Too Many Anchors

My name is George, and my life has been marked by significant loss, hidden pain, and resilience.

At age 12, I was subjected to sexual abuse over a two year period. I didn’t talk about it. For more than 25 years, I locked it away and tried to outrun it. When I was 21, I lost my only brother to cancer when he was just 18. Still, I pressed on.

As a school principal, coach, and father of two boys, life was busy. On the surface, I looked “high functioning.” I buried myself in work, chasing achievement and validation, trying to feel like I was enough. But the weight of what I carried never disappeared.

Eventually, all of that pain and pressure started to leak out sideways. I was constantly frustrated and on edge. One day, someone said to me, “George, you are mad at a world that is not one bit mad at you.”

That was a turning point. Pretending everything was fine had run its course.

I was battling depression and later diagnosed with PTSD. The road back was not quick or neat. It began at the bottom. With the help of my therapist, I slowly started to face what I had spent decades avoiding.

Today, I spend my time conducting research, maintaining my blog, writing, and searching for the ultimate cup of coffee.

Too Many Anchors was born from that journey—proof that even when life drags you to the ocean floor, it is possible to rise, breathe again, and move forward with courage, and resilence.