You Were Not Broken—You Were Being Built | Misty Carson

The Thought Atlas Podcast · Aug 10, 2026 · 22m

What if the experiences you thought put you behind actually gave you capabilities that others had to learn much later?

Today’s guest is Misty Carson, CEO of the Unbreakable Advantage Institute, host of the Unbreakable Advantage podcast, and a business development executive whose work explores leadership, resilience, and high performance.

Misty grew up in poverty, experienced abuse, became pregnant at 16, and was emancipated at 16. For years, she believed those circumstances had left her behind. Eventually, she began looking at her past differently—not as something that disqualified her, but…