Today is my sobriety birthday and for the first time ever number 6 has crept up on me. I usually spend all of January thinking about my sobriety and my recovery and how far I've come and how far I have to go and what my sobriety means for me and what 'recovery' means to me. But this year, I judge, I am both so on mission, and my mission has grown so much wider that just 'staying sober' that I had totally forgotten to reflect on it because it wasn't necessary, it is truly just another day and another year because the work to get sober and stay sober is completely integrated. It's just part of who I am. And that is a living miracle and I love letting be mundane. Mundane Magick is often my favourite kind.

Had fun doing a first recording of a 'what's this community about' video. https://youtu.be/ZFqeHQawBJg Will re-do and refine it over coming weeks. Definitely want to reshoot with better lighting/ backdrop. Secondarily, improve the overall flow, work out the most important lines, and incorporate references for data/ studies.

Week 1 (First Week: Accelerator) Course now has new video content! I've also included my responses to each day's exercises. Watch the videos on each lesson's page via the classroom.

A speech I gave this week was on ‘The Courage to Feel’. This theme has been a major part of my journey over the past few years, as I’ve worked on my improving my (lacking) emotional awareness. It was surprisingly popular. The original was about 8 minutes, here’s a reduced version: —- ‘Most men are terrified - not of failure or rejection, but of feeling. I learned that in the Royal Navy. I could lead, perform, and stay calm in chaos. But inside, I’d built an emotional fortress so thick that even I couldn’t get in. The same walls that kept pain out also kept joy out. From boyhood, we’re told: don’t cry, toughen up, be a man. So we shut down. We hide behind work, success, humour, distraction. But a man who cannot feel cannot love, cannot connect, cannot lead. True strength isn’t in control, it’s in courage. The courage to stay when emotion rises. To breathe when anger comes. To let the tears fall. To answer when love calls. That’s the real courage. The courage to feel.’ —- So a reflective question for you; What would change in your relationships, work, or life if you stopped guarding your heart and let it be seen?

Contest with speakers from 3 cities. Have been invited to represent at a next level competition across speakers clubs in Poland.