195. Guelory Brutus - Building Your Own Narrative: From Earthquake Survivor to Empowerment Leader

In this powerful and deeply personal episode of Limitless Healing, host Colette Brown sits down with entrepreneur, author, and speaker Guelory Brutus, founder of Build Your Own Narrative. Guelory shares his remarkable journey from surviving the 2010 Haiti earthquake at age 13 to becoming a motivational leader dedicated to helping others shape their own stories.

Through vivid storytelling and honest reflection, Guelory opens up about the dark moments of his life, the expectations placed on him as an immigrant, and the pivotal night that changed everything. His message is one of hope, resilience, and the unshakable belief that everything you need is already within you.

Whether you’re navigating a life transition, questioning your path, or searching for purpose, this episode will meet you exactly where you are.

Episode Highlights:
01:00 - Guelory's early childhood in Haiti and his inquisitive nature
03:00 - The day everything changed: surviving the 2010 Haiti earthquake
07:00 - A life saved by a delayed ride home and a mother’s survival
10:00 - Moving to the U.S. and struggling to learn English
13:30 - Culture shock, ESL classes, and the road to AP English
15:00 - The pressure of immigrant expectations and career identity
18:00 - Facing academic struggles and suicidal thoughts
20:00 - A phone call that saved his life
22:00 - Rewriting his story and discovering personal development
24:00 - From engineering to economics to empowerment
26:00 - Creating a 7-week program to help others build their own narrative
29:00 - Book tour across the U.S. and internationally
32:00 - Guelory’s final message: Everything you need is already inside you

Resources Mentioned:

- Book: The 7 Major Life Lessons to Build Your Own Narrative

- Website: https://buildyourownnarrative.com/
- Program: 7-Week Narrative Building Cohort
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buildyourownnarrative/
- Instagram: @guelory

Final Words from  Guelory:
“Everything you need is already inside of you. Don’t wait for the perfect moment. Start now. Your story matters.”

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Transcript

Guelory Brutus: [00:00:00] the night of we slept in on, in front of a church, on top of rocks, just because we had nowhere to go. There was No shelter yet. we looked for places and families that we knew around the area that we could possibly connect with them, but at the same time, no one's taking that risk to go inside of a house just because it's not safe. So what really ended up happening is I spent about a month. In front of a hospital field where tents were being provided for us seeking shelter.

People in the neighborhood, everybody. And fortunately, um, afterwards got contacts with more family members and other people where we were able to find shelter through a nonprofit.

Today's guest is an entrepreneur who's dedicated his life to helping others shape their own stories. He's the founder of Build Your Own Narrative, a company focused on [00:01:00] personal and professional development. He also serves as the vice president of Change for Haitian Youth through his book.

Colette Brown: The seven major life lessons to build your own narrative, he shares transformative insights drawn from his own life experience. The inspiring Guillory, Brutus joins us today. Thank you so much Guillory. Welcome. 

Guelory Brutus: Wow. What an amazing introduction. Thank you so much, Colette, for having me. 

Colette Brown: You're welcome. It's such an honor to have you.

We've met a couple of times in person, at different events and you're always inspiring. And then the last time that we met at a conference, you had a book in hand, which. I have right next to me today. Wow. That's 

Guelory Brutus: amazing. So 

Colette Brown: this is a, an amazing book and you have such a beautiful story. So I'd like to share some, some of that with the audience today.

But first I want you to take us back to childhood. [00:02:00] Where were you in the world and about what age will you provide us a memory that you have that may have shaped you into who you are today? 

Guelory Brutus: Absolutely. So I grew up in Haiti and I honestly got to experience life early on as a typical, young Haitian children child that was just wanting to follow his dreams.

But, at the age of five, I started to ask existential questions. Oh, wow. Yeah. Such as why am I here? What is my purpose? What is am I supposed to be doing in life? And I don't know where it came from to be honest, but, all I remember is that I would ask a lot of questions. I was very inquisitive, uh, even when I would be in school, uh, in just, I.

Asking my parents and older folks, I would tend to hang out a lot of people that were older than me. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. [00:03:00] And I just remember just having this kind of sense of, purpose. Even though I was young, I didn't know what it was, but it was that initial search and asking these existential questions that really led me to then eventually when I went to school.

You know, just typically learning how to play soccer, that's a big sport in the country that we grew up in, and that was always one of my dreams. I wanted to become a soccer player. I was like, yes, I'm gonna be the next fellow. But that did not happen. But so fast forward to middle school, I started picking on different things.

