"Change your story,
change your life."
Shawn Forbes is proof that where you start doesn’t have to define where you finish. Growing up in foster care, he learned early what it meant to fight for belonging. Later, as an Army Veteran and entrepreneur, he built success, lost it, and rebuilt again — discovering that true transformation isn’t about titles or achievements, it’s about identity.
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Today, Shawn brings that hard-earned perspective to stages and coaching rooms around the world. He helps people see the patterns that hold them back, break cycles of self-sabotage, and create a life that finally feels like their own. His work blends raw storytelling with practical tools informed by neuroscience, cognitive behavioral principles, and performance psychology — leaving audiences not just inspired, but equipped to change their story and change their life.
We all come into this world raw, curious, and unfiltered. Then life starts handing us scripts — from parents, teachers, culture, and the quiet weight of other people’s expectations. Somewhere along the way, we trade authenticity for approval. We learn who we’re supposed to be and forget who we really are.
This book is about peeling those layers back. It’s about returning to the version of you that existed before the masks, before the “shoulds,” before you were performing for the world. Because when you reconnect with that self — the one that’s been buried but not broken — you finally get to create a life that feels like yours.
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