💡 Today’s SFT Card Pull FUNNY Prompt What weird little thing never fails to improve your mood? A song lyric you mishear on purpose? That oddly satisfying crunch of the first potato chip? The smell of rain on hot pavement? Drop yours below 👇 The stranger and quirkier, the better 😈 it might just be the spark someone else needed today. ✨

Hi Everyone, Something’s been rising in me lately—borne from the conversations I’ve been having with so many of you. I say this line all the time: "You before the bullsh*t." But what does that actually mean? Why does it matter? Why this phrase? Why this course? This post—and the accompanying video—is about the WHY behind all of it. Not marketing. Not mindset. But meaning. 🧠 What "You Before the Bullsh*t" Really Means It’s not a slogan. It’s a remembering. It’s the moment you stop trying to become someone better and start reclaiming someone forgotten. It’s not about adding new tools. It’s about recovering the ones you buried just to survive. “You before the bullsht*” is: - Who you were before the shame story took hold - Before the masks, the defense mechanisms, the overperformance - Before the world trained you to hide your contradictions just to fit in It’s the self that’s still in there—whole, complicated, magnetic—waiting to be remembered, not rebuilt. 🔥 Why This Matters Now Because people are tired. Tired of “doing the work.” Tired of feeling like healing is another job. Tired of self-help that treats them like a project to manage. Smart Funny Tortured doesn’t ask you to fix yourself. It invites you to remember yourself. Like finding your car keys. Or your wallet. Or your kid in a grocery store. That tear-conjuring relief of: “I found you.” That’s what this is. A return. A recovery. A remembering. 🧱 Why I Built This Because I was lost. I was exhausted. Racked with shame. Drowning in depression. And what I found wasn’t a fix. It was a framework that helped me remember who I was before the world made me perform, protect, and pretend. That’s the WHY behind Smart Funny Tortured. That’s the WHY behind You before the bullsht.* 🫂 Share Your WHY Below If you feel it, drop a few words in the comments: What does “You before the bullsh*t” mean to you?What part of yourself are you trying to remember?

🃏 What’s an activity that makes you feel like the real you? The three elements of Funny are pleasure, flow, and joy—those moments when you feel lit up and completely yourself. This weekend, I’d love for you to share:👉 What activity makes you feel the most like you?👉 Where do you lose track of time because you’re so in it? It doesn’t have to be profound—it could be cooking, sketching, dancing, gaming, storytelling, singing in the car, or just laughing with people you love. Share your answer below ⬇️ Let’s make this thread a celebration of the weird, wonderful things that bring us back to ourselves.

This isn’t a solo journey, even though it might feel like one at times. There’s a private community here. And I need you to be part of it. The people here? They’re not tourists. They’re high-performing, big-feeling, sharp-witted, deeply introspective souls—just like you. You’ll get more from this process if you share. Ask questions. Reflect back what hit. We are made more real in the presence of others. And I will be in there with you. Answering and posing questions. Listening and trying to hold up a lantern so we can all make it out.

Welcome, old friends and new ones, to the Smart Funny Tortured Framework course on Skool. First off, let me say how profoundly happy I am that you’ve taken the time and have the curiosity to explore this offering and, in doing so, learn a great deal about yourself. Thank you from the bottom of my heart 🤍 🤝🏽 First and foremost, this is a community. A place for those of us who know exactly what the combination of words "smart," "funny," and "tortured" means and has meant throughout our lives. This is where we share the questions, observations, and eccentricities that make a gathering vibrant and enriching. ✅ HOUSEKEEPING - If you haven’t yet, comment below with: ✨ Introducing yourself ✨ Where you are from ✨ How you hope to leave this course 🖥️ We will be having group Zoom meetups—two are scheduled for next week. - Call 1: [Tuesday, August 26th • 6:00pm PST] — Orientation + Q&A - Call 2: [Thursday, August 28th • 6:00pm PST] — Smart / Funny / Tortured Q&A - Format: 15‑min teaching, 25‑min Q&A, optional 10‑min breakout. - Access: Links in Calendar. Replays will be posted in 24-48 hours post. 🎁 You are also beta testers, which means your feedback, progress, and observations are invaluable. You will have unrestricted access to me. You may message me privately with questions and feedback. Consider me also your accountability coach, as I will be gently checking on your individual progress. But please know: there is no rush to the final Integration module. Take your time, be thoughtful, and be kind to yourself. ] 😄 Gamification (simple + fun) You’ll earn points for: - Completing lessons (+ marking complete) - Commenting with substance (reflection, insight, or support) - Attending live calls / watching replays - Top member points unlock surprises (early content, invites, 1:1 office hours). 🔴 House agreements Confidentiality. Respect. Depth over performance. Share what’s real; take what serves. Make new friends. I’m grateful you’re here. Let’s begin.