Warnings Before We Begin
By David Medina
You can’t truly know yourself without the right mirrors. If you're not open to being coached, challenged, or supported, you'll stay confined to a version of yourself that may feel safe but isn't true. I’m not here to fix you—but to reflect the parts of you you've forgotten or buried. Some of it will be uncomfortable. All of it will be worth it.
“That’s just how I am” is a story that keeps you small. If you’re unwilling to be seen from new angles, you’ll miss the truth: you’re not static. You’re becoming. Feedback—especially when it stings—is a gateway to expansion. I offer it because I see what’s possible in you.
You are not your patterns. If you refuse to explore new ways of thinking, feeling, acting, or being, nothing truly changes. You are more than your survival strategies. Way more. But you must be willing to question everything you’ve called “me” up until now.
Insight isn’t enough. If you don’t carve out time to act on what you're learning, nothing will shift. Reflection without execution is just mental entertainment. This work is about embodiment—taking what you realize into how you live, speak, move, decide, and lead.
If you’re addicted to control, this will stretch you. You don’t have to have it all figured out. You don’t have to perform. But you do need to be willing to not know. To open your heart. To lead without a mask. I’ll meet you in that raw place, not in your persona.
False humility is another way to hide. Dimming your light to avoid discomfort or attention is not noble—it’s self-abandonment. If you see the truth but don’t act on it, you’ll betray your own knowing. You’re more powerful than you realize. And it’s time to stop pretending otherwise.
This is serious work. Yes, we’ll laugh. Yes, we’ll enjoy the ride. But becoming yourself is not casual. It demands focus, presence, and reverence. Your attention is sacred. Where you place it determines what grows in your life.
This is not about collecting wisdom. If you’re here to gather quotes or say the “right things,” this will frustrate you. Presence can’t be faked. Peace isn’t a performance. You are not your mind. Not your emotions. There’s something deeper in you—and we’re here to meet that.
This journey includes all of you. Heart, mind, body, and soul. It’s not linear. It’s not clean. But it is real. It’s a practice. And it will reshape how you relate to yourself and the world. But only if you let it.
You’ll need emotional agility. If you don’t grow your capacity to feel, you’ll unconsciously recreate familiar dramas to stay in control. You’ll sabotage what’s new just to feel “right.” That pattern ends here—if you choose it. Together, we’ll learn which emotions to hold, which to express, and which to release.
This process moves at the speed of your trust. Not blind trust. Conscious, earned trust. You’ll know quickly if I’m the person to walk this path with you. If I am, lean in. If I’m not, honor that and keep seeking. But don’t withhold out of fear—because fear is what keeps you stuck.
Radical trust in life is the final shift. If you cling to doubt—about yourself, about others, about life—you’ll keep creating friction where there could be freedom. Fear can walk with you. But it doesn’t get to drive. I’ll open the door each time we meet. You’re the one who has to walk through it.
The Truth is: you create who you are—every single moment—by what you say, what you see, and what you do. This takes enormous practice.