When life strips away your title, reputation, or direction, who are you underneath?
Garrett J. Wilkes, the founder of Suits & Scars, believes that the answer to this question is the most important journey a person can take—especially after hitting rock bottom. His coaching practice isn’t about bouncing back. It’s about building something entirely new, deeply rooted, and unshakably honest.
Through tailored recovery coaching and thought-provoking storytelling, Wilkes has redefined what it means to rebuild after personal, professional, or public collapse.
Redefining Strength: Not How You Appear, But Who You Become
Garrett teaches that most people confuse resilience with performance. They keep going, pretending they’re fine, trying to outwork their pain. But Wilkes encourages a different route:
“True strength is when you stop performing and start transforming.”
This philosophy is the backbone of his work at Suits & Scars, where high achievers are guided through the messy but essential process of identity reclamation—reconnecting with who they are beyond the fall, beyond the suit, beyond the mask.
Advice for Those Who Feel Like They’ve Lost Themselves
Garrett often speaks directly to people who feel like their life no longer reflects who they are:
- The executive forced out quietly, reputation bruised.
- The entrepreneur who lost everything and doesn’t know what comes next.
- The parent or partner who sacrificed their own identity for someone else’s.
To them, he offers this advice:
“Stop looking for your old life. It’s not your home anymore. Your scars are the blueprint for your new foundation. Start there.”
On his YouTube channel, Garrett shares more of these raw, strategic reflections—speaking from the trenches of transformation, not from theory.
A Written Space for the Unspoken
Garrett’s WordPress blog is a deeper layer of his work—filled with vulnerable, resonant writings for those walking through shadow seasons. In his posts, he gives language to emotions we rarely voice: shame, loss of identity, quiet rage, and the hope that somehow rebuilding is still possible.
What You Can Do Right Now
If you’re in a place where the old tools no longer work and the old self no longer fits, Garrett encourages you to stop forcing clarity. Instead:
- Name your fall. Don’t sugarcoat it.
- Identify the lie. What false belief are you still living by?
- Own your scar. Not as weakness—but as proof of transformation.
- Build again—differently. Let your next life be rooted in who you really are, not who others expect you to be.
Final Thought:
Your story isn’t over just because it’s broken.
It might be the first honest chapter of who you really are.
Let Garrett J. Wilkes show you how to write it—on your terms.