“I wanted to ask for help, but I couldn’t. I was afraid of being judged by my own friends. I thought, “I’ll get through it.” I never did. Seeing others’ success should inspire one to move forward, right? But it had the opposite effect on me.” (Poem inside)
"We felt that we were orphaned from the baby’s standpoint and vice versa. It was a no-brainer, we named him Harry, after my late father who I miss every day."
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"For a long time, my greatest fear was people finding out that my father had been so damaged. That they would think I was damaged too. In a way, it still kind of is."
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Watch this short documentary to learn more about Michelle Poler, Hello Fears Founder
"We were supposed to spend 5 weeks in an orphanage located in a village in Kenya. But once we got there, we realized we had no clue what was about to happen, or where did we get ourselves into."
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"One of my biggest fears is being alone especially at school. So, I was scared of losing her, and I was scared of her. I knew if I wasn’t friends with her anymore she would bully me and make my life hell. So I didn’t do anything."
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"My life was set, I evolved from painter to designer to art director to brand strategist; four different careers all in the same realm as people would’ve predicted since I was a kid.
What people, or even I, couldn’t predict was the path that awaited me."
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"I’ve always been an organ donor on my driver’s license, but I liked the idea of being able to help save a life while still alive to see the impact."
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"I decided to learn to be more self-compassionate and to love my own self again. Not for what I did or didn’t do, said or didn’t say, thought or didn’t think, felt or didn’t feel, but just for who I was at the most fundamental level possible."
Self-love poem inside (you'll thank me later).
"Your eating disorder becomes your number one distraction, hobby and stress releaser. It helps you NOT focus on things that you don’t want to have to deal with or confront."
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"I was so comfortable. I had everything I thought I wanted. A good career, great benefits and I felt like I was making a difference. But deep down I knew there was more to life than this. After six years I decided to take the jump."
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"The following is how I started to overcome fear, shame, and some deep-rooted beliefs. It does involve suicidal thoughts and self-harm. I had 33+ years of life and religion telling me I was broken and people would hate me, and I believed it."
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"He proposed to me and I accepted. I couldn’t believe that I was experiencing that moment in life! I couldn’t think of a better partner for me. My future looked pretty amazing. Then, I started feeling this cold on my chest every time I woke up."
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“Are you crazy? How are you going to take your kids out of school to travel?" "How will your kids get their education?" "I don't think you can do it.” Often, we found, that the doubters, were our first fans.
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"I was torn between two worlds, but I knew what I needed to do… and I knew who needed me the most."
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"Am I worth it? Yes. Is it worth it? Yes. Should I keep fighting? Yes. How to fight? Changes every day."
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"I was simply and utterly too afraid to stand up in front of the audience and share that piece of me that would define my happiness for years to come. Maybe it was the fear of letting people down or the fear of not being my best. Either way, I was slowly giving up on myself."
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I hit rock bottom.
It wasn’t until I saw a new therapist that everything changed. This therapist asked me,“Max, what’s wrong with being gay?”
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