the great misalignment
when the spark goes out
it doesn't happen overnight. first, you make small compromises. you adapt, you conform, you please. each adjustment takes you a degree further from your natural line.
soon, you're living someone else's version of your life. successful maybe, functional certainly, but that light? that pure expression of who you are? gone.
you see it in the mirror. you see it in old photos. you remember when you had it, but you can't remember how to get it back.
the path back: realignment
here's what twenty years of searching taught me: you never actually lost yourself. the baseline is always there, untouchable, waiting.
realignment isn't about becoming someone new. it's about returning to who you've always been. it's about having the courage to ask the right questions instead of accepting the prescribed answers.
thesmallmediacompany exists for this single purpose: to help you find your way back to yourself.
i promise
through books that challenge, conversations that illuminate, and ai companions that truly see you—i'm building tools for the journey home. because when you realign with who you truly are, that spark doesn't just return. it transforms everything it touches. and the world desperately needs more people showing light in their eyes.