Take Your Power Back is a place for honest questions, difficult conversations, and personal accountability. That only works when people know where the boundaries are. The short titles on Skool’s Rules page are reminders. This post explains what those rules mean, how we handle sensitive topics, and what to do when someone needs more support than an online community can provide. Read this entire post before participating. 1. THINK FOR YOURSELF Nobody here—including the founder—is the final authority on how another person should live. Share your reasoning, question your assumptions, and leave room for the possibility that you may learn something. 2. OWN YOUR HUNDRED PERCENT Take responsibility for your choices, actions, and impact. That does not mean taking someone else’s blame or pretending other people have no accountability of their own. Own your part and leave theirs with them. 3. THE WHY GAME IS A GIFT Do not interrogate, corner, embarrass, or dismantle another member for sport. Ask permission before digging deeply into someone else’s beliefs. A member may stop a conversation at any time, for any reason. 4. SPEAK FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE Use “I” language. Share what you have lived, learned, tried, or observed. Do not diagnose other members, declare what is secretly wrong with them, or present your personal experience as a universal law. 5. CHALLENGE IDEAS, NOT PEOPLE Disagreement is welcome. Contempt is not. No harassment, insults, threats, humiliation, discrimination, dogpiling, or ideology-first fighting. 6. CONSENT AND BOUNDARIES FIRST A no is a no. A changed mind is a no. Silence is not permission. Do not pressure members to disclose personal information, continue a conversation, accept advice, communicate privately, or explain a boundary. 7. RESPECT PEOPLE AND PRIVACY Do not share another member’s posts, identity, screenshots, personal history, or private messages outside this community without clear permission. 8. ASK FOR HELP IN GOOD FAITH

You are here. That is a start. Now give the rest of us a chance to know the person doing the work—not your résumé, your polished public version, or your entire life story. Just enough to begin a real conversation. Copy the questions below into your comment and answer whatever you are comfortable answering. 1. What should we call you? 2. Where are you joining us from? 3. What brought you to Take Your Power Back? 4. What is one part of your life you want to examine or choose more deliberately? 5. What is one inherited rule you are beginning to question? 6. When you share something difficult, what kind of response is most useful to you? • Suggestions • Questions that help you think • Accountability • Shared experiences • Encouragement • A place to be heard without advice You do not need to answer perfectly. You do not need to explain or defend every answer. Share only what you choose to share. After posting your introduction, welcome at least one other member. Ask a genuine question, notice something you have in common, or simply let them know they were heard. I will go first in the comments. Question everything. Figure out who you want to be.