Two weeks ago the word was FORGIVENESS. Last week it was PURPOSE. This week — ENERGY. Because here is what I have learned after decades of coaching, personal development, and a lot of honest self-reflection: Purpose gives you direction. Energy is what actually moves you. And most of us are running on empty — without even realizing it. Last week I shared my life purpose with you. I want to revisit it here because I think it matters for what I am about to say. The purpose of my life is to be a vessel for God, an agent for change, and a force for good. To love and to play. To appreciate my blessings. And to do healing work — for myself first, and then for others. I developed this in a program called Date with Destiny — created by Tony Robbins. I have done that program three times. It was transformational in ways I cannot fully put into words. If you have not seen the Netflix documentary about it — it is called I Am Not Your Guru, from 2014. I highly recommend watching it. You might even catch a glimpse of me in it. But here is the part of my purpose that I want to focus on today: The order matters. Heal myself first. Then others. Love and play first. Then I can give. Plug into a higher source first. Then I have something to offer. If I skip those steps and try to give from my own tank — it runs out. Every time. Here is the analogy that keeps coming back to me: Think about your phone. It is an incredible device. It can do almost anything. But it can only run so long before it needs to be recharged. And if you ignore the battery warning long enough — it just shuts off. Mid-conversation. Mid-task. Without warning. You and I are exactly the same. We only have so much energy. And when we ignore the warning signs — chronic fatigue, hormone imbalance, cortisol that rises and never comes back down, adrenal exhaustion, accelerated aging, unexplained weight gain, brain fog — our system starts to shut down too. And then we ask ourselves: why do I feel this way? How did I end up here? Why me?

Hi Team, I hope you are having a great week. I will be out of town on Thursday, so no coaching call tomorrow or virtual workout on Friday. There will be an on-demand workout waiting for you.

Last week I shared something personal about forgiveness — and the response I received was unlike anything I have experienced before. So many of you reached out. So many of you said you needed that word. If you missed it — I invite you to go back and read it. It clearly touched something real in a lot of people, including me. This week the word goes even deeper. PURPOSE. This morning at District Church in El Dorado Hills, the Summer at the Movies series continued. Today's film was The Secret Life of Walter Mitty — the story of a man who appears to live a small, monotonous, purposeless life. He zones out. He daydreams. He is invisible, even to himself. He is hopelessly in love with a woman he cannot find the courage to speak to. And then — through a series of unexpected events — he is forced to step outside his comfort zone and take one step. Then another. Then another. And somewhere along the way he discovers who he actually is. Here are some of the notes I wrote during the message: Take the next step even when there is fear. Trust and take steps. Sometimes you take every step and feel like it is a road to nowhere. Don't give up. Don't stop fighting. Courage and adventure. Walk one step at a time. I pray to be the best version of myself. That last one — I wrote it for myself. Now I want to share something I have never talked about publicly before. Before the pandemic, I had three physical locations for my fitness and nutrition coaching business in the San Francisco Bay Area. I had built something I was proud of. Something that took years of work, sacrifice, and passion. COVID took it from me almost overnight. Virtual coaching helped me survive. It allowed my family to relocate to El Dorado Hills and start over in a new place. But when people returned to gyms and in-person life, virtual coaching was never quite the same. I had to figure out what was next. How to reinvent myself. What my purpose looked like in this new chapter. I reluctantly took a position at Life Time Fitness. And I want to be honest — I fought it. Being an employee of a major corporation after years of running my own business was one of the hardest adjustments I have ever made. For a while I did the minimum. I resisted. I questioned everything.

Hi Team, Here is the assessment form we reviewed today on the call. This has been updated after the call.