I didn’t think this would ever—ever—be public. If I did, I would’ve written it differently.

I would’ve trimmed, polished, and edited it so it was less broken, more pretty-fied.

But when I shared with a group of men from my executive leadership mastermind, I felt so exposed, raw from the ugly truth.

They said they saw me in a different way, unfiltered and open.

I didn’t know I had closed myself off.

I was asked to write a letter to my younger self and read it aloud to the group.

With their permission, they said I should leak the video recording, even if it made me uncomfortable.

They said should I should leak it BECAUSE it made me uncomfortable.

So I did.

I’m doing it because I want to be me, all of me.

I want to stop closing myself off because by doing so, people like you come in.

And that’s what I want: Real connection and conversations.

I’d love for us to go deeper, so let’s meet >>HERE<< on the video letter.

Unfiltered and open,

j*