Lauren Handel Zander is a life coach and is the author of Maybe It’s You: Cut the Crap. Face Your Fears. Love Your Life. . In the early 2000s, Zander created The Handel Method, a coaching methodology that has been taught in over 35 major universities and institutes of learning including Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Stanford Graduate School of Business , Stanford Medical School , New York University , Columbia University , Yale School of Drama , Wesleyan University , Fordham University , Rutgers University , Middlebury College , Scripps Research Institute , and in the New York City public school system . Lauren is the Co-Founder and Chairwoman of Handel Group, an international corporate consulting and private coaching company based in New York City .