish. Topics like trauma, addiction, and grief are treated with restraint and reflection, never melodrama. The book is rich in metaphor and natural imagery, with vivid depictions of the Canadian landscape acting as both backdrop and emotional mirror. Part coaching manual, part memoir, and wholly sincere, the book stands out in the self-help genre for its authenticity. It offers no shortcuts—just the quiet, powerful encouragement to keep going.

A candid and affecting guide to rebuilding through discipline, friendship, and forward motion.

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