Trent Shelton

Because if you can see that hope in me, then hopefully you can see the hope in yourself. And so that's why I'm so open and transparent. And Jamie, it's just hard to just do this smile when I'm dying inside. I just can't do it. It just takes too much energy. So I would rather say, hey, y'all, I'm depressed right now. You know, it doesn't mean that my life is over.

Because if you can see that hope in me, then hopefully you can see the hope in yourself. And so that's why I'm so open and transparent. And Jamie, it's just hard to just do this smile when I'm dying inside. I just can't do it. It just takes too much energy. So I would rather say, hey, y'all, I'm depressed right now. You know, it doesn't mean that my life is over.

I'm going through a storm, but I promise you I will get through it because no storm lasts forever. But I'm going through it. I'm climbing this mountain with you. I'm at the mountaintop saying, hey, this is how you get up here. No, I might have been there, but every year in my life through something, because I'm a human, I come back down to the valley.

I'm going through a storm, but I promise you I will get through it because no storm lasts forever. But I'm going through it. I'm climbing this mountain with you. I'm at the mountaintop saying, hey, this is how you get up here. No, I might have been there, but every year in my life through something, because I'm a human, I come back down to the valley.

And I'm with you climbing this mountain with you. So I think that's what's helped me connect with so many people across the world. And honestly, that's what's helped me be able to continue on this journey. Because if I'm carrying all this emotional baggage, and as I always say, smiling for the camera, but dying behind the scenes, I know where that leads.

And I'm with you climbing this mountain with you. So I think that's what's helped me connect with so many people across the world. And honestly, that's what's helped me be able to continue on this journey. Because if I'm carrying all this emotional baggage, and as I always say, smiling for the camera, but dying behind the scenes, I know where that leads.

I know people in my life that are no longer here because of that. And so I refuse to be what the world wants me to be. and lose myself. I refuse to be who the world wants me to be and not keep peace in my life. So for me, this is the easiest thing for me to do is to say, this is what I'm dealing with.

I know people in my life that are no longer here because of that. And so I refuse to be what the world wants me to be. and lose myself. I refuse to be who the world wants me to be and not keep peace in my life. So for me, this is the easiest thing for me to do is to say, this is what I'm dealing with.

So the last, what, three years, I'm good this year, but 2021, 2022 was some of the worst years of my life. You know, I mean, my mom in that whole situation and then Maya situation a few days later, then my grandmother gone.

So the last, what, three years, I'm good this year, but 2021, 2022 was some of the worst years of my life. You know, I mean, my mom in that whole situation and then Maya situation a few days later, then my grandmother gone.

And then my dad's best friend who was a mentor in my life a few months later, then the next year I ruptured my Achilles and I always had to get my leg, like my foot literally almost cut off. And it's back to back to back to back to back. And yeah, I questioned God. Yeah, I was like, what's going on? Yeah, I had to still be this person for the world. But I gave myself grace to say, you know what?

And then my dad's best friend who was a mentor in my life a few months later, then the next year I ruptured my Achilles and I always had to get my leg, like my foot literally almost cut off. And it's back to back to back to back to back. And yeah, I questioned God. Yeah, I was like, what's going on? Yeah, I had to still be this person for the world. But I gave myself grace to say, you know what?

It doesn't make me less. It doesn't make me less of a human. It doesn't make me less of an expert. It doesn't make me less of a brand because I'm dealing with things. Actually, this strengthens it. And I had so many people say, man, Trent, because of you these last three years, you have impacted me more than anything over the last 12 years that you've been doing this. So that's why I do it.

It doesn't make me less. It doesn't make me less of a human. It doesn't make me less of an expert. It doesn't make me less of a brand because I'm dealing with things. Actually, this strengthens it. And I had so many people say, man, Trent, because of you these last three years, you have impacted me more than anything over the last 12 years that you've been doing this. So that's why I do it.

First thing I want to say is that's not your people then.

First thing I want to say is that's not your people then.

You will always be not enough for the wrong people or person. Always. And I know sometimes that's hard because we want to fit in. We want to blend in. But you got to accept that certain doors have to close. And when you're your authentic self, some doors will close. Friends, family, peers, it closes. And you can't. I know it hurts, but you got to realize there's better doors for your life.

You will always be not enough for the wrong people or person. Always. And I know sometimes that's hard because we want to fit in. We want to blend in. But you got to accept that certain doors have to close. And when you're your authentic self, some doors will close. Friends, family, peers, it closes. And you can't. I know it hurts, but you got to realize there's better doors for your life.

And I know that's easier said than done. I get it, because I was there and I still go there at times. But I trust to say, okay, if a no changes the relationship, then that relationship isn't for me. If me being my authentic self changes the relationship, then that relationship isn't for me. And yes, it still hurts. Yes, I want these people in my life. Yes, I want to be enough.

And I know that's easier said than done. I get it, because I was there and I still go there at times. But I trust to say, okay, if a no changes the relationship, then that relationship isn't for me. If me being my authentic self changes the relationship, then that relationship isn't for me. And yes, it still hurts. Yes, I want these people in my life. Yes, I want to be enough.