THAt’s not my name
How to rebel against the words that are ruining your life
That’s Not My Name by Jeremy Williamson invites readers to consider the false names spoken over them in childhood, exploring how those names come to shape their lives, and how through honesty, grief, and slow, holy risk, they can come home to the name God spoke over them before the foundation of the world.
Release Date: November 5, 2026
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We all answer to names we were never meant to carry. They were spoken over us in childhood by the wounded people we trusted. We’ve been surviving them for decades without even knowing what they are. That's Not My Name walks into that story with accessible language, candor, and a refusal to rush the reader toward relief.
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Jeremy helps us find words for our story, sits with us in the wound the way real healing requires, and only then walks us home — from the prison of our false name, through grief in the wilderness, to a seat at the Father's table that has always been ours to inhabit. Built on story rather than technique, Jeremy is honest about how slowly the work actually goes, and designed the reader-journey to be undertaken with trusted brothers or a counselor, not just a book one reads.
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How words and wounds shape identity
Why the voices of parents and authority figures carry such enormous weight
The difference between believing a lie and living under a false name
Why shame causes us to hide, perform, control, and withdraw
How unresolved wounds travel through generations
Why self-improvement alone often fails to create lasting freedom
How false names affect marriage, friendship, fatherhood, and faith
What it means to rebel against a name that was never yours
How to begin recognizing the voice that named you first
“Some books inform you, this one confronts you. That's Not My Name doesn't just diagnose the wound; it dares you to stop living under a hidden identity. Your real name is waiting, the time is now to go find it.”
-Mark Batterson, NYT BEST SELLING AUTHOR OF THE CIRCLE MAKER
PRAISE FOR THAT’S NOT MY NAME
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Chris Bruno, Founder of Restory Counseling, Co-Founder of Restoration Project, author of Sage: A Man's Guide Into His Second Passage
“This is the book I’ve been waiting for. That’s Not My Name offers a brilliant, compassionate, and radical path to the recovery of your most true name. Jeremy is a trustworthy rebel, a man whom I have entrusted my own story, and I invite you to join him in what could be your most important and holy work.”
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Tracy Johnson, Storywork team leader at ReSTORY Counseling, founder of Red tent living, co-founder of Sacred interruption
In That’s Not My Name, Jeremy Williamson offers us a beautifully written invitation to recognize the ways we have settled for something so much smaller than God’s intention for us. His insights are keen and compelling, but the real richness of the book lies in the vulnerability with which he walks us through his own story and how we came to know his true name. This book offers you the pathway to remember yours.”
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Alan Briggs, leadership coach at h2 Leadership, author of AntiBurnout
"Jeremy communicates to men with a unique frequency that is equal parts compassion and challenge. If you're ready to move past tame self help advice and stop hiding in your shadows pick up this book.”
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Drew Boa, Founder of Husband Material Ministries, author of Outgrow porn & Redeemed sexuality
“Underneath surface-level struggles, there is always a deeper story. That's Not My Name demonstrates how to understand and process your story with courageous honesty, kindness, and skill. Jeremy Williamson is a trustworthy guide. The stories he tells in this book are both heart-rending and heart-mending. If you take the redemptive risk to dive in, you will release old roles that no longer serve you and emerge with an empowering sense of who you truly are."
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Andrew J. Bauman, Author of safe church & Stumbling towards wholeness
"That's Not My Name is a beautifully written, deeply healing invitation to shed the false identities we've inherited and embrace the truest story of who we are.”
About The Author
Meet JEREMY
Jeremy Williamson has spent more than twenty-five years walking with men and women through the hardest and most honest parts of their stories. As a Storywork Coach at ReStory Counseling and the Director of Church Partnerships at Restoration Project, his work has brought him into conversations around identity, shame, childhood wounds, spiritual formation, and the generational impact of unresolved pain.
Jeremy is a storyteller and communicator willing to go into uncomfortable places with honesty and hope, grounded in the belief that the names we've carried do not have to define the lives we live.
Your seat at the table was never conditional
The names spoken over you may have shaped your story. They may explain the ways you've hidden, performed, fought, or run. They may have followed you for decades.
But they do not get the final word.
It's time to discover the name beneath the wounds. It's time to come home. It’s time to take your seat at the table.
LAUNCH DATE: NOVEMBER 5, 2026