Ep. 44: 5 straight-up lies we tell ourselves when we experience adversity

Adventures in Adversity: an inspirational podcast · Jun 23, 2025 · 9m · transcript

In this solo episode, I’m pulling back the curtain on the quiet lies we whisper to ourselves when life gets hard.

You know the ones...

“I should be over this by now.”

“Everyone else is handling it better.”

I’ve said them, too.

I talk about why pain isn’t weakness, why time alone doesn’t magically heal us, and how comparison steals our peace.

This is about getting honest, not performative.

It’s about taking our power back from the stories that keep us stuck.

Through my own experiences—and the lessons I’ve gathered from guests over the years—I’m sharing what I know to be true:

Healing has no…