Blast Off! is the first book to use the techniques of commercial astronaut training to help people right here on earth maintain the anxiety-free emotional equilibrium and sustained mental focus needed to successfully overcome the day-to-day challenges and obstacles in their personal and professional lives. Using examples from astronaut training, Dr.ir. Mindy Howard gives people in high stress situations and/or those embarking on their own transformative journeys a tool to help achieve their goals – and to inspire them to continue pursuing their dreams.

The work is 34,384 words, split into ten chapters (along with a Foreword and an Introduction) based on the concepts outlined in the Inner Space Training Program, the world's first and only psychological training for commercial astronauts and adapted for multiple target audiences. The reader will be coached through their own real-life challenges and be able to apply astronaut training techniques in the privacy of their own living room.