What if the armor you built to survive is the very thing keeping you from being healed?

In this episode of Legacy Unchained, we step into the "social club" of a loud prison library where a brother named Nic handed me a life-changing book: Daring Greatly by Brené Brown. We track the journey from that library to a Grinnell College classroom, realizing that the "tough guy" front isn't strength—it’s armor. And in Luke 18, Jesus holds a masterclass on how to take that armor off.

In this deep-dive, we explore:

• The Pharisee vs. The Tax Collector: Why perfectionism is a 20-ton shield that prevents us from being seen by God.
• The Neuroscience of Judgment: How the "superiority hit" in our brain keeps us addicted to comparison and isolated in our ego.
• The Sunk Cost Fallacy of the Rich Ruler: Why we stay in toxic relationships and destructive habits just because we’ve "invested" so much time in them.
• The Blind Beggar’s "Cringe": Why the "Man in the Arena" has to scream louder than the critics on the sidewalk to get to the Healer.
• Hyper-Independence as Trauma: How to dismantle the "I don't need anyone" defense mechanism and return to "childlike" trust.

If you’ve ever felt like you had to polish your image to be worthy, or if you’re terrified that losing your "reputation" means losing your life, this episode is your roadmap out of the stands and into the arena.

"You either own your story, or it owns you. It’s time to take off the mask."