No. 1 Bestselling Self-Help Book Author

Give me ONE hour and you’ll never need willpower again.

Meet Carrie Carlisle

Hello Friend,

I’m Carrie Carlisle, creator of the Shut Up Method™, an innovative behavioural change system that helps people overcome unwanted habits and create lasting change without relying on willpower.

I’m a #1 bestselling self-help author, award-winning speaker, newspaper columnist, and television presenter with more than twenty years of media experience. My work has been featured across national and international media, and I’m regularly invited to comment on addiction, behavioural change, relationships, and Orthorexia Nervosa.

The Shut Up Method™ began in 2006 as a way to overcome my own chronic drinking problem. After years of struggling with traditional willpower-based approaches, I realised that lasting change comes from changing the thinking behind the behaviour rather than constantly fighting the behaviour itself.

Using this approach, I became alcohol-free in 2006 and have remained sober ever since, without ongoing struggle. Since 2012, I’ve helped others achieve freedom from unwanted behaviours through the same method.

What started as a drinking cessation tool has grown into a comprehensive behavioural change framework that now forms the foundation of more than 25 books, programmes, masterclasses, and training resources. Today, the method helps people address a wide range of challenges, including addiction, eating disorders, and compulsive health-related behaviours such as Orthorexia Nervosa.

My work focuses on helping people create sustainable change without willpower and supporting families and loved ones affected by difficult behaviours. I’ve spoken to audiences of more than one million people worldwide and have appeared in numerous media interviews and documentaries discussing recovery, resilience, mental health, and behavioural change.

Together with my husband, former professional footballer Clarke Carlisle, I’ve shared lived experience of severe mental health challenges with audiences around the world. Our interviews, talks, and discussions have reached more than 100 million views, listens, and downloads globally.

Through books, coaching, masterclasses, media appearances, and live events, my mission remains simple: to help people create meaningful and lasting change faster, easier, and more effectively than they ever thought possible.

With love,

Carrie x