16. Pressing Through Being Stuck

The Resilience and Grit Podcast · May 7, 2026 · 9m

Oof! This episode took me four hours to record. Not because it was long… but because I kept stopping. Starting. Stopping again. Distracting myself.

Chicken soup.

Gourmet marshmallows from a gift box my friend Amanda sent me.

A walk for fresh air.

And somewhere in all of that, I realized…

This is resilience and grit. Not the polished moments. Not when everything flows. But showing up again and again when it’s not working. Stuck. Coming back after you’ve avoided. Choosing done over perfect.

In this episode:

Why perfectionism keeps us stuck

What avoidance really looks like

How resilience happens…