The Inside-Out

<p><strong>What if the voices in your head aren't a sign of madness but the key to understanding who you really are?</strong></p><p>For fifty-seven years John Michael has been having conversations with an invisible friend. At eight hiding under a school staircase he also created Alex Quentin - a confident alter ego who promised to handle everything the real him was too scared to face.</p><p>One voice whispered love and truth. The other shouted about achievement and proving worth through worldly success. Guess which one he chose to follow most often?</p><p>This brutally honest memoir traces a journey from a wounded six-year-old watching his parents drive away without him to a sixty-three-year-old finally learning the difference between unconditional love and performance-based living.</p><p>From boarding school beatings to business success from heart attacks to spiritual awakening from religious trauma to authentic faith. This is the story of a man who spent decades performing as someone else only to discover his invisible friend was real all along.</p><p>Written with unflinching honesty and surprising humour The Inside-Out is for soul-hungry misfits church-hurt believers and anyone exhausted from trying to earn love they already possess. It's for those who suspect they might have their own invisible friends - and wonder which voice they should be listening to.</p><p>Your story isn't over. Your invisible friend is real. And the conversation you've been avoiding might be the one that sets you free.</p>