Latest book
The Traffic Light Method
for Communication
Written by Michael Brookman-Aikins
Have you ever said or done something
in conflict that surprised you?
Something that didn’t feel like you?
A practical guide to understanding your reactions and finding your way back to each other.
Out 13 December 2026
Ebook first
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WHAT THIS BOOK MAKES POSSIBLE
Notice
Recognise the first shifts in a conversation before they harden into distance.
Understand
Make sense of the reactions that arrive before you have words for them.
Repair
Choose a way back to each other when the conversation has gone off course.
PREVIEW EDITION
The opening chapter of The Traffic Light Method for Communication. The night the book started, the author’s note, and your first taste of Red. Thirty pages, exactly as they appear in the book.
Free to read and share, unmodified. The full book arrives 13 December.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Michael Brookman-Aikins
First-time author. A writer drawn to the answers we usually miss.
Michael Brookman-Aikins is a London-born design engineer based in Amsterdam. He has spent his career making complicated things clear, first in design, now on the page.
The Traffic Light Method for Communication is his first book, completed after a year and a half of writing, listening, and refining the conversations that shaped it.
The Green Bench · The Written Episodes
The Body Knows First
Not Myself
The Come Down
The Yellow Divide
Drafts Never Sent
The Smile That Isn’t
What Safety Feels Like
The Argument That Brought Us Closer
The Way Back
The filmed series arrives soon. The bench exists in writing first.
WHEN YOU’RE READY
Available as an ebook from 13 December 2026.