A Series in Self-Psychology
Leaning Into
Our Nature
Justin M. Eastland, LMSW
Six forces. One framework. Built on the LION Model.
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The LION Model
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The Series
Leaning Into Our Nature
Companion Workbook
The Reader's Workbook
Exercises and Reflections to Help You Find Alignment and Build Congruence
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Companion Workbook
The Clinician's Workbook
How to Help Clients Find Congruence in a Misaligned World
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How the Masculine and Feminine Encourage Each Other Into Being
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Workbook for the Frame Carrier
Tools for the masculine pole — protecting the space the field fills
Dec 14, 2026
Companion Workbook
Workbook for the Field Bringer
Tools for the feminine pole — nurturing without disappearing
Dec 14, 2026
About the Author
Justin M. Eastland, LMSW
Licensed master social worker, executive coach, and multi-sport athlete. His clinical work, competitive athletics, and 20 years of business leadership all feed into one question: why do people behave the way they do, and what actually changes it.
"The aim is given. Behavior is what actualizes it."
Early Readers
From the Field
Justin doesn't give you scripts. He gives you a map of your own system. The LION Model changed how I understand every relationship in my life — not just my marriage.
Justin doesn't write like a therapist trying to sound relatable. He writes like someone who has actually sat in the room with couples when things fall apart — and figured out what the patterns are. This book gives you the map before you need it.
This book gave me a language for things I'd felt for years but couldn't name. The LION Model doesn't just describe behavior — it explains it.
I've read a lot of self-help. Most of it addresses the surface. This book goes beneath the behavior to the structure that produces it. That's a completely different level of work.
The LION Model reframed how I think about conflict entirely. I've read dozens of books on relationships. This is the first one that gave me a structural explanation for what I was watching happen — not just a prescription for what to do differently.
I've read a lot of self-help. This is not that. It's a genuine framework that holds up under real pressure. I came back to it three times.
As a couples counselor I'm always looking for frameworks my clients can actually use between sessions. The LION Model is the most practically applicable system I've encountered.
What sets this apart from other self-help frameworks is that it doesn't ask you to become someone else. It asks you to understand who you already are — and to stop running behavior that contradicts that. That's a more honest starting point than most books are willing to offer.
The chapter on Polarity alone was worth the entire read. I sent it to my partner and we talked about it for a week.
The chapter on Polarity alone was worth the whole book. It named something I had felt for years but never had language for.
Publication Calendar
Release Schedule
The full arc of the LION series — thirteen volumes and their companion workbooks, audiobooks, and clinical guides — unfolding through 2031.
2026
Jul 6, 2026
Leaning Into Our Nature
Book 1 · Print
Aug 17, 2026
The Reader's Workbook
Book 1 · Workbook
Aug 31, 2026
The Clinician's Workbook
Book 1 · Workbook
Oct 5, 2026
Leaning Into Our Nature
Book 1 · Audiobook
Nov 2, 2026
The Polarity Between You
Book 2 · Print
Dec 14, 2026
Workbook for the Frame Carrier + Workbook for the Field Bringer
Book 2 · Workbooks
2027
Jan 4, 2027
The LION Model in Practice
Book 3 · Print
Jan 18, 2027
Clinical Integration Workbook
Book 3 · Workbook
Feb 1, 2027
The Polarity Between You
Book 2 · Audiobook
Mar 1, 2027
Holding the Masculine Frame + Bringing the Feminine Field
Books 4 & 5 · Print
Apr 5, 2027
Companion Workbook to Protect the Field Bringer + Companion Workbook for Nurturing Without Disappearing
Books 4 & 5 · Workbooks
Apr 19, 2027
The LION Model in Practice
Book 3 · Audiobook
Jun 1, 2027
Holding the Masculine Frame
Book 4 · Audiobook
Jun 15, 2027
Bringing the Feminine Field
Book 5 · Audiobook
Summer 2027
The Clinical Guide to Couples in Crisis — Pole Restoration, Accountability, and the Work That Comes First
Book 3.5 · Print
Summer 2027
Book 3.5 Workbook
Book 3.5 · Workbook
Summer 2027
The Clinical Guide to Couples in Crisis
Book 3.5 · Audiobook
Fall 2027
The Muted Signal: How Modern Society Engineered Your Avoidance
Book 1.5 · Print
Fall 2027
The Frame Carrier Alone — Finding Your Pole, Reading the Field, and Choosing Well
Book 2.5 · Print
Fall 2027
The Field Bringer Alone — Finding Your Pole, Reading the Frame, and Choosing Well
Book 2.6 · Print
Winter 2027
The Muted Signal Workbook
Book 1.5 · Workbook
Winter 2027
The Muted Signal
Book 1.5 · Audiobook
Winter 2027
The Frame Carrier Alone Workbook
Book 2.5 · Workbook
Winter 2027
The Field Bringer Alone Workbook
Book 2.6 · Workbook
Winter 2027
The Frame Carrier Alone
Book 2.5 · Audiobook
Winter 2027
The Field Bringer Alone
Book 2.6 · Audiobook
2028
Spring 2028
Maintaining Your Pole Through Divorce — Loneliness, Co-Parenting, and the Work Nobody Told You Was Coming
Book 6 · Print
Summer 2028
Book 6 Workbooks (Frame Carrier + Field Bringer)
Book 6 · Workbooks
Summer 2028
Maintaining Your Pole Through Divorce
Book 6 · Audiobook
Fall 2028
Parenting from Your Pole: Frame, Field, and the Children They Build
Book 7 · Print
Winter 2028
Parenting from Your Pole Workbooks (Frame Carrier + Field Bringer)
Book 7 · Workbooks
Winter 2028
Parenting from Your Pole
Book 7 · Audiobook
2029
Spring 2029
Releasing the Other Pole: How Blended Families Find Their Natural Order
Book 8 · Print
Summer 2029
Releasing the Other Pole Workbooks (Frame Carrier + Field Bringer)
Book 8 · Workbooks
Summer 2029
Releasing the Other Pole
Book 8 · Audiobook
Fall 2029
Finding Your Pole: What Nobody Told You About Who You're Built to Be
Book 9 · Print
Winter 2029
Finding Your Pole Workbooks (Frame Carrier + Field Bringer)
Book 9 · Workbooks
Winter 2029
Finding Your Pole
Book 9 · Audiobook
2030
Spring 2030
Coaching from Your Pole — How Great Culture Gets Built and What Destroys It
Book 10 · Print
Spring 2030
Sideline Pole — What the LION Model Tells You About Your Coach, Your Culture, and Your Kid
Book 11 · Print
Summer 2030
Coaching from Your Pole Workbook
Book 10 · Workbook
Summer 2030
Sideline Pole Workbook
Book 11 · Workbook
Summer 2030
Coaching from Your Pole
Book 10 · Audiobook
Summer 2030
Sideline Pole
Book 11 · Audiobook
Fall 2030
The Workplace Pole — Understanding Power, Polarity, and How Teams Actually Work
Book 12 · Print
Winter 2030
The Workplace Pole Workbook
Book 12 · Workbook
Winter 2030
The Workplace Pole
Book 12 · Audiobook
2031
Spring 2031
Created for This — The Biblical Roots of the LION Model
Book 13 · Print
Summer 2031
Created for This Workbook
Book 13 · Workbook
Summer 2031
Created for This
Book 13 · Audiobook
