How do you get through hard times when it feels like everything is falling apart? In this episode, I share three truths about the storms of life, and why the buffalo walks into the storm while the cows run from it.

I grew up in Oklahoma, where storm season meant countless nights taking cover in the shelter, the closet, or the bathroom. And this year has been one of the hardest of my life. Lately I've talked with a lot of people going through their own storms: emotional, mental, physical, financial. If that's you, this one's for you.

Three things to remember when you're in the storm:

Storms never last. Every storm passes. Even in the worst of it, the sun is still shining above the clouds, and it always rises again.
Prepare before the storm comes. You don't board up your windows on day one of the hurricane. During this year's floods, I saw one house sitting on dry, green grass in the middle of a flooded neighborhood, because they'd stacked four feet of sandbags before the water came. How you weather a storm depends on what you do today: the small daily habits that strengthen your body, your mind, and your spirit.
The only way out is through. There's an old story from the plains: cows run from a storm and end up caught in it longer, while buffalo head straight into it and come out the other side sooner. Avoiding the hard thing, whether it's an emotion or a conversation, doesn't make it go away. It just saves it for later.

You have made it through 100% of the storms you've faced. You will make it through this one too.

Chapters (approximate — verify against the final audio)

0:00 Intro

1:15 One of the hardest years of my life

2:45 #1: Storms never last

3:45 The sun is still there

4:25 #2: Prepare before the storm comes

5:40 The house with four feet of sandbags 7:10 #3: Go through it (cows vs. buffalo)

8:45 Things that are bottled up are saved for later

9:55 You've made it through 100% of your storms

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