A brutal game of catch with my dad became a lifelong lesson in perspective. What felt like torture to me was discipline to him. This story unpacks how leadership above the line asks us to move beyond our version of truth, seek the middle, and lead with understanding instead of judgment.

At 12 years old, my sister looked at the adults, the teachers, the church, and the “good families” around her and said, “If that’s what faith looks like, I don’t want it.” She wasn’t rejecting God. She was rejecting hypocrisy. She saw a boy who was struggling and a system that chose convenience over compassion. She felt the gap between what was preached and what was practiced—and she refused to shrink herself to fit it. That’s leadership.

When my son pivoted from engineering to cannabis cultivation, I felt the sting of unmet expectations. That moment revealed a powerful leadership truth: real growth means releasing control and trusting the unfolding. Leadership isn’t guiding others toward our version of success—it’s creating space for them to discover their own

This isn’t just about the roles we step into — it’s about the weight of expectation that comes with them, and the quiet war we wage inside when we don’t believe we measure up.

The quiet fight for justice and balance in a system that seems to favor manipulation and lies - even over the grave of a dead man.

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Focusing on the pursuit of emotional freedom that comes from living above the line [powerful perspective.]

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Peace is not merely the absence of conflict. The pursuit of peace is not passive, but rather a proactive effort to maintain harmony.

True self-awareness is the spark that ignites personal growth, crushes chaos, and lights the path to inner peace.

Strategies to de-escalate behaviors and interactions that lead to conflict with Chaos Creators.

Finding common ground is not about erasing differences. It is the process of acknowledging them while intentionally seeking agreement.

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Shifting language from let it go to let it be allows us move through the process of letting it go.

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I headed to Tennessee to attend the court hearing for the drunk driver who slammed head-on into our vehicle last year. I’ve struggled to...