In this episode of the Project I Am Podcast, David invites you into a compassionate conversation about the stories you tell yourself, especially the ones shaped by shame. Together, you’ll explore the difference between what happened to you and what you made it mean about you, and how those old meanings can quietly run your life in the present.

David normalizes the deeply human experience of carrying harsh internal narratives like “I’m too much,” “I’m not enough,” or “I’m the problem,” and helps you trace where those stories came from (families, culture, relationships, faith communities) and how they once functioned as survival strategies. With humor, warmth, and shared humanity, he offers a new way to see your shame story: not as proof that you’re broken, but as a script you’re finally allowed to rewrite.

By the end, you’ll feel less alone, more understood, and more empowered to say:

“My old story made sense once… but it is not the whole truth of who I am. I’m allowed to write something new.”

What if the biggest barrier to your self-acceptance isn’t your past…but your refusal to forgive yourself for it?

In this episode of Project I Am, David explores why unforgiveness toward self is the #1 block to genuine freedom, confidence, and wholeness.

Together, you’ll unpack:

· Why shame and guilt are not proof that you’re a good person

· The hidden reasons we cling to self-punishment and can’t “let it go”

· How unforgiveness becomes a prison we decorate and call virtue

· What “delusional” self-forgiveness really means (and what it doesn’t)

· How changing your internal narrator opens the door to real self-acceptance

This episode is a compassionate, honest invitation to step out of lifelong self-condemnation and into a cleaner, freer inner world—where you can take bold action, love more fully, and actually enjoy being alive.

If you’ve ever thought, “I can’t forgive myself for that,” this conversation is for you.

In this episode, we name a kind of grief that rarely gets spoken aloud: not grief for what happened, but for what couldn’t happen. The unlived life. The version of you that never got to thrive. The dreams that never had safe ground. The tenderness that had to go quiet just to survive. This is grief without ritual and often without witnesses—yet it shapes how we carry ourselves, love others, and imagine our future. Together, we slow down enough to honor what was missing, to tell the truth about what was lost, and to soften the shame that can form around invisible sorrow. And in the naming, something gentle opens: not a way to “move on,” but a way to make room for what is still possible. If you’ve ever felt an ache you couldn’t explain, this episode is for you—an hour of quiet companionship, remembrance, and hope.