Introduction - A CEO’s Inner World Before Life Collapse

Following the launch of The Inner World of Leaders - a podcast exploring what leadership does to the person - I am now beginning a 12-part personal series titled:

“A CEO's Inner World Before Life Collapse”.

Across this series, I will explore:

• The illusion of success

• The cost of climbing

• The fracture of identity

• The search for healing

• The collapse of external structure

• The end of the self I had constructed

Many men and women will recognise themselves in parts of this series.

There will be moments of:

“This is what I experience” or

“This is what I am going through” or

“I thought it was only me”

The collapse I will describe took place seven years ago, in 2019.

I am not writing from inside it.
I am writing from having walked through it.

I am sharing these stories from a place of integration.

Over the past seven years, my thought patterns, emotional responses, beliefs, identity and purpose have undergone profound reconstruction.

What once fragmented me has been healed, stabilised and integrated.

As a man who has tasted an incredible amount of worldly success, I am truly honoured to be sharing this 12 part series.

Wherever you find yourself today - whether your outer world looks strong while your inner world feels strained - I hope something in this series brings clarity.

In 2019, at 41 years of age, my marriage collapsed. My business collapsed. My professional identity collapsed.

What follows is the inner story that preceded it.

Thank you for reading.