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The In-Between: Life in the Micro by Christian Espinosa, cover

Memoir · 2023

The In-Between.

Life in the Micro

Opens with a chain-reaction accident on May 9, 2022, where Christian and his partner Vanessa stop to help and everything snaps into focus. From that in-between moment, the book traces a path out of a macro-obsessed life of summits, exits, and chase, into a present-moment way of leading and living.

  • Memoir
  • Presence
  • Leadership
  • 10 chapters
  • Audiobook coming

Book trailer

The premise, in two minutes.

A short look at the in-between — the micro-moment where presence becomes the whole game.

Inside the book

Ten chapters, one practice.

From rock-bottom to actionable awareness, identity, intention, authenticity, core-value alignment, presence, insight, leadership, and the in-between in action.

  • 01

    Rock Bottom

    The Danish breakdown and the slow turn from macro-chasing to actionable awareness.

  • 02

    Actionable Awareness

    Noticing the story running in the background before it runs the day.

  • 03

    Identity

    Trading a chase-defined self for one that can sit still without panic.

  • 04

    Intention

    Choosing on purpose instead of reacting to whatever shows up loudest.

  • 05

    Authenticity

    What's left when the persona built for promotions and stages comes down.

  • 06

    Core-Value Alignment

    Surfacing the values quietly running the show and re-aligning life around them.

  • 07

    Presence

    The micro-moment practice that makes presence a skill, not an accident.

  • 08

    Insight

    How presence becomes insight, and insight becomes better decisions at scale.

  • 09

    Leadership

    Leading a company, a team, and a partnership from the present moment.

  • 10

    The In-Between in Action

    Field stories — the car crash, the climbs, the exits, the partnership.

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