Binyam Asress
Integrity takes guts,
Intimacy takes heart,
Being human takes grace!
I still remember how inadequate I felt as a young man trying to figure out how to walk with integrity through life. I had deep personal struggles that made me feel incompetent and hopeless. I desperately wished I could meet a mentor...one I deeply respected because he lived with integrity, one who I felt safe enough sharing how messed up I felt, one who would be willing to help make sense of my confusing world and the experiences I was navigating.
Unfortunately, I never met such an individual. This led me to many more years of making a mess of my life and hurting so many in the process. Thankfully, I was able to find my way after much pain and loss. But I have never forgotten from where I came. For this reason, I offer you what I wish I once had...one willing to encourage and inspire you to integrity in your life. Come follow me and find your inspiration to integrity.
Your Softness Is Not a Liability
Belonging Without Earning It
Wholeness Was Never Meant to Be Performed
You Were Always Enough — Even Before the Growth
Worthy Doesn’t Need Proof
Worthy Even When You’re Healing
Your Presence Is Not a Problem
Making Decisions Like You Matter
Celebrating Yourself Without Permission
What You Say ‘No’ To Reveals What You’re Worth
Living from Internal Alignment
Setting Boundaries from Self-Respect, Not Anger
When Productivity Became Proof of Existence
Unlearning the Hustle for Visibility
Attraction Is Not Validation
What Their Rejection Never Meant
Why Confidence Doesn’t Equal Worth
The Metrics That Never Loved You Back
You Are Not Your Usefulness
Not Enough, Not Allowed, Not Yours
How Loneliness Confused Your Value
Inherited Voices That Diminished You
When Worth Became a Transaction
Shame Dressed as Self-Improvement
Taught to Perform, Not to Be
The Disappearing Act — How We Lose Sight of Our Worth
Living Unmasked
The Courage to Protect the Vulnerable
From Victim to Vision
When Truth Sets Free