About Amy Morin.

My career as a psychotherapist started in the usual way—full of hope and knowledge from years of college. But then life stepped in with a curveball I never saw coming. I lost my mom, and a few years later, I lost my husband. Suddenly, all those books and classes didn’t feel like enough to deal with the pain.

I set out on a personal quest to figure out what it really takes to build mental strength. My breakthrough came when I realized it’s not the habits we develop that keep us stuck—it’s the ones we need to break.

I wrote a letter to myself called 13 Mentally Strong People Don’t Do. I published it online, hoping it would help someone else. It went viral, changed my life, and even landed me a book deal. Since then, I’ve written six books, spoken to audiences all over the world, launched a podcast, and continued building my own mental strength.