Earlier this year I decided to move myself and Jojo's to Denver, Colorado. Serendipitously, Denver is the birthplace of Jojo's Sriracha. It's the place where I finally decided to give a fuck about my body It's where I took refined sugar out of my diet for a month and completely transformed my life Denver is where I decided that I could eat better, live better and make a better sriracha Denver is also the place where I started my sacred yoga practice and did my yoga teacher training in at Vital Yoga just before I moved to New York.
That's where I learned about ayurveda and threw away all my conventional beauty products and started making my own so I could finally clear up the crappy skin I had since I was a teenager. It's also where I met the great love of my life and then moved 2, miles away. But I do know that I had opened my heart to the universe and asked her to show me the way to my greatest happiness.
And as per the typical workings of the universe - I got exactly what I asked for I got to meet the sweetest farmers , food producers and entrepreneurs. I got to take an idea and bring it to market. I got invited to swanky food events and even got filmed for The Cooking Channel!
I got to put jojo's sriracha in the highest quality specialty food stores I know of and collaborate on the coolest projects. I got a business that I was in love with and the drive to make it successful I also got to face myself and all the things that were hindering me from fulfilling my greatest potential. I got a really great therapist who helped me deal with the death of my mom at 15 and show me all the ways that I screwed up my intimate relationships because of that trauma.
I got to look at my wife's face when I told her I was unfaithful and that I was leaving. I got to move back in with my family for a year while I let the dust settle. I got to cry hard and learn how to hold myself. And I got to wake up one morning and decide that I could do what was truly in my heart. I had nothing left to lose. I've always felt like I have three homes: California where I grew up , New York where I went to undergrad and later moved back and started my business and Colorado where I went to grad school and decided to give a fuck.
