Dear Reader 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗜 𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗺𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻. 𝗜𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗯𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺. I was leading a high-stakes client meeting. Sharp suit. Sharp slides. Sharp delivery. Everyone applauded. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻… 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗲𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗹𝗼𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗺𝘆 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱: “𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦.” I smiled. I nodded. I carried on. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿. 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿. 𝗜𝘁 𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗺𝘆 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗹. One that would take me from...

Dear Reader, 𝗬𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘃𝘆, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗼-𝗱𝗼 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁. 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿… …𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗹 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀, “𝗜’𝗺 𝗲𝘅𝗵𝗮𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱.” Not all weight is physical. Some of it lives in your nervous system. → You lead the team. → You answer the calls. → You meet the expectations. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲? You feel like you’re walking through fog with a straight face. 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵: → Not every burden is visible. → Not every ache is physical. → Not...

𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝘃𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴… “𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁?” On paper, I had it all. → Corporate role. → Good income. → Respect in the room. But silently, I was crumbling. My calendar was full. But my spirit was empty. 𝘐𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘭𝘶𝘹𝘶𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘥𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦. 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵? 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗲. 𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 62% 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 “𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦” 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨...