No More Pretending. It's Time to Act on What's Real

Free Inside

by Aaron B. Kershaw

About The Book

Break the Mental Chains. Regulate Your System. Walk in Peace—Wherever You Are.

You don’t need the gate to open to get free.

Free Inside is Book 10 in the Built from the Inside series—a trauma-informed, SEL-based guide to nervous system regulation, emotional recovery, and reclaiming inner peace. This book is for anyone who has survived high-alert living, chronic stress, incarceration, violence, or addiction—and wants to stop reacting from pain and start responding with clarity.

You’ve done the mindset work. You’ve unpacked your story.
Now it’s time to reset your body.
Because if your nervous system doesn’t feel safe, your choices won’t either.

This book is about teaching your body what peace feels like—so you can build a life that makes room for it.

Inside, you’ll:

Learn how trauma rewires your nervous system

Understand fight, flight, freeze, and fawn patterns—and how to break them

Use grounding and breathwork tools to regulate in real time

Create space between reaction and response

Design your Personal Peace Code—a blueprint for calm under pressure

Each chapter includes:

Raw stories from lived experience

3 practical lessons backed by science and soul

A case study of someone who found peace in chaos

Tools like the Regulation Reset, Body Check Chart, and Peace Anchor Practice

A Capstone Project: Your Daily Grounding Plan

Free Inside isn’t about ignoring struggle.
It’s about choosing freedom—right now, right here, in how you think, breathe, move, and lead.

You may still be in a storm.
But you don’t have to let the storm live in you.

The BrightPath Academy

I’m a Marine veteran, author, and the founder of BrightPath Academy and BuildingBlocs Literacy. I create tools for real-life transformation—books, courses, and curriculum for people rebuilding from the inside out. If you're ready to grow, heal, and lead yourself forward, I’ve got your back.

Aaron B. Kershaw is the founder of BrightPath Academy and BuildingBlocs Literacy, two education platforms built to deliver practical transformation through social-emotional learning, financial literacy, leadership, and reentry training. His programs are used in correctional facilities, schools, churches, and community centers across the country. A U.S. Marine Corps veteran and lifelong mentor, Aaron writes for people who weren’t handed a perfect start—and are ready to build something better anyway. From the Built from the Inside SEL series to financial education workbooks and youth development guides, his voice stays honest, grounded, and rooted in lived experience. Aaron’s mission is clear: To help people take back the pen and write their next chapter—stronger, smarter, and more self-led than the last. Through his books, courses, and nonprofit initiatives, Aaron empowers individuals and institutions to do more than survive their circumstances—he helps them build from them.

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