A Simple & Proven Way to Break Stress Patterns & Build Emotional Health
Download Chapter 1 of Tiny Shifts, my bestselling book on emotional health.
Small, repeatable practices for getting back to yourself when stress, reactivity, or self-criticism take over.
Hi, I’m Elisha Goldstein
I’m a clinical psychologist and bestselling author of Tiny Shifts, Uncovering Happiness, and The Now Effect. My books have sold more than 300,000 copies worldwide.
My work has been featured in places like The New York Times, Parade, Psychology Today, HuffPost, and Mindful, and on Good Morning America and NPR. Click here to learn more about me and my work.
What is emotional health, and how do you build it?
Emotional health is getting back to yourself after you get pulled into stress, reactivity, or self-criticism. Not never losing it. Getting it back, faster each time. That return is a skill, and small reps build it.
Praise for Tiny Shifts
“Real transformation does not come from will power or force. It comes from awareness. In Tiny Shifts, Elisha Goldstein distills the science and practice of change into accessible moments that gently loosen the grip of habit.”
Tara Brach
Author of Radical Acceptance and Radical Compassion
“Grounded in science, his writing is friendly and inviting. It’s rare to find a book with this combination of heft, heart, and helpfulness, and I love it!”
Rick Hanson, PhD
Author of Buddha’s Brain, Hardwiring Happiness, and Resilient
“In our modern era of overwhelm, Dr. Goldstein reminds us that it only takes one breath, one moment of awareness, one moment of kindness to return to a place of internal ease and safety.”
Sharon Salzberg
Author of Lovingkindness and Real Life
“With warmth and scientific grounding, he teaches small, real-time shifts that genuinely change how we handle stress and how we relate to ourselves and others.”
Kristin Neff
Author of Self-Compassion
“With only four R’s, Goldstein has captured the essence of how to transform our emotional health. His work is advancing an emotional revolution through an approach that is accessible, practical, and thoughtfully designed.”
Judson Brewer MD PhD
New York Times Bestselling Author of Unwinding Anxiety
“Tiny Shifts is a compassionate, practical guide to breaking free from overwhelm. Elisha Goldstein shows how small, consistent emotional pivots can restore calm, clarity, and connection.”
Marc Brackett
Founding Director, Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence
“With warmth and clarity, Goldstein offers practical tools and mindful insights that help us turn everyday moments into opportunities for meaningful growth.”
Ellen J. Langer
PhD, Harvard University, Author of The Mindful Body
“For those of us who couldn’t figure out why we’ve been stuck in our growth and emotional healing, the answer is right here: practical, digestible guidance that can truly shape a new way of living.”
Dr. Mayim Bialik
Actor & Neuroscientist
Knowing isn’t the hard part.Doing it in the moment is.
Coming October 26
21-Day Tiny Shifts
Two minutes a day, right in the middle of your life. Every morning for 21 days, a text from me with a short voice note: a small practice for the space between a trigger and your reaction, until the pause starts becoming automatic. $49. Launch bonus ends November 8.
Learn MoreGraduates often continue into the Emotional Longevity Lab.
Earlier books
Six books, one subject: small shifts, practiced.
Uncovering Happiness
2015
Read it Now
The Now Effect
2012
Read it Now
A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook
2010 · with Bob Stahl
Read it Now
MBSR Every Day
2015 · with Bob Stahl
Read it NowFeel More Like Yourself in 3 Days.
When you’re stressed, reactive, disconnected, or just off, it can be hard to know what you actually need.
This free 3-day guide gives you one short practice each day to help you interrupt the pattern, reconnect with yourself, and find your footing again.
In just a few minutes a day, you’ll learn how to:
- Recognize what’s happening before it takes over
- Shift out of stress and reactivity
- Come back to the version of yourself you want to be
These aren’t practices you have to master. They’re simple tools you can return to whenever life knocks you off center.