And in particular, actually, I started being more interested in history and geography and learning about different aspects of the world and how function and civilizations and even learning about natural [00:04:00] disasters, right? Mm-hmm. 

Colette Brown: Right, right. 

Guelory Brutus: And so, one of the biggest stories that have shaped my own narrative happened on a particular day back in 2012, 2010, I'm sorry, in January 12 in Haiti, where that day we were learning about natural disasters, such as earthquakes, tsunamis, you name it, everything in which you can think of.

And so. Yeah. As a very young child, it was very strange for me, even though we were learning about these things, what had happened at that time, it felt so much of a distance. Mm-hmm. You know, any of those things happening in our country where, especially a tsunami or an earthquake, you just couldn't even fathom that.

That particular day, my life would change forever because I experienced a tragic earthquake that took place in Haiti [00:05:00] and it was something in which that completely transformed my life. And man, I just remember coming home from school and just having to be on the road and, um, around four 30. Our vehicle that was transporting us to a house that was gonna be the next kid that was gonna be dropped home.

Right? Literally before we got home, our car got into an accident. One in which, had created this big commotion because it delayed my arrival time to my house. Now, typically in Haiti, whenever these things happen, the drivers get into it and it. Don't always inquire them to have the police involved, but however, sometimes what it does, it really pushes them to just have multiple conversations back and forth and they'll exchange contacts for the party at fault to [00:06:00] be responsible so that they can, take care of the incident that took place.

When that happened, what really took place was that I ended up having to be sent back into the front because they were afraid, just in case if something did happen again, they didn't want me to get hurt 'cause I was gonna be the next kid to be dropped and out of nowhere.

I hear. But you were 

Colette Brown: this, wait, this was, how old were you by the way when all this was happening? 

Guelory Brutus: I was 13 years old. 13 I. 

Colette Brown: And the earthquake had not happened yet when you were in the car? 

Guelory Brutus: No, this, this is all during that same timeframe. 

Colette Brown: Okay. 

Guelory Brutus: This is all during that same timeframe. And so the reason why I shared that part of the story is because had I got to just simply got outta school when and gonna be dropped, I was gonna be that kid that was gonna drop home and had I dropped home.

My house was collapsed. 

Colette Brown: Wow. [00:07:00] And so I was 

Guelory Brutus: gonna be inside my house. 

Colette Brown: Wow. 

Guelory Brutus: And so anyway, it just created the big effect because it delayed my arrival and it was a 30 minute gap that was gonna be really saving me in some instance. Um, and I just felt like it was my first big encounter with God in some ways because mm-hmm.

What it did for me is I realized as it was happening, there was a building right next to us that was really, ladies just fall down. I'm watching the building falling, and it went back to his place and it, it's something you see out of a movie. You can't even really fathom what's happening in the moment.

All you see is just buildings. Coming ready to fall and you seeing people and just seeing the world, just getting into chaos. Um, 

Colette Brown: was there anyone in your home at the time? 

Guelory Brutus: Yes, my mom, she had just came from actually a surgery, um, a week prior. Oh. And I don't [00:08:00] think, honestly, if you asked me then if she would've been able to make it, I would've told you no, there's no way.

Because I thought she passed, um, rightfully because it just felt as if. There was not something she was gonna be able to survive, and we did have somebody else who unfortunately was living with us too, that did end up passing only because. My mom was gonna have her be the one to go grab something outside, but she was like, I'm just gonna rest a little bit.

And while resting on the process, my mom was the one that got, uh, to escape this tragic incident. Wow. And she ended up staying at the house, so, wow. Uh, yeah, it was a crazy experience and it just made me realize there was something bigger and there was that experience that then impacted me to think, okay, maybe I do have a purpose here, and that purpose is gonna help other people moving forward.[00:09:00] 

Colette Brown: Well, it's, it's so interesting you say it because I believe that every day there are things that happen for a reason, even if we don't understand them, like. Getting stuck in traffic or you know, somebody what, whatever it can be. 

Guelory Brutus: Mm-hmm. 

Colette Brown: Where before we, you know, could get upset. But if you look at it in a big picture and think everything's happening, for me it's this is the way it's meant to be.

Of course we can control certain things, right? Right. But when these things happen real time and you say, wow, if I would've been dropped off when I was supposed to, I would've been inside that house too. That's in your face right there saying. Gallery, you, you have a purpose here. You're, you're not, your time is not yet.

