My name's Curtis Tofa and I am an Ex Army Infantry Captain and after my 7 years of service I went through massive change and growth that would transform my life and that of my family forever - I decided to own my shit and take 100% responsibility.
At 25 I had my own moment where I had to change.
I had not only lost myself but what I did see every day in the mirror I would cover up in partying, booze and drugs and casual sex. You would not know it from the outside but I was struggling with it all. The front I had was a tough, strong, disciplined army leader that had his life all sorted. That was so far from reality. I started to question, where I was going in life, how to be an amazing partner, Step Dad, successful entrepreneur and still having my own identity.
Then one day I had a tough conversation with my partner and it became a must for me to change. First I let myself go for years and stopped exercising daily and began eating unhealthy and drinking. So I got started on my health and this helped me get my peak energy and positive mood back - no more short tempered snappy Curtis! Then I lost some weight, gained my strength back and started building that internal trust back with myself - making commitments and following through on them.
What I quickly identified was only part of my life seemed to be improving and I was still struggling with the daily fight I would have with my mind and the negative self talk. I was still hesitant to take action, to step out of my comfort zone and still felt triggered by the people in my life. Despite achieving a-lot in my military career I still felt unmotivated and driven to do anything more than just wake up and go to work.
Then I realised there was another step to take, by starting to dig into the beliefs and values I had back then and to clear out what did not serve me.