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hey beautiful human,

i’m in the midst of a newsletter relaunch come september but recently had a spike in confidence and had to share it with you.

today, there will be no “2 tools or 3 takes”.

all you need is this 1 tip.

i was once labelled a painfully shy and dumb kid. now, i’m building a public brand.

if you’re still fighting old labels (like me!) here’s how i’m rewriting my story at 40, and how you can too.

by the age of 12, i had my first psychiatrist and a growing list of labels:

• speech impediment

• learning disability

• childhood trauma

• depression

• bulimia

• anxiety

• adhd

• ocd

in my 30s, my mom confessed something that still sticks with me:
“we thought you might live with us forever.”

(imagine how bad it must have been for her to think that?)

for a long time, i let those labels define me, dictating my:

• confidence

• self-worth

• actions

• beliefs

and, ultimately, my story.
(both the one i told myself and the one i told others).

despite everything i’ve achieved—

working in the nba, playing university basketball, graduating with honours, co-founding two companies

—i’ve struggled deeply as an entrepreneur, especially when it came to putting myself “out there.”

but, after facing (yet another) burnout last september, i knew something had to change.

• i reflected on my life.

• i sought help from coaches.

• i even worked with ai to discover my real story.

and here’s what i found…

a deep and detrimental limiting belief that

i’m not worthy or enough, just as i am.

it’s been close to a year, and while i’ve still got a lot of work to do, i’ve begun to see the formula that brought me newfound hope and confidence:

1. i discovered my real story.

2. i began seeing my unique characteristics.

3. i uncovered a personal brand that feels authentic.

and slowly, patiently, i’m leveraging that brand to get paid by helping people—just like you—do the same.

the good news? i can teach you my exact steps tomorrow (august 15th, 2024 at 12pm est) in my free workshop 

get paid more with a differentiated personal brand (that sells for you)

those labels, traumas, and experiences from your past?
they’re real, they’re valid, and they deserve healing.

but they don’t define your full story and
you’re not the story you’ve been telling yourself.

i hope you’ll join me tomorrow so i can prove it to you.

p.s. check out my recent talk at fuckup nights toronto to see how far that painfully shy and dumb kid has come.

p.p.s. don’t need this? someone in your life likely does. hit forward and share this with them—they’ll thank you later.

whether you’re able to join tomorrow or not (sign up if you want the recording!)

please take this 1 tip with you…

rewrite the story you've been telling yourself.

• start by discovering your real story.

• begin to see the characteristics that are uniquely you.

• and use that to build a brand and business that will make you money!

because the world needs to see and hear the real you.

that’s all for today beautiful human.

keep pushing and remember…you got this 💪🏻

see you next time,
kristina, with a “k”

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p.p.p.s.

i’m Canadian. there will be extra “u”s, double “l”s, and more. this is not a mistake. it’s willful.

i’m Queer. a mother, a wife, and an advocate for equity of all people, not just Queer folks. i openly, and without filter, share my personal narrative and life’s stories.

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