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The Elephant in the Pool: Reflection Distorts Reality
What if the patterns you’ve been living aren’t fate, but habits you never realized you could change?
Julie Renae Smith takes you beneath the surface of everyday life - past soggy towels of shame, sideways decisions, and the high dives of courage—to discover what happens when you finally see the whole elephant instead of just the piece you’ve been handed.
With humor, honesty, and science-backed insight, Julie offers stories of identity, loss, leaping, floating, and finding your lane again. Her Pool Rules are not rules for swimming—they’re rules for living deliberately, choosing differently, and reclaiming the parts of yourself you didn’t know you’d handed away.
Whether you’re carrying borrowed beliefs, resisting change, or running on autopilot, this book invites you to pause, notice, and shift… one ripple at a time.
Once you see the elephant in the pool, you’ll never move through your life the same way again.
*****
Julie Renae Smith is a coach and speaker blending neuroscience, identity, and story. With over 25 years as a Physical Therapist, she helps readers notice patterns and choose meaningful change.
Julie Renae Smith takes you beneath the surface of everyday life - past soggy towels of shame, sideways decisions, and the high dives of courage—to discover what happens when you finally see the whole elephant instead of just the piece you’ve been handed.
With humor, honesty, and science-backed insight, Julie offers stories of identity, loss, leaping, floating, and finding your lane again. Her Pool Rules are not rules for swimming—they’re rules for living deliberately, choosing differently, and reclaiming the parts of yourself you didn’t know you’d handed away.
Whether you’re carrying borrowed beliefs, resisting change, or running on autopilot, this book invites you to pause, notice, and shift… one ripple at a time.
Once you see the elephant in the pool, you’ll never move through your life the same way again.
*****
Julie Renae Smith is a coach and speaker blending neuroscience, identity, and story. With over 25 years as a Physical Therapist, she helps readers notice patterns and choose meaningful change.
113 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 24, 2026
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March 16, 2026
The Elephant in the Pool is not only an inspirational book, but a template for anyone tired of living their life, according to other people. Julie, through her life experience, shares her process that anyone can adapt to create their own story to live by. Julie is an exceptional writer, and I highly recommend this book.
Gary Barnes.
Gary Barnes.
March 18, 2026
I highly recommend this book to anyone who seeks intuition and foresight in the wisdom needed for day to day experiences through empathy, healing and determination.
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