Feeling stuck under a fear-based leader?

You’re not powerless—and you’re not alone.

Unbreakable, out on Oct. 28th, 2025, is a tactical guide to help smart, caring people get unstuck so that they thrive—not just survive — under fear-based leaders.

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Unbreakable is your tactical guide to thriving under fear-based leadership. Written in short, digestible chapters, this book shows you how to manage up, set boundaries, and stay anchored—without losing your job, your values, or your sanity.

Drawing on decades of experience in start-ups, venture capital firms, big tech, and consulting, Kate Lowry offers a master class in navigating high-control, unstable environments with clarity and agency.

With real-world tactics and reflection questions throughout, this book is your roadmap through the fog.

Whether you’re up against a tough boss, a top down family leader, or a completely broken system, Unbreakable helps you move forward—calmly, bravely, and on your terms.

What Unbreakable Covers

Introduction: How to Be Resilient

If you want to thrive under fear-based leaders, you need to be operating from a space of calm intention and strength.

Part 1: How Fear-Based Leaders Think

To learn how to upwardly manage these leaders, you need to understand how they make choices. They’re very predictable once you know their rules.

Part 2: How to Manage Them

Once you know their logic, you can use their blind spots to protect what you care about.

  • "A survival guide for the human spirit in the face of fear-driven authority…validating and eye-opening…like sitting down with a wise friend who’s been through the storm and lived to tell about it.”

    Manhattan Book Review

  • "Deeply practical. . . . This book offers a tool kit for surviving and finding meaning . . . [and] might just be the lifeline you need. It's a reminder that your worth isn't tied to others' approval. . . . A valuable read for . . . holding on to your peace of mind."

    YFS Magazine

  • "Informative, insightful, inspiring, Unbreakable: How to Thrive Under Fear-Based Leaders by Kate Lowry is impressively 'real world' practical and thoroughly reader friendly."

    Midwest Book Review

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