Fifty percent of people across industries are burned out, uninterested (engagement levels are very low at 34 percent, according to Gallup), overwhelmed, and down. Something feels like it’s missing. Something is not quite right. But we can’t quite put our finger on what it is. We're stuck. We feel small, overwhelmed, and lost. Especially in this news cycle—this constant barrage of information, entertainment, media, and stress.

But here's the good news: It doesn't have to be this way. You can reclaim your psychological sovereignty.

Sovereignty is powerful. It's the internal freedom and a relationship with yourself so profoundly life-supportive and energizing that you access your fullest potential. The fullest potential you were born for.

Trust me, you’ve felt it. You’ve felt the sovereignty fire, kindled, in the pit of your stomach at different times in your life.

It’s the inner flame that lifted you up from rock bottom and kept you walking through the darkest of nights. It’s the roar of defiance that helped you back to your feet every time you were knocked down—a declaration of your fight and right to live as you, no matter what. It is what has kept you alive despite everything.

Regardless of what race, nationality, religion,

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