Erin Renzas’s debut memoir is a takedown of the fairytale we’ve been sold about success, identity, and self-worth—and an unflinching look at what it means to come home to yourself in the aftermath.

Set in a boxing gym in Amsterdam, the book opens in the wreckage of a life that looked perfect on paper: the title, the career, the curated world built for approval. Through the slow unraveling of dissociation and perfectionism, Erin begins to confront the cost of performing a life that no longer fits—and the quiet erasure of self that can hide behind high achievement.

Told through the strategy of the ring and the intelligence of the body, the story uses boxing not as metaphor, but as practice. It explores how we move under pressure, how we absorb impact, and how we begin to fight differently—with clarity, alignment, and intention.

At the intersection of burnout, body dysmorphia, hustle culture, and the performance of empowerment, this is a story about breaking the script and building something real in its place.