What does it actually mean to live with nothing to hide?

In this episode, Kevin and Britta sit down with Anna Margolis — a former top litigation lawyer in London who navigated the dehumanizing front lines of the 2008 global financial crisis — for a conversation about transparency as a living practice of radical ownership. Anna shares her journey from a high-stakes legal career to a "cosmic treasure hunt" that led her to the heart of a pioneering chosen family she's been part of for more than a decade in Boulder, Colorado.

At the center of the conversation is a provocative idea: transparency is the new holy grail. Anna explores the liberation found in reclaiming the parts of our stories we've historically held in shame, and that full ownership of our past is the only way to become truly incorruptible leaders. She takes us inside the alchemical crucible of her chosen family — a group of five who live, work, and share finances together, governed by a constitution designed to intentionally offset traditional hierarchies and keep personal power from being handed away.

The conversation also moves into AI — not just as a tool, but as a powerful reflector and amplifier of our own unintegrated shadows. Anna makes the case that the urgent work of this moment is getting our story straight so we can wield this new power responsibly, rather than leaking our agency through unowned past and victimhood.

They get into:

• The Transition from Control to Responsibility — How shifting from managing reality to taking 100% ownership changes everything, and why that 1% you're still withholding is costing you more than you think
• The Boulder Castle Experiment — More than a decade of chosen family, shared finances, and distributed leadership inside an alchemical crucible for facing the human shadow collectively
• Leaking Agency — How blame, judgment, and hidden history quietly drain your creative power and keep you operating at a fraction of your real capacity
• AI as Mirror — Why watching AI misbehave can actually be a path to self-integration, and what it means to become a sovereign, trustworthy prompter
• The ReSelf Process — An invitation to reclaim your full creative power by integrating your whole story, including the parts you've been carrying in the dark
• Radical Integrity in Public — The episode closes with something rare: Anna modeling exactly what she's been talking about, live

This is an invitation to anyone who senses there's more latent in them than they've let out — and who is ready to trade the safety of the status quo for the aliveness of radical transparency. Anna closes with a rare and moving act of public integrity, inviting listeners into the ongoing practice of making it right.

Connect with Anna and learn more about her work —

Re-Self: ⁠re-self.com⁠

Transformation Agency: transformationagency.com

on Instagram: @agentmargolis

on Facebook: Anna Margolis

email: [email protected]

kevinlawrence.org

brittakristin.com