The 14-Year-Old Truth (Pre-Podcast Tease) 🎙️

The 14-Year-Old Truth (Pre-Podcast Tease) 🎙️ The Bread vs. The Box 📦🥖 When I was 14 years old, my mother died. My world was shattered. That December, while everyone around me was caught in the frenzy of Christmas shopping and “perfect” gift-wrapping, I sat down and wrote an article for our local newspaper. I saw something the adults were missing. I wrote about the children who weren’t being fed. I wrote about the families struggling to survive while the rest of the world obsessed over the “Box” - - the presentation. The Insight: The Black Sheep Tax 🐑💸 Even as a child, I was witnessing what I now call the Black Sheep Tax. It’s the invisible price we pay when a system - whether it’s a family, a corporation, or a culture - - prioritizes the “Box” of appearance over the “Bread” of human truth. We use excuses to cover the truth because the truth is uncomfortable. We say “it’s not that bad” or “it’s just the holidays,” while our nervous systems are screaming for safety. The Vulnerability 🛡️ In 2020, I was the face of a national campaign telling the world to “Face the Issue” of abuse. Billboards. TV spots. Internet ads. The world saw the “Box” of a successful Doctor. But inside, I was privately navigating my own escape from a “hell” that began in 2017. I was telling the world to face their truth while I was fighting for my life to face mine. The Tease 🎧 I’m sharing the full story - -and the science of how we stop being “billable” to toxic systems -on my podcast tomorrow. We’re going to talk about Trauma Maps, the Trauma Industrial Complex, and why choosing the “Bread” of truth is the only way to stop paying the tax. The Low-Friction Question 💬 Does your “Box” feel a little too heavy this year? Have you ever felt like you were starving for truth while everyone else was busy gift-wrapping? Drop a ❤️ if you’re ready to trade the “Box” for the “Bread.” Believe Breathe Transform Collitalks Love and soul hugs