Kevin spent most of his life feeling the pressure to become something.

But this was determined by ideas of success that he saw around him, in culture, family, and outside of himself.

It was after a decade in business, climbing the ladder, and even getting his MBA that he took stock of those around him. No one around him was happy. Everyone looking for success was ending up divorced and unhappy -- and it wasn't the life he wanted anymore.

" I was already onto my second marriage at this point, and I, I had this deep sense that, wow, like if I keep living for myself, that meant I was gonna be headed for my second divorce.It's like we'd hit the, we hit the mountain peak. Of a life that many people would've aspired towards. You know, we had our own house, we had a pool, we were by a river. It was peaceful. We could like walk our dogs anywhere. And yet it was just, uh, it was really empty inside."

He decided he needed to set himself on a different trajectory and that required being himself.

" But as I was discovering the, uh, over the course of I think like six to nine months, uh, just taking more risks and to revealing who I truly was to, to the people around me and having them see it and, and lean into it, it, it really made an impact on turning that.Those momentary hap ha happiness feelings into true joy."