Guelory Brutus: Right. Absolutely. And it's something in which I had to also adapt later on in life because as some of the [00:10:00] people we follow, such as the likes of Tony Robbins, ed Ette, you name it, um, you know, Tony talks a lot about having to understand that things happen for you and not to you. Mm-hmm. Gentleman named Peter Sage really accept the four levels of consciousness and which he dives in a lot more when it comes to that.

And so when you shift your mindset as well, where you're not falling victim behind the things that happen in your life, instead of understanding that it all is happens for you, it kind of allows you to really shape your mindset and framework with regards to. How you can navigate the rest of your day, the rest of your week, your life, and just kind of take it a little bit easier, right?

Mm-hmm. Just like being stuck in traffic mm-hmm. Is delaying you from having to be at a place where, God forbid something could have happened and you and I wouldn't be having this conversation today. [00:11:00] 

Colette Brown: There there's, there's so many, there's so many layers there. So what happened after that? So you're 13, you don't have a home anymore.

Where did, where did you go? 

Guelory Brutus: Yeah, so, uh, well the night of I, we slept in on, in front of a church, um, just on top of rocks, just because we had nowhere to go. There was I. No shelter yet. So then we looked for places and families that we knew around the area that we could possibly connect with them, but at the same time, no one's taking that risk to go inside of a house just because 

it's not safe. So what really ended up happening is I spent about a month. Um, in front of a hospital field and where tents were being provided for us seeking shelter. People in the neighborhood, everybody. And fortunately, um, afterwards got [00:12:00] contacts with more family members and other people where we were able to find shelter through a nonprofit.

UNICEF at the time was the biggest nonprofit that was serving the country, uh, just like the Red Cross. And so, uh, one of my family members was working for them and we had a place to stay. Uh, we had a tent, a bigger tent because they had an orphanage where they were accepting people, uh, outside than just the orphanage.

Children, uh, orphans or, uh, just children staying at the, at the orphanages at the time. And, uh, fast forward to a year later, uh, what that did do as well, it just helped a little bit, as much as it was a. Curse itself a blessing in disguise too, because it did allow my father to be able to apply for a residency for me so that I can get an opportunity to be here in the US and seek a better life, just [00:13:00] because at that point we were just escaping from our reality from what it was.

Colette Brown: So your father at the time was in the States and your mother was still in Haiti, 

Guelory Brutus: correct? Correct. Okay. 

Colette Brown: And so when he applied for you, was she able to come as well? 

Guelory Brutus: Not right away. Okay. Uh, it took some time just because the process was a bit longer. 

Colette Brown: Mm-hmm. 

Guelory Brutus: eventually a couple years later she did end up, uh, getting to be here as well.

Colette Brown: Amazing. So tell us about that transition for you. I. 

Guelory Brutus: Man. Well, that, that was quite a ride, quite a transition because I spoke no English right? Wow. So my English was just very poor. Even though we learned English in the country, we just knew how to write and conjugate certain verbs. And so my ability to really formulate sentences, uh, we're not quite there.

And through ESL classes watching television, anime. And just would pick it up. And so I [00:14:00] would try to just blend in. I remember, um. I would meet up with some friends and we'd just either look for playing video games or soccer or just staying after school. Just so like you could form a social club, right?

Mm-hmm. Um, but I just had this stick accent and I just remember being so shy. Yeah. Um, just trying to learn, you know, and get myself accustomed to the culture and. Fast forward from ESL. By senior year I was in AP English. I was just pushing myself, like pick up the language. 

Colette Brown: Wow. 

Guelory Brutus: yeah, a couple years later from ESLI ended up, um, getting into AP English by my senior year in high school.

Colette Brown: That's amazing. You, you put in the hours and the time and the effort and um, and exceeded. So, okay. So I want you to take us, because I [00:15:00] do know a little bit more about your story and mm-hmm. A very sensitive, vulnerable part of when I think that mind of yours was still contemplating what, what's my purpose?

Why am I here? And you had some pretty dark thoughts. Take us to that time in your life. 

Guelory Brutus: Yeah. Um, so, you know, getting to the language was just the first step, right? And so a lot of the times, um, especially for immigrants, um, or people from immigrant background or families, you really learning to not just find your purpose, you're trying to carry on this whole notion of, um, doing.

