The Power of Self Brain Surgery

Not wanting to let down those who are counting on you is a feeling we all can relate. That's how Marcia Taylor felt after her husband died in a medical mishap, and she found herself in charge of the small trucking company he owned.Despite her early concerns about the challenges she was facing as a woman in a male-dominated business, she has built that company into a multifaceted industry leader worth nearly a billion dollars. She's done it, she says, by being guided by her faith and values and learning that if she tried something and failed, it would be OK, because she could bounce back and try again.To learn more about Marcia Taylor and her trucking company, visit www.bennettig.comTo explore Beyond the Crucible resources, including our free Trials-to-Triumphs Self-Assessment, visit www.beyondthecrucible.com.Enjoy the show? Leave a review on your favorite podcast app and leave a comment at our YouTube channel and be sure subscribe and tell your friends and family about us.Have a question or comment? Drop us a line at [email protected]

Finding Your Vision In The Joys of Your YouthLooking backward to move forward. That's the focus of this week's episode based on Warwick's latest blog. In that piece and in this discussion about it, we talk about the gains you can make toward discovering a life of significance from what you loved in your youth.It's not always a linear journey, but if we do some self-reflection and talk to friends and family who knew us when, it can lead to the most rewarding now we could ever imagine.To explore Beyond the Crucible resources, including our free Trials-to-Triumphs Self-Assessment, visit beyondthecrucible.com.Enjoy the show? Leave a review on your favorite podcast app and leave a comment at our YouTube channel. And be sure subscribe and tell your friends and family about us.Have a question or comment? Drop us a line at [email protected]

Transformed from Deep Addiction to Deep Faith: Stephen McWhirterAfter living in the desperate darkness of drug addiction, Stephen McWhirter 's life got turned around in ways no one — least of all him — saw coming. Today, he's an award-winning Christian music artist whose best-known song has been seen and heard by millions of people.How did the miraculous change happen? God grabbed him out of his addiction and healed him of it, turning him into someone who truly knows and loves Jesus, leads people in worship all over the world and has a happy, healthy family. And if God could do it for him, he says, he can do a similarly radical work in your life, too.To learn more about Stephen McWhirter, visit  www.worshipjesus.lifeTo explore Beyