Unscript

I hadn't said a real thing all day.

Four hours on the radio. 2.3 million people listening. And driving home I realised I'd been performing a version of myself that no longer felt like me.

So I stopped performing and started showing up messier, realer, truer. I stopped trying to make my speaking flawless and started trying to make it mine. And the more I did, the more I connected-at home, on the radio, everywhere.

After all these years behind a microphone, I can tell you: people don't want you to be perfect, they just want to connect with the real you. Unpolished. Unscripted.

In Unscript , I'll help you reclaim who you are. Not with theory or ten-step plans, but with stories-from the radio, from home, from the messiest moments of my own life. Nearly thirty years of broadcasting live with no script and no safety net. These are the lessons that found me when I stopped trying to be perfect.

You don't need to become someone new. You just need to remember who you already are.

Your magic is in the mess.
-Christian

"Christian shows us how authenticity, vulnerability and human connection are the gateway to a joyful life. A funny, generous, genuinely useful book."
-Ben Crowe, bestselling author of Where the Light Gets In