Something bigger than yourself for the sake of your family and those of your loved ones, just because once you've got an opportunity to be here, [00:16:00] now it's this expectation. There's huge expectations, some in which that you put in yourself, but others in which that are placed by you, by your environment in society.

So, mm. The biggest thing for me afterwards was to get into college. And typically in a Haitian household, you learn how to adapt, but you also given instructions that you gotta either become an engineer to become deemed successful, a doctor or a lawyer. That's just what it is. Right. Okay. And so I share that beforehand because it's important regards to the path and the career that I was going and.

I ended up going to the University of Connecticut to earn my bachelor's degree and I was looking to get into a computer science, um, pathway as far as becoming a software engineer because I thought that was gonna be the next step to really, I. Having to meet those standards and expectations to becoming successful.

Granted, I love technology and I still do, [00:17:00] even though, you know, we have a love and hate relationship with it. However, 

Colette Brown: yes, 

Guelory Brutus: we know it, it, it does what it needs to and helps us further in society. So for me. I really was passionate about the idea that having to go that route was gonna be the way in which I was gonna become successful and make my parents and my family proud.

And what I've discovered along the way, I didn't quite enjoy that path as far as programming or really being able to fully get into the school of engineering as well, because my, I. Gapped with regards to the language was still being developed, especially now by my third year I was already in college.

And however, also just learning about what they did. And I remember just at the most [00:18:00] pivotal time in my life where, uh, I wasn't on campus, um, one this very night. And at that point in time, um, I was just struggling to find myself. I just didn't know what I was doing. And I, every typical college student, even though you have your major, but sometimes they're still uncertainties.

And I was just wondering, what am I supposed to be doing? Because at that time, my grades were slipping, my grades were slipping away. I couldn't fully get myself immersed into the school of engineering anymore. And I just was wondering. What am I supposed to be doing? Thinking about all these expectations and people that are counting on me, and yet here I was struggling and the thoughts started to come, the dark thoughts falling under depression and wondering that maybe I don't really have a purpose, maybe I don't really have this innate, um.

[00:19:00] Desire to really do something bigger than myself because I couldn't find that path within software engineering. And I just remembered calling my mom one very night telling her that I was playing at social my major. Um, and what she didn't know at the time, it was really, I just wanted to hear her voice because I wasn't a really dark place and I just was feeling as if I no longer could hold on the burden of staying alive because I didn't think there was a way out of it.

Mm-hmm. I was already. Getting to a space where my grades were slipping so bad that the school was thinking of kicking me out, and that's just trying to get into the program and being able to follow on that path. Because I felt at that time, not only am I not meeting the expectations, but I'm not meeting the standards, but I also couldn't [00:20:00] find the fulfillment that I was seeking within the career that I was longing for.

And so. By my mom picking up the phone. It really just redirected my thoughts because had she not picked up the phone, that was probably gonna be another pivotal moment where I don't think I would be able to be sharing the story because wow, it really was God's intervention that allowed her to pick up that phone for me to be able to find a sense of purpose again, knowing that I had.

People like my mother who cared about me even though she didn't understand, she was just telling me pray because I'm telling her I'm trying to switch my major. But what I'm really, um, having to convey to her is that I'm doing this because I no longer feel as if I'm worthy and I wanted to just take away my life.

So, but, um. That [00:21:00] moment changed everything because I realized I did have a, a bigger purpose. I think I just survived the earthquake just to survive the earthquake and having to just decide on the career path and in the major wasn't the, in all be all, and computing may not have been it for me. However, I just.

Ended up re-figuring out that I had an opportunity to rewrite my own story. I started seeking personal development. I started listening to guys like Eric Thomas, Tony Robbins, and fully allowing myself to think more of and to follow on the path that was bigger than me. And so that really gave me another sense of direction.

Um, why. Ended up graduating and got my bachelor's degree in economics. Even though I switched my major, I was still being stubborn prior to that. Um, [00:22:00] just trying to meet the parents' expectations. 

Colette Brown: Yeah. 

Guelory Brutus: However, it just gave me another sense because. Uh, a few years later I started going to these conferences, like the ones that we met at, and just start seeing other people that were able to share their stories and help other people in so many ways because I just really wanted to help people.

Um, that was always the thing. At the end of the day, I just wanted to be able to help people to do something bigger than themselves, just because I felt that sense of calling upon me. And, um, thankfully I was able to find that. Once I've nurtured these thoughts and um, was able to seek help and got people who also helped me, um, find an opportunity that would make a bigger difference on me later on.

