Resilience and Grit is a weekly podcast for anyone who has navigated and endured hard things and is ready for a life with more ease, connection, and joy. Through real stories and inspiring conversations, the podcast explores how life’s hardest moments can lead to growth, healing and lasting happiness. If you’re ready to move beyond the endless life cycle of facing challenges head on and into a more meaningful life, this show is for you.
34. Guest Episode with Mary DuBois: From heartbreak, to growth, to happily ever after
What happens when love isn't enough--at least not yet?
In this heartfelt guest episode, my amazing niece (in law) Mary DuBois shares her remarkable journey of young love, heartbreak, self-discovery, and finding her way back to the man she would eventually marry (ahem, my amazing nephew, and podcast engineer, Francis) .
Through faith, resilience, and personal growth, Mary reminds us that sometimes we need to grow individually before we can truly flourish together.
A beautiful story of second chances, trusting God's timing, and finding joy even in life's messiest chapters.
Kathleen DuBois - https://resilience-and-grit.captivate.fm/
1 Oct 2026
33: Envision yourself as healed, then do the work
What if resilience isn’t just about getting through hard times, but actively participating in our own healing?
In this episode, I share an unexpected, recent conversation with the orthopedic doctor who treated my broken wrist last year after a hiking accident. His advice during my recovery was simple: do the work and envision yourself as healed.
Those words apply to so much more than a broken bone. Whatever difficult chapter we’re navigating, hope gives us a vision for what’s possible, but we still have to take the next step, do the work, and keep showing up.
And remember: slow progress is still progress.
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Episode 4 where I tell the story of my hiking accident and breaking my right wrist in multiple places: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/4-the-art-of-navigating-hard-things/id1868855299?i=1000748342045
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Kathleen DuBois https://resilience-and-grit.captivate.fm/
17 Sept 2026
32. Confront it to conquer it
“What you cannot confront, you can never conquer.”
That bit of wisdom from my neighbor Greg’s front-porch whiteboard stopped me in my tracks. Because resilience and grit aren’t about avoiding the hard stuff, they’re about having the courage to face it.
In this episode, I talk about why honest, clear communication is essential when navigating life’s challenges. No beating around the bush. No hiding. No going radio silent. We can be loving and direct at the same time.
Sometimes the path forward begins with simply facing it, naming it, talking about it--and taking the next right step.
Kathleen DuBois - https://resilience-and-grit.captivate.fm/
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