Always student. Sometimes teacher. Mostly companion.

My credentials matter less than the life I’ve lived. I grew up in a middle-class family, learned how to perform in the world, and then watched much of it — and much of me — fall apart.

Addiction was part of that unraveling. So were success and collapse: producing talk shows, building a multi-million-dollar real estate company, advising politicians. A 25-year relationship I cherished ended without warning, with expressions of gratitude and a goodbye — both at once. Each rise and fall became a teacher.

What I once saw as tragedy, I’ve come to know as blessing — invitations to unlearn who I thought I had to be, and remember whatWhat I offer is not the way, but a way. A way shaped by lived experience and guided by love.

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