🏆 Scotty Boxa Wins Emotional Education Author of the Year 2025
Apparently Crying Into Your Laptop Pays Off
Turns out, all those nights rage-writing through existential dread were worth it.
I’ve officially been named Emotional Education Author of the Year 2025 in Corporate Vision’s Education & Training Awards.
Why? Because apparently swearing at life, making people laugh, and teaching people how to set boundaries without guilt actually counts as education.
About the Award (Minus the Boring Bits)
The Education & Training Awards celebrate people who are shaping the future of adult learning and emotional growth.
That usually means e-learning platforms, professional upskilling, and workforce training.
This year, it also meant me. A guy in a van writing books about burnout, boundaries, and why crying in the shower doesn’t make you weak.
Translation:
Real talk counts. Humor counts. Snacks count.
The Books Behind the Win
The award recognised the Waddle Forward series, books that mix blunt honesty, sarcasm, and survival strategies for anyone who’s tired of waiting for permission to build a life that fits.
Here’s the lineup that brought home the win:
✔ The Strong One Is Tired – For the ones carrying too much.
✔ Hold My Ducks – Because balance is overrated.
✔ What the Duck Am I Doing With My Life? – For when your brain is screaming “WTF.”
✔ Duck Yeah! – How to build a life you actually like.
✔ WADDLE FORWARD COLLECTION – How to build a life you actually like.
What This Win Really Means
This award isn’t about shiny trophies. It’s about making emotional education less about jargon and more about being human.
It means the messy honesty worked.
It means people laughed, cried, and maybe dropped a few ducks they didn’t need to carry.
It means late nights, rage typing, and snack binges were officially validated.
So yeah. Emotional Education Author of the Year 2025.
Apparently chaos, cussing, and cereal aisle meltdowns can change lives.
