Life knocks us down. Resilience is what gets us back up. When you are relentlessly resilient, it doesn't matter what life throws at you, you know you will be triumphant.
Life is going to give us ouches. Pain is part of life, but suffering is chosen.
Pain often makes others uncomfortable. They feel for us and want to take away the pain. Or it makes them uncomfortable so they do anything and everything to shift the conversation, or the focus on your pain to something else, because they can't stand in their discomfort.
Don't misunderstand me. We are all doing the best we can in this world and your intentions to try and take away someone's pain are coming from your goodness.
But in my case, what I wanted and needed was for someone to acknowledge the pain I experienced sucked and be willing to sit in the suck with me and let me feel all of the emotions that came forward.
Only then, could I access the tools I have to process pain. When we deny someone access to their pain, we are sending the message hurting is not okay.
We will all experience pain, but suffering is repeating the pain loop over and over again. The purpose of pain is to draw our attention to something - whether it's a blister or a broken heart. Acknowledge it. Feel it. Move through it.
When you experience an ouch, I hope you have people to sit n the suck with you. I am blessed to have people in my life who will.
Kathryn
9 Sept 2026
Things That Make Me Laugh Out Loud
I saw a Facebook Reel today that made me laugh out loud so hard I was thankful I wasn't drinking coffee. It would have come out of my nose. It is riddled with foul language, and talks about the frustration of dreams taking too long to manifest.
We've all been there, frustrated with life, recounting all the things we've done to make something happen and it doesn't. I don't do it often, but sometimes a well placed f-bomb is the perfect punctuation to release our pent up emotions. But the lyrics and the tune are both catchy.
The laughs they caused, were worth the assault on my delicate ears. I felt tension leave my body and I'm still smiling and humming the tune.
I hope something or someone today makes you laugh so hard if you were drinking coffee it would come out your nose.
Kathryn
4 Sept 2026
Practice, Do It, Let Go
There is a rhythm to accomplishment. You practice, do it, and let go of the outcome. Preparation is key to whatever it is that you want to do. We all know the heart palpitations and embarrassment of being unprepared.
Then you do it - give a presentation, make a cold call, or lead a meeting or endeavor.
Most of us, however, don't let go of the outcome. If what we do doesn't turn out the way we want, we call it a failure. It's not. It's feedback on what still needs refining.
This week is the countdown to my TEDx talk on first responders in St. George, Utah. I have prepared more for this than I have for anything in my life. I will stand before the video camera and give my talk. And then I'm going to let it go.
I don't know what will happen next, but whatever it is I prepared, I showed up, I did it and I'll let it go.
Once the talk is released I'll be sure to include the link so you can watch it.
Thanks for listening to the podcast. May we all continue to be relentlessly resilient.
Kathryn
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