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Wise Effort

How to Focus Your Genius Energy on What Matters Most

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Pub Date Sep 23 2025 | Archive Date Oct 23 2025

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Description

A science-backed approach to shift your most precious resource—your energy—to stop feeling depleted and reconnect with your inherent genius.

Many of us misdirect our energy—doing too much and feeling like it is not enough. Clinical psychologist Dr. Diana Hill offers a method to reclaim your energy and revitalize your relationships, health, work, and community.

Instead of more productivity tips, Dr. Hill invites us to use Wise Effort to connect with our “genius energy”: our unique and inherent strengths that show up in our talents and gifts. It propels you forward when used in the right amount and toward your values.

When we misdirect this energy, our very genius becomes our problem. Think of the super-helper who supports everyone else but doesn’t help themself, or the high achiever at work whose patterns backfire in relationships. Misguiding your energy burns you out and leaves you depleted. Understanding and working wisely with your genius energy empowers you to reclaim it as a life-giving force.

Integrating science-backed practices from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) with contemplative and body-based wisdom, you will learn how to guide your genius energy wisely in multiple areas of your life. You will get curious about what's keeping you stuck, open up to the difficult thoughts and feelings that limit you, and focus your energy where it matters most. With the Wise Effort method, the genius at the root of your problems becomes your solution to feeling connected, brave, and truly alive.

A science-backed approach to shift your most precious resource—your energy—to stop feeling depleted and reconnect with your inherent genius.

Many of us misdirect our energy—doing too much and feeling...


Marketing Plan

Pre-order campaign via author’s network, Your Life in Process podcast and her course on Insight Timer

Pursue cross-promotion via author’s organizational connections, such as: InsightLA, PESI, Insight Timer, Association for Contextual Behavioral Psychology, the Greater Good Science Center, and Mindful.org.

Organic and boosted social media campaign to Sounds True’s community 

Feature in Sounds True Bookmark newsletter 

Amazon AMS campaign, plus Amazon A+ page

National print & digital outreach with a focus on spirituality and mind/body/spirit media

Extensive podcast outreach and promotion focusing on wellness, spirituality and mind/body/spirit programs

Potential book launch event (s) with tie-in with authors’ speaking schedule

Pre-order campaign via author’s network, Your Life in Process podcast and her course on Insight Timer

Pursue cross-promotion via author’s organizational connections, such as: InsightLA, PESI, Insight...


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ISBN 9781649633361
PRICE $19.99 (USD)
PAGES 288

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If you've ever felt burned out, overextended, or stuck in a loop of doing too much without feeling like you're doing enough, Wise Effort by Dr. Diana Hill is a powerful and compassionate guide to help you recalibrate. Dr. Hill blends clinical insight with genuine warmth. Instead of offering a quick fix or another call to “just rest,” she introduces the Wise Effort Method—a thoughtful framework that invites you to redirect your energy in a way that feels aligned with who you really are. Drawing on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, neuroscience, and contemplative practice, she gently encourages us to explore our “genius energy”—the parts of us that shine brightest but can also trip us up when left unchecked.

Wise Effort is a must-read for anyone who feels like they care too much, try too hard, or wonder whether there’s a better way to show up in the world without losing themselves. Dr. Hill doesn’t promise perfection—she promises something better: a path to authenticity, clarity, and connection.

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