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REPATTERNED

How to Transform Your Conflict Defaults and Reclaim Your LIfe
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We don’t choose our conflicts.
We repeat them.
Until we change the pattern.

This book helps you interrupt emotional autopilot, find your voice in hard moments, and choose a different response.

Coming May 2026!

Change how you respond in conflict

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More choice when emotions run high

Pause before reacting, understand what’s happening in your body, and choose a response that fits the moment.

A practical framework for real moments

Learn a simple, repeatable way to interrupt emotional autopilot and respond with clarity instead of reflex.

Your voice, without escalation or shutdown

Express what matters without exploding, withdrawing, or abandoning yourself.

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Meet the author

I didn’t write this book from a pristine mountaintop. I wrote it between school drop-offs, coaching sessions, and my own moments of failure.

 

My background is a blend of the scientific and the soul. I have a degree in molecular biology and spent nearly twenty years climbing corporate ladders at companies like Google and Intuit.

But my real education came from the trenches of divorce, co-parenting, blended families, and learning that "keeping the peace" is often just a fancy name for self-betrayal.

 

I’m a conflict resolution coach, a student of my own patterns, and a believer that we can all learn to stay present, even when the heat rises.

What readers say

“This book helped me notice what’s happening in my body before I say something I regret. That pause alone has changed how I handle hard conversations.”— Jordan S.

“I’ve read a lot about conflict and communication. This was one of the first books that made sense in the moment, not just after the fact.”
— Olivia J.

“I didn’t realize how automatic my reactions were until I started paying attention to the way this book suggests. It feels practical, not preachy.”— Aisha R.

​Exhale–Explore–Engage™​

We think we’re reacting to the moment. Usually, we’re reacting to a script written decades ago.

I wrote Repatterned because I lived in that snarl. I froze in conflicts. I appeased to stay safe. I over-functioned until I was exhausted.

This book isn't about learning to "win" arguments. It’s about the Exhale – Explore – Engage™ method—a framework to help you notice the impulse, trace the pattern, and choose a response that doesn't require abandoning yourself.

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Repatterned app

It’s easy to be "zen" when you’re reading a book on your couch. It’s much harder when you’re flooded with adrenaline in the middle of a fight.

I built the Repatterned app to be there in the heat of the moment.

Exhale: Guided audio to ground you when you want to flee.

Explore: Prompts to help you spot which "part" of you has taken the wheel.

   Engage: Prompts to help you flip the dynamic and speak your truth.

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When we meet hard moments with a pause, we open up space for clarity instead of panic.

"Repatterned" by Masha Rusanov

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