Lose Your Mind - by Josh Pais (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

The personal development industry doesn't want you to read this book.

They tell you to control your thoughts. Conquer your fear. Train your mindset.

They're wrong.
The truth? Listening to your mind is what's been keeping you stuck.

Josh Pais was raised in a world most of us can't imagine. His father was a physicist who worked with Einstein. His mother was a poet and painter. He grew up immersed in the clash between logic and creativity, precision and chaos. That collision led to a breakthrough.

For decades, Josh has worked with award-winning actors, world-class entrepreneurs, thriving artists, and high performers in every field to stop battling their minds and start using every emotion, every doubt, every nerve--everything they feel--to unlock unstoppable presence.

You've seen him for years --Ray Donovan, Joker, The Sopranos, A Beautiful Mind, SVU, Sex and the City. He even played Raphael in the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. But behind the scenes, he's been teaching a method so powerful it rewires how you show up under pressure.

Inside Lose Your Mind, you'll learn:

• The 4-step system to dissolve hesitation and activate peak presence
• Why confidence isn't what you think--and why chasing it keeps you stuck
• How to master spontaneity--so you can command attention in any room
• The hidden advantage of nervousness (if you know how to use it)
• How to access creative invincibility--no matter what's happening in your head
• The secret to moving through life with total authenticity and ease

If you've ever felt trapped in your head, paralyzed by overthinking, or convinced you're not ready, this book is your way out.

Because that voice in your head? It's not the problem. Listening to it is.

Lose Your Mind. Gain the freedom, power, and creative prowess you crave.

Review Quotes

"I truly love this book. We're living in an era of unprecedented technological assault on our minds, in which our addiction to distraction is literally the agenda of the powerful. We desperately need to wake up to how narrow our experience in daily life has become and how much our quality of thought and emotional connection to other people is being corroded. Whether you're a lifelong veteran of creative process or newly setting off to pursue your dreams, Josh's book offers a wonderfully provocative infusion of renewed self-awareness and great ideas about how to stay available to your own best impulses and ideas. Reading it actually made me head out into the day feeling mentally young again and optimistic about what's in front of me."
-- Edward Norton

"Lose Your Mind cracked me open and lit a creative fire I didn't know I'd been keeping on low for years. It's part spiritual slap, part love letter to your nervous system, and all big heart. Josh Pais doesn't just teach presence--he lives it. This book will remind you how wildly alive you're meant to feel."
-- Kris Carr, New York Times best-selling author

"An Artist's Way for the digital age. Josh's keen awareness on the art of acting will inspire anyone, in any profession, who feels they lack purpose or the nerve to create what they want."
-- Parker Posey

"I love this book! Lose Your Mind offers a revolutionary path to embracing your full range of feelings. Discover how to quiet the incessant mental chatter and unlock your creative flow, leading to effortless output and a lot of fun along the way."
-- Gabrielle Bernstein, #1 New York Times best-selling author

"There's something quietly revolutionary in these pages. A way of working, yes--but also a way of being."
-- Keri Russell

"An absolute must-read for anyone who performs, presents, creates, or leads."
-- Molly Shannon

"This book is hilariously fresh and shockingly effective. The practices you'll learn can change your life, fast. I've personally seen Josh work countless miracles, catalyzing results far beyond traditional methods. Lose your mind, unlock your greatest gifts, and start making the difference you were born to make."
-- Marie Forleo, #1 New York Times best-selling author of Everything Is Figureoutable

"I have no idea if Josh Pais is qualified to dispense this tsunami of self-help, but if you're living a life that is less than you'd hoped, constantly coming up short artistically, or simply looking for a reason to get up in the morning, this might be the perfect time to lose your mind."
-- Jeff Daniels

"Lose Your Mind flips the personal development world on its head--in the best possible way. If you've ever been told to 'silence your inner critic' or 'push through fear, ' Josh Pais gives you a radical (and refreshingly real) alternative. This book is a masterclass in turning doubt into fuel, nerves into power, and presence into your superpower. It's not mindset training--it's a whole new operating system. Raw, brilliant, and game-changing. Every high achiever needs this on their nightstand."
-- JJ Virgin, four-time New York Times best-selling author

"I have been waiting for this moment for YEARS!!!! Josh Pais has written the most transformatively potent book of the year. It is pure gold! If you want to unshackle yourself from anxiety and learn how to live, work, love, and innovate with full access to your richest creative impulses, grab this book, do every exercise, and open the floodgates to your pure raw inspirational power."
-- Regena Thomashauer, Mama Gena's School of Womanly Arts

"In a world that urges us to control our thoughts and conquer our fears, Lose Your Mind whispers a liberating truth: True freedom and creativity are found not by wrestling your mind into submission, but by stepping beyond its ceaseless chatter into the quiet magic of the present moment. Josh invites us on an odyssey past mental noise and self-doubt toward what he calls 'creative invincibility'--a state of grounded, unshakable presence where every emotion becomes fuel for creation and no inner critic can hold you back."
-- Jeff Krasno, CEO of Commune and author of Good Stress

"Lose Your Mind is not just for humans in creative professions. It's for all of us! Overachievers, co-dependents, ruminators, jealous people, people with zero self-worth, people who can't trust their feelings, the humans who feel like they are on top of it all. This is a guide for enjoying a calmer, more present, shame-free life. It is honest and simple and real and revolutionary. Get ready to look forward to the unknown!"
-- Kathryn Hahn

"Josh has cracked the code for us to unlock the energy that is being wasted on the fear of feeling and being with our emotions. Step by step, he reveals to us our false assumptions and then gives us practices to shed this imaginary prison. This is a necessary manual for living a creative and joyful life."
-- Rodney Yee, international yoga teacher

"Josh Pais lives by his word. He's happy, healthy, and always positive (and Jewish?). This book is just like him: funny, honest, original, and downright helpful. Read the book and Lose Your Mind--no drugs required."
-- Nicole Holofcener, film director

"This book is a game changer for me. I've only just begun to apply the tools and I am already feeling the benefits. When the pressure is on and the stakes are high, this stuff really works. I'm losing my mind, and it feels like the beginning of something powerful."
-- G., active-duty Navy SEAL

"With fresh exercises, relatable analogies, and a ton of humor, Josh Pais breaks down how to 'create' with joy, impulse, and fearlessness. Lose Your Mind is an incredible guide for people seeking a creative solution to making art, acting, and maintaining a successful life on this planet."
-- Arian Moayed, Succession

About the Author

Actor Josh Pais has honed his insights into creativity while working with the leading actors of our time, from Meryl Streep to Robert De Niro to Edward Norton. He's the founder of Committed Impulse, a training that began as an innovative and rigorous approach to acting and has evolved into the secret weapon for successful entrepreneurs, passionate artists, public speakers, working actors, chefs, doctors, lawyers, house painters, and tens of thousands of people from all professions. These creators have learned how to step out of the limiting paradigm of the mind and embrace a level of aliveness and spontaneity they never knew possible. In Lose Your Mind, Josh teaches you what they know.

Pais began his acting career playing Raphael in the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. Often referred to as "that guy," he is one of the most steadily working actors in the industry. He's been in over 150 movies and TV shows. You've seen him for years in shows like The Dropout, A Man in Full, High Maintenance, Younger, Ray Donovan, and in countless movies.

www.committedimpulse.com