Radical Self-Love: The Invitation

A 10-Week Journey Into Wholeness

What’s good fam!

A few years ago, I hosted a series online called Radical Self Love.

No funnel. No fancy graphics. Just me, the work, and a commitment to truth.

People from all walks of life showed up. And what surprised me most wasn’t just how many tuned in—it was the emails, the DMs, the voice notes. People telling me things like:

“This was the first time I felt like I could sit with myself.”

“I’ve done therapy and courses, but this hit different.”

That stuck with me.

Because as someone who’s lived most of his life in performance spaces—training world champions, leading global retreats, building the most elite systems for the body and mind—I’ve seen the highest levels of discipline.

But behind closed doors, even the strongest people have one question:

“Do I actually love myself?”

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In 2022 when TEDx invited me to speak, I had all kinds of options.

I could’ve talked about greatness. About winning. About systems and goals and identity.

But I didn’t.

Because I knew the one message the world needed most wasn’t about achievement.

It was about self-love.

Not as a buzzword.
As a lifeline.

The kind that keeps you from abandoning yourself.
The kind that makes peace possible.
The kind that no one can give you—but you.

So when they asked me what I wanted to speak on, I didn’t hesitate:
Self-love is it.

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Not long after that, I was asked to do a keynote on mastery for over 100 professional fighters.
World-class warriors. Killers in the cage. Mentally tough. Physically elite.

They asked me:
“What’s the one thing we can do to game-change our performance, our careers, our lives?”

I know what they expected me to say.
Train harder.
Sleep more.
Visualize.
Don’t break.

But I laid it out simple:
Self-love.

They looked at me like I was crazy.
Some even laughed.

But here’s the truth I told them:

If you don’t love yourself, how are you ever going to create the environment to fully bring your gifts to life?

How are you going to sustain the pressure?
How are you going to recover when you fall?
How are you going to lead anyone—if you can’t even lead yourself with love?

Self-love isn’t soft.
It’s the foundation.
For performance.
For longevity.
For peace.
For greatness.

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And now, inside The Love That You Are, I’m bringing this work back.
But deeper. More raw. More layered.

This isn’t about becoming someone new.
It’s about returning to the truth underneath everything you were told to be.

This is a journey into your real self—
not your curated one.

And it’s going to ask for your honesty.

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What Is Radical Self Love?

Radical self love is not a feeling—it’s a way of being.

It’s the courage to stay with yourself when everything in you wants to run.
It’s the discipline to show up even when there’s no applause.
It’s the daily choice to stop negotiating with your worth.

It’s how you breathe through conflict.
How you hold yourself in silence.
How you rebuild when no one sees you fall.

It’s the ability to look in the mirror and say:
“I forgive you. I see you. I’m still with you.”

This work is not about being perfect.
It’s about becoming honest.
Because you can’t fake wholeness—and you can’t download peace.

You have to live it.
Layer by layer.
Boundary by boundary.
Decision by decision.

And that’s what we’re here to do—together.

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The Journey We’re Taking Together

1. Self-Acceptance:
The radical act of embracing all of who you are—without trying to fix, hide, or filter. It’s choosing to stand with your full humanity, even the parts still healing.

2. Self-Expression:
The freedom to live and move in alignment with your truth. It’s how you speak, create, dress, decide, feel, and show up—without shrinking or apologizing for it.

3. Self-Worth:
The unshakeable knowing that your value is not earned—it’s remembered. It lives in you, not your results, and doesn’t rise or fall with circumstance.

4. Self-Forgiveness:
The process of releasing guilt, shame, and self-blame so your past no longer defines your future. It’s restoring your right to begin again—with love.

5. Self-Regulation:
The ability to anchor yourself in presence when life gets loud. It’s meeting your emotions without being ruled by them—and staying with yourself in the storm.

6. Self-Compassion:
Speaking to yourself with the same tenderness you offer others. It’s honoring your effort, holding your pain with grace, and choosing softness over shame.

7. Self-Trust:
Rebuilding the bridge back to your own inner knowing. It’s believing your intuition, honoring your no, and following through on what your soul already knows is right.

8. Self-Respect:
The boundaries you hold when no one’s watching. It’s living in alignment with your truth, even when it costs you comfort or connection.

9. Self-Discipline:
Devotion to your highest self in real time. It’s choosing what nourishes over what numbs, and showing up even when your feelings don’t want to.

10. Self-Mastery:
The integration of love, power, and integrity into how you move through the world. It’s choosing alignment consistently—until greatness becomes your ground.
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What to Expect

Each weekly session will include:

• A soul-grounded teaching

• Journal prompts that pull you inward

• A simple but potent practice to live the work

• And a reminder that nobody is you and that is your power.

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Before We Begin…

I want you to take this seriously.
Not like homework.
Like heart work.

Before Session One drops, take a moment and ask yourself:

• What part of me still believes I need to earn my own love?

• Where have I been performing healing instead of living it?

• What would shift in my life if I stopped abandoning myself when things get hard?

• What would it mean to treat self-love like a discipline, not a mood?

• Am I willing to meet myself fully, even in the places I’ve judged, ignored, or hidden?

This isn’t a reset.
It’s a reckoning.
And if you’re ready to stop outsourcing your wholeness…

This is your line in the sand.

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The Call

Start where you are.
Not where you think you should be.

Don’t try to get this perfect.
Just get in the room.

Because when you take self-love seriously,
your world starts to shift.
Your energy gets cleaner.
Your voice gets stronger.
Your relationships reflect what you’ve been reclaiming in silence.

This isn’t about becoming worthy.
It’s about finally remembering you already are.

Session One: Self-Acceptance drops next.
This is your invitation.
This is the moment everything begins to shift.
This is the love that you are.

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If something in this post moved you—if it stirred a memory, cracked open a truth, or reminded you of the love you’ve been carrying—tell me where you’re at.
Reply. Reflect. Let it be real.

I’m going to keep this series open for free—at least for now—so that everyone has access to this work.

And if you want to support this space—this practice of truth, wholeness, and radical self-love… you can do that by becoming a paid subscriber.

It helps keep this offering ad-free, noise-free, and rooted in what matters:
The heart work. The soul work. The real work.

We’re in this together.
Session by session. Layer by layer. Word by word.

No pretending. No rushing. Just the return.

With love,
Branden