What do you do when things get hard and quitting feels easier than continuing?

In this episode of Made Strong, I sit down with my friend Brandy to talk about overcoming challenges in real life, not in theory. We reflect on a shared experience hiking Camelback Mountain in Arizona and how that physical climb revealed deeper lessons about resilience, parenting, and staying present in discomfort.

Brandy shares what it was like hiking with her daughters, encouraging them to keep going when it would have been easier to stop. We connect those moments to the emotional challenges many of us are facing right now, including navigating friendships, hard conversations, and the temptation to avoid conflict instead of working through it.

This episode is about strength that is built quietly. On the mountain. In parenting. In relationships. In choosing to stay instead of walking away.

If you are halfway up something hard, this conversation is for you.

At the end of the episode, I invite listeners to share the challenges they are working through so we can continue the conversation in future episodes of Made Strong.