Life will bring storms. Anxiety. Depression. Fear. Grief. And when you’re in the middle of it, it feels endless. You keep waiting for the “light at the end of the tunnel,” hoping that if you just hold on a little longer, things will magically get better. But what happens when the light doesn’t come? What happens when waiting becomes the very thing that’s keeping you stuck?

That’s the truth behind today’s episode of Through The Storm. This is the very first episode of the podcast, and I wanted to start with a message that has defined my own life: you don’t have to wait for the light… you can be the light.

In this opening episode, I share part of my own journey — leaving the Navy, searching for peace in Mexico, only to find myself drowning in anxiety, then returning home to a silence that felt even heavier than the chaos I left behind. I talk about how I spent months waiting for that “light at the end of the tunnel,” convinced that someday it would appear and carry me out of the storm I was in. But what I learned is that waiting wasn’t saving me — it was breaking me.

Instead, I found strength in action. Not because I had it all figured out. Not because I felt fearless. But because I made the decision to move forward anyway. I packed my pain, I packed my panic, and I started driving. And in the process, I discovered something that I believe applies to all of us: storms don’t last forever, but the strength we build walking through them does.

In less than ten minutes, you’ll hear:

• Why waiting for the light at the end of the tunnel can keep you stuck.
• The truth about being misunderstood during your hardest seasons.
• How my personal struggles with anxiety, isolation, and depression shaped my perspective.
• Why affirmations only work when they’re grounded in truth, not empty promises.
• A simple challenge you can take this week to move forward, even in the middle of your storm.

This isn’t about pretending life is perfect. It’s about learning to rise, refocus, and rebuild while it feels impossible. It’s about facing your storms honestly — and realizing that you are capable of more than you think.

🎧 Listen now to Episode 1: You Don’t Have to Wait for the Light — and if it resonates with you, subscribe so you don’t miss next week’s episode. Share it with someone you know who might be going through a storm of their own. Sometimes a single message can remind them they’re not alone.

Because storms will come. But they don’t define you. And they don’t last forever. What lasts is the strength you find in yourself as you walk through the storm.