For Podcast Hosts & Press

Media Kit

Everything you need to book Timothy Eldred and reach your audience with something they can't unknow.

How to Introduce Him

“My guest today has spent his career working with people who look like they have it all together on the outside — and are completely falling apart on the inside. He’s a coach, a speaker, the host of Square Peg Round Hole, and the author of The Shift. Tim Eldred, welcome to the show.”

Short Bio — 100 Words

Who He Is

Timothy Eldred
Timothy Eldred is a leadership coach, speaker, and author with more than 35 years of experience working with high-capacity leaders navigating burnout, breakdown, and the path back to themselves. After a life-altering health crisis forced him to confront the limits of everything he’d built his work on, he developed the S.H.I.F.T. framework — a body-first approach to transformation grounded in nervous system science. His work reaches over 9,200 Substack subscribers. He hosts the Square Peg Round Hole podcast. His newest book, The Shift: Rewire Your Body. Reclaim Your Mind. Restore Your Life., is available on Amazon.
“You can’t think your way out of what your body refuses to forget.”
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The Book

The Shift

The argument your audience has been waiting for someone to make. Sustainable change isn’t a mindset problem. It’s a body problem.

Full Title The Shift: Rewire Your Body. Reclaim Your Mind. Restore Your Life.
Publisher Independent
Available Print, ebook, hardcover
Amazon a.co/d/038ywYkU
Companion theshiftplan.com — free 35-day app
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The self-help industry has been pointing people toward the wrong starting line for fifty years. Mindset. Motivation. Discipline. These aren’t the problem—they’re downstream of a deeper malfunction.

The Shift is the explanation. And the way through.

“Most people aren’t stuck because they lack discipline. They’re stuck because their body is still running patterns built for survival.”
Episode Angles

Five Conversations
Your Audience Needs

These are specific hooks, not a book summary. Pick one and own it—Tim comes prepared to go wherever your audience needs to go.

Angle 01

Why Discipline Keeps Failing Smart People

Not a willpower problem. A nervous system problem. The body overrides intention under stress—every time. This is what that means for anyone who’s tried hard and kept hitting the same ceiling.

Angle 02

The Self-Help Industry’s Dirty Secret

The entire industry is built on top-down, cognitive-first change. That model fails quietly the moment stress appears. Who profits from that failure—and what the actual starting point looks like.

Angle 03

What “Stuck” Actually Means

Most high-performers who feel stuck aren’t lacking strategy. They’re dysregulated. The distinction matters because the solution is completely different. What dysregulation looks like in high-capacity people—it doesn’t look like falling apart.

Angle 04

Why Rhythms Last and Breakthroughs Don’t

The self-help industry sells moments of transformation. What actually produces lasting change is far less dramatic and far more durable. What it looks like to build a life that holds without constant maintenance.

Angle 05

The Body Keeps Score—But So Does Your Calendar

Beyond trauma. How chronic stress, cultural performance pressure, and everyday dysregulation produce the same physiological patterns as trauma—and what to do about it in a normal life with a real schedule.

Key Talking Points

The Lines That Land

These are the ideas Tim drives home in every room. The ones that stay with people long after the episode ends.

Reach & Platforms

Where He Shows Up

Substack 9,200+ subscribers — active weekly publishing — blog.timothyeldred.com
Podcast Square Peg Round Hole — active, episodic, book-integrated
Coaching Firm Multi-coach practice — 35+ years
Book Site theshiftplan.com — free 35-day app
What to Expect in an Interview

Tim doesn’t promote books. He talks about ideas. He comes prepared, won’t use religious language, won’t deliver a sales pitch, and will leave your listeners with something they can’t unknow. He runs long when the conversation earns it.

Get in Touch

Ready to Book?

Include your show name, audience size, preferred episode angle, and format. Tim responds to every inquiry personally.

Send an Inquiry
Email tim@timothyeldred.com
Website timothyeldred.com
Book on Amazon a.co/d/038ywYkU
Companion Site theshiftplan.com
Substack blog.timothyeldred.com