Dear Friend,

Today I watched you begin the process of leaving the business you built.

It was beautiful.

And heartbreaking.

You spoke about leaving something that has held your time, your attention, your creativity, and your heart for many years.

As I listened, I found myself wanting to remind you to be so tender with yourself.

It is such a deeply human experience to leave something we have poured our life into.

He came into our session this morning carrying something heavy.

For two months, there was a call he needed to make. A fundraising call. The kind that required him to ask — directly, without apology — for something that mattered to him. Every week, the intention was there. Every week, the phone stayed in his pocket. He'd told himself he would do it. He hadn't. And somewhere in that gap, a story had taken root — one that said something about who he was.

He used the word loser.