Carry Your Own Backpack is a self-help guide to emotional well-being from award-winning mental health coach and psychotherapist Holly A. Schneider.

Based on two simple principles-what you pay attention to grows, and what you carry builds strength-this powerful book will help you choose what to carry and what to let go to lighten your journey through this world.

By defining your healthy emotional boundaries, you'll learn the difference between what belongs to you, what belongs to others, and what belongs to God. Better yet, you'll learn how to apply those boundaries, even under the most difficult circumstances, to protect your own mental health.



Throughout these pages, Holly A. Schneider bravely unpacks the experiences of her past, showing you how to unpack your backpack to become the best version of yourself. As you apply these emotional, cognitive, and behavioral skills in every aspect of your life, step by beautiful step, your heart will lighten in a way you never thought possible.

About the Author
Schneider, Holly A.: - Holly A. Schneider, LCSW, has twenty-six years of expertise in strengths-based systemic cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavioral clinical frameworks. Today, she works as an Organizational Life Coach and Culture Trainer for the employees of Delta Defense, LLC, in West Bend, Wisconsin, promoting mental health well-being. In 2020, Holly won a moral courage award through the Wellness Council of Wisconsin for her mental health coaching in the workplace. Known by her clients as a toolbox therapist, her mission is to help others become the best version of themselves, regardless of what they carry in their backpacks. She is married to her high school sweetheart, and together they have raised three daughters.