Ever feel like the inner stumbling blocks you encounter run deeper than the surface-level patches offered by most self-help books?

For years, I went through one book after the other, convinced these were the result of a unique personality deficit. It wasn't until the pandemic arrived that the spiritual origins of those deficiencies became clear.

A failed return to the gym after lockdown exposed the true cost of each lie I told myself during the pandemic. Desperate to live without the burden of this mental, physical, and emotional weight, I began a journey to transform my life, starting with my physique, creating an ideal opportunity to put years of stored-up knowledge into practice.

Yet, on the path to "becoming the best version of myself," I saw that the influences I considered great often had a complicated relationship with God, frequently exhibiting self-glorification. Disturbing questions about the spirit behind their morality became impossible to ignore.

My growing intolerance for the self-improvement world's ego-centrism sparked a powerful craving for humility, which I only found perfectly modelled in Jesus Christ.

This book explores why a lifetime of spiritual misdirection was an unavoidable byproduct of failing to live as He commanded.