“The panic attack hit me in the middle of a client presentation in Chicago. Million-dollar sales performer. Published author. Former Division I soccer player. From the outside, I had it all figured out. But that moment of walking out mid-presentation revealed the truth: I was performing brilliantly while crumbling internally. The same pattern that ended my soccer career at Bowling Green State University was repeating itself in corporate America. That breakdown became my breakthrough. When I started sharing my real story instead of my highlight reel, top executives began approaching me not for my successes, but for my struggles. They were tired of looking great on paper while dying inside.”