The Trainer
Why I do this
Tyson — Founder & Trainer
Not long ago, I was the person this website is written for. After a few years of ups and downs, I hit my lowest stretch — wasting away in my bedroom, hours disappearing into my phone, stuck in pornography and habits I hated, talking to myself in a voice I'd never let anyone use on someone I love. And underneath all of it was a loneliness I couldn't say out loud. I was at the bottom, surrounded by people who had no idea, and I didn't know how to ask anyone to come find me. I looked functional from the outside. Inside, I was drifting.
Then it hit me plainly: this is not who God intended me to be. He gave me a gift for teaching and helping people grow — and I was burying it in a dark room. So I rebuilt, one unglamorous step at a time. I set alarms and got up early, when nothing was going on, so "no time" stopped being an excuse. I deleted social media for a season. I started my days with the Bible and a workout instead of trying to squeeze them in after I was already spent. I found a church family and a men's group. And most of all — I stopped fighting alone. I had someone checking in on me, someone doing the hard things alongside me. That changed everything, because nobody walks the narrow road by themselves.
That's why Through the Narrow Gate exists. I had to grow before I could reach my arms out — and now I'm reaching, especially for the ones where I was: at the bottom, feeling alone in a full room, sure that nobody would understand. I understand. I'm not standing at the finish line waving at you; I'm on the road a few steps ahead, and I know exactly how heavy the first steps feel — and how much lighter they get when someone takes them with you. If that's you, you don't need another app or another plan you'll abandon. You need someone in your corner who won't let you disappear. That's what I'm here to be.