None of this shit is easy.
Life is not easy.

Anything worth doing is going to challenge the fuck out of you. I can promise you that.

I’ve seen it in my own life, and I still see it today. I don’t feel like doing a lot of the things I do every day. I really don’t. I don’t wake up energized and ready to take on the world. I fight for it. I get my mind right in the morning, and some days that’s easier than others.

It doesn’t matter what you’re working on:

It’s all hard as fuck.

You’re going to have days where you think you’ve got it all figured out.
(Be careful with those days.)

And then the very next day, you’ll feel like you’re starting from the beginning, or questioning your entire life.

That’s not failure.
That’s the process.

I actually believe this is one of the clearest indicators that you’re on the right track,
even though it will feel like anything but the right track.

It’s going to scare the shit out of you.

I won’t sugarcoat this or turn it into a Rocky movie (although that would be awesome, because Rocky rules).

The human spirit is strong, but it is breakable.
History shows us that some people were broken and never recovered.

That’s real.

And at the same time, I’ve seen it over and over again—
in my own life and throughout history—
where it looked like someone was broken…
but they weren’t.

They were getting stronger through adversity and challenge.

There’s no way to know what’s possible without taking the next step.

That’s it.
That’s the only way you find out.

Great things happen when we continue to bet on ourselves and stay curious about what’s possible.

I promise you this:
You are far more capable than you think.

If you’ve had a traumatic past and you’re still here, still fighting today, I know you’re more capable than you believe.

You’ve already survived what should have taken you out.

You might think you’re tired.
You might think you don’t have anything left to give.

But you’re not done.

You’re just getting started.

Now is the time to start living for you.

This is no longer about surviving because of what others did to you.
This is about thriving for you.

It’s about starting, or continuing your healing journey.
It’s about giving your life to yourself and to the people you love.
It’s about learning how to live… or learning how to live again.

I know some of you never had a chance from the beginning.

That’s hard.
And I’m not dismissing that, not even a little.

You didn’t choose who you were born into or what you had to live through.
None of that was your fault.

And still…

It’s your time.

Healing doesn’t start with fixing yourself.
It starts with self-compassion.

Understanding that your nervous system has been protecting you—
that you are not broken and don’t need to be fixed—is key.

You didn’t do anything wrong.

The decisions you made were about survival, not character.

It’s time to forgive yourself.
It’s time to treat yourself the way you would someone you love.

That’s the bottom line.

You deserve this.
And you can heal.

There’s no timeline.
There’s no finish line.

It’s about showing up and taking the next step.
It’s about not quitting on yourself when you get knocked down—
because setbacks will happen.

You get back up.
You keep going.

It’s your turn.
It’s your time.

Stay positive and take action!

Thank you for your support!

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