Colette Brown: Yeah. It's important to position yourself around people that inspire you, uh, like your mother for you. [00:23:00] Mm-hmm. Um, she pulled you up out of a dark spot and then it goes beyond our family. Where our friendships, our relationships, they need to be healthy. And if they're not, we do need to create a little space there and find those people that do inspire us.

Especially if you're an entrepreneur. Uh, it's, it's really a lonely place to be. Um, so building that community and people around you is really important. I wanna jump to your book. It's called The Seven Major Life Lessons To Build Your Own Narrative and, um. I'm not gonna spoil anything, but I do wanna jump 'cause every chapter is a lesson and pours his heart into the book.

And the last, the last one is never, ever, ever give up. And I think that that lesson is just in, in your message is hammered home. Don't give up. And I think, you know, in light of mental health [00:24:00] awareness and everything going on that. Know that you're not alone, that there's resources and there's people that you can reach out to, professionals, friends, family that will pull you along.

But the message of never, ever, ever give up is, is so inspirational. So, um, do you wanna elaborate a little bit on that? 

Guelory Brutus: Yeah, absolutely. And it's, it's an interesting, um. You know, lesson that I had to learn as of that experience itself, because the foundation of it all for me, once I went through there, I didn't have to figure out how am I gonna graduate school, because afterwards I didn't end up getting kicked out and it.

Left a big impact on me mentally because now at that point I no longer was able to meet the standards yet, even though I was still trying to [00:25:00] figure myself out. Um, but mentally I was really going through that season and I think a lot of times, especially in the. Immigrant household or Haitian household.

You know, when it comes to mental health, nobody talks about it. It's a taboo topic. And I mean, for most people, even still today, even if you just, you know, getting to put yourself in a position where, uh, you have access to the resources, certain people, it's just such a taboo where you don't really talk about these things.

But what I've discovered is. It is so significant to highlight the importance of it, even just to get access to these resources. There are professionals, people available, and other aspects of just having to invest in yourself, right? And some people, even if it may not necessarily be having to get direct.

Help through therapy, but they might be able to find [00:26:00] ways where they can put themselves in better environments and having this community in which that's gonna help them to really be able to, um, transcend into someone that they were not, I. Before, and I think that's one of those things that I really ended up finding once I had started to invest in my personal development, personal growth, because it also forced me to face those challenges head on and face those traumatic experiences just as much because then I started to find my own voice.

And invested to things like speaker school that you and I spoke at several stages, uh, and where we also got a chance to share, um, different stories. And so what I've discovered is a lot of the things that most people are seeking and or looking for, it's already inside of them. Mm-hmm. They don't know it.

Right. Sometimes we feel as if the path [00:27:00] has to be a certain way. We have this direction and we have this goal. 'cause ultimately the goal was to be successful or in whatever capacity that meant and defining what success meant for me is something in which I had to rewire as far as whether or not it was gonna become a software engineer.

But what I've discovered it. Something else at that point, which was to graduate college and from beyond having the career path that I was gonna find, fulfillment in which for me to make a difference in other people's lives. And that gave me the inspiration to not give up because I just knew it was bigger than me.

Mm-hmm. Even though I had to reroute which path I would take, because then at that point I felt I was defining. My own narrative. I was really building that because each year that I spent in school was a life lesson that I was learning. I ended up spending [00:28:00] seven years to get a bachelor's degree where most people spent about four years on average.

Mm-hmm. Now granted, there's been times and places where even after I then started to be more into the business world and. Those lessons repeated themselves. And so I was given a framework. Uh, I always joke with people and sometimes I say, well, I received a doctorate degree in life. 

Colette Brown: And that's great and I think it's a good transition to, um, your seven week program because you're trying to help people exactly what you're saying, like navigate that.

So tell us a little bit about that program. 

Guelory Brutus: Yeah, so ultimately what that is, is a. Um, a seven week dedicated to help people find more clarity, and also getting them to be able to use the stories that are already within themselves, um, that's gonna [00:29:00] help define that narrative that they want to have. So, as building a.

Career and the life that's gonna really find more fulfillment for them. Their, 

Colette Brown: their own PhDs, 

Guelory Brutus: their own, their own PhDs, right? Yeah. And so it's a accelerated course version of that. And so I'm spending seven years to learn it. I'm gonna be spending seven weeks with the person, the individuals, to really help guide them from that blueprint, from that framework that I was able to define for myself, were.

