
Small Steps for Big Change
A Guide Through Overwhelm
Patrick Regan(Author)
Rider & Co (Publisher)
Published on 14. May 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-1-84604-894-4 (ISBN)
Description
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
Discover practical steps to a more sustainable life, from award-winning author, speaker and activist Patrick Regan
In Small Steps for Big Change, award-winning author, speaker, activist and charity founder Patrick Regan OBE invites you to take a breath and begin again - not with grand gestures or quick fixes, but with small, practical and intentional steps that lead to lasting transformation. Drawing on his own experience of burnout and recovery, Patrick shares three simple but powerful principles that have shaped his life: Start Small, Create Space, Think Differently.
Whether you're feeling overwhelmed, searching for balance or longing to live with more purpose, Small Steps for Big Change offers a compassionate roadmap towards a more sustainable way of being - one that helps you not just to survive, but to truly flourish.
Discover practical steps to a more sustainable life, from award-winning author, speaker and activist Patrick Regan
In Small Steps for Big Change, award-winning author, speaker, activist and charity founder Patrick Regan OBE invites you to take a breath and begin again - not with grand gestures or quick fixes, but with small, practical and intentional steps that lead to lasting transformation. Drawing on his own experience of burnout and recovery, Patrick shares three simple but powerful principles that have shaped his life: Start Small, Create Space, Think Differently.
Whether you're feeling overwhelmed, searching for balance or longing to live with more purpose, Small Steps for Big Change offers a compassionate roadmap towards a more sustainable way of being - one that helps you not just to survive, but to truly flourish.
Reviews / Votes
Powerful truths * Bear Grylls, author of The Greatest Story Ever Told * Patrick is natural and intuitive communicator * Dan Walker, journalist * If you would like to try "going gently" this book will tell you how. Great explanations, achievable tips and questions that stopped me in my tracks. * Nina Hossain, ITV journalist * Patrick is engaging and inspirational * Sir Terry Waite CBE * Searingly honest, simple yet profound. It is almost impossible not to consider something in these pages that can change your life for good - forever. * Dr Rob Parsons OBE, author of A Knock at the Door * Small Steps for Big Change names something many people feel but rarely articulate: that our distress is often a healthy response to unhealthy rhythms. With compassion and clarity, Patrick Regan offers small, realistic ways to create space, regulate overwhelm and live with greater sustainability. A deeply humane and reassuring book. * Natalia Sarro, workplace wellbeing psychologist * In a world where so many of us follow unsustainable patterns of business that are often harmful to our mental health, Small Steps for Big Change helps us rediscover a more sustainable way of living, offering a thoughtful antidote to the pressures of modern life. Drawing on challenges he has faced himself, Patrick writes with genuine empathy, guiding readers out of the damaging cycles that many of us unknowingly find ourselves trapped in. * Sean Fletcher, TV Journalist * Start Small, Create Space, Think Differently. This book does what it says on the tin - deceptively easy to say and equally tricky to do. We need to do all three to win the war within. This book is a realistic, practical and compassionate guide for your journey filled with hard-won nuggets and helpful illustrations. * Dr Rob Waller, consultant psychiatrist NHS in Scotland * As a leader who embodies courageous compassion, Patrick reveals the small simple shifts that have outsize impact on a personal, organisational and societal level. In these turbulent times, compassionate leadership offers a human roadmap for positive change, fostering safety, connection and belonging for all. * Laura Berland and Evan Harrel, Co-founders, Center for Compassionate Leadership * Small Steps for Big Change is written with Patrick's characteristic blend of authenticity, humour and compassion. Illustrated with stories from his own experience, [it] offers wisdom, questions and exercises that will help all of us consider the life we would like to lead and how to get there. I started the book considering how I could use it to support my clients - half-way through, I was using it for myself. * Clarie Miles, Cognitive Behavioural Therapist *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Ebury Publishing
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 134 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
242 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84604-894-4 (9781846048944)
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Additional editions

E-Book
05/2026
Ebury Digital
€14.99
Available for download
Person
Patrick Regan OBE is an award-winning author, activist and speaker with extensive experience in the UK charity and public sectors. After he and his family went through a series of personal trials and ill health, Patrick decided to step down from his previous role as CEO at XLP to create Kintsugi Hope, a charity which aims to create safe and supportive spaces for those suffering from emotional and mental health challenges. He recently started a business called BrighterDaysLife and is an honorary fellow of the London South Bank University for his contribution to justice and wellbeing.