# 68 | What I Wish Someone Had Told Me When I Nearly Gave Up

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Published: 2026-02-27T10:00:00+00:00
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This is my backstory — and it's something I've never shared before. Not like this. In today's episode I'm bearing it all — the full, raw story of just how depressed and desperate I was two and a half years ago. Desperate enough to take out a credit card, go into debt, and fly halfway across the world — twice — hoping someone in a conference room would finally tell me what I was missing. I had answered God's call. Pivoted my entire career in obedience. Won the award. And I was still failing. O...

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