They don't have to repeat the same things that I did, but rather learn from my mistakes and be able to use that to create something in which that their own, that they know that they can use to be able to have that blueprint. And so that's pretty much what they consists of. Um, it's a weekly. 90 minute session.

And it's really also an opportunity for peer-to-peer coaching as it is [00:30:00] going to be, uh, a lot of other like-minded individuals that are already established or, or just getting started to be able to receive from feedback from one another as well. So it's not just me speaking or teaching, but I'll also get an opportunity for them to present on topics they specialize in.

Colette Brown: Amazing. And what is the start date of that program? 

Guelory Brutus: So we're actually kicking it off in the next week. 

Colette Brown: Sign up fast. 

Guelory Brutus: Yeah, we're signing up fast. So right now I have already about, uh, five people signed up. Uh, it is a cohort where I'm looking to get about just 15 people.

Uh, really wanted to create an intimate space for those in which that we're gonna do that. Um. And so the official date is May 19th? May 19th. 19th. 

Colette Brown: Correct. Okay. All right. Perfect. And tell us about your book tour that you're on right now. 

Guelory Brutus: Yes. Uh, this has been something I. [00:31:00] Man, I've been dreaming about, uh, ever since I, the idea of writing a book came into my head.

I always thought about while I was going on tour to talk about it and really share this message. And so it's funny that you say that because I just came back from Rome, Italy. I was in the Vatican City on tour with the book. 

Colette Brown: So amazing. 

Guelory Brutus: Absolutely amazing. Um, I. Unplanned. However, we took part of the conclave with the announcement of the new Pope, 

And so I was at St. Peters Square when that was happening. And so I got to, um, bring the book to that and talk to a few people and really spread that message. And so, uh, we're gonna be going from city to city, from coast to coast, and. Country to country as well. So, coming back from Italy, actually today, uh, I have a, my next stop is gonna be in Fairfield, [00:32:00] Connecticut, where I will be, um, sharing more about the book, the story, the program, and really be able to, um, share that message with people.

Colette Brown: Amazing gallery, you're so inspiring. Um, one of the questions that I ask all of my guests. Um, at the end is if this was your last message to broadcast out to the world, what would it be? 

Guelory Brutus: Ooh. Wow. So. Today, mark, exactly. Three years ago when I first gave my first keynote speech ever, the very first conference I spoke at, and it was called at the time, the seven major steps to build your own narrative.

And from that really birthed to. Beginning of me being able to write this book and one thing in which I can take away from that. It's such a full circle moment for me, especially [00:33:00] because thinking about if this was my very last. Broadcast to the world. What I would really encourage people is everything that you need is already inside of you to be able to do what you need to do.

I was fortunate and blessed enough to discover that for me, once I made investments in myself so that I could write my own narrative and I believe. Every single one of you has a story worth sharing with the hall to be able to leave an impact, a legacy that you can be proud of. And so allow yourself to take ownership of your story by begin today.

Start writing a. Everything down today, even if it's just the vision or the idea of what you want to accomplish, just start. Don't wait for the perfect time because had I waited for the perfect time, I would've never [00:34:00] gotten myself on that key, on that stage to deliver my first keynote while I was sweating, let alone to now be writing my first book.

Going on tour. So that's my message with the world is begin today. Everything is that you have inside of you, uh, is preparing you for what you want to accomplish. 

Colette Brown: I love that. Thank you so much, Guillory. And how do people reach you? 

Guelory Brutus: Yes. Best way to contact me is directly on my social media. Uh, it's just Guillory, G-U-E-L-O-R-Y or my, um, website.

You can find me@ww.build on narrative.com or simply contact me directly. Um, oh, I have all my information there listed my social media platforms. Uh, bill John narrative is also. So on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, uh, you can reach out to me directly and I'd be more than happy to connect with you.

Colette Brown: Beautiful. All right, Gil, thank you so much, um, for being [00:35:00] a guest, for sharing your story, for showing up for yourself so that you can show up for others to inspire them to build their own narratives too. So I really appreciate you and all that you're doing. 

Guelory Brutus: Thank you so much, Colette. I appreciate you.

Thank you for giving the platform and the opportunity to talk about the book and everything else that's happening and I'm grateful for you and can't wait to see you as well. Blossom and building your own narrative. 

Colette Brown: Thank you. I appreciate it. 

Guelory Brutus: Absolutely. And 

Colette Brown: everyone, if this inspired you, please share it with a friend and until next time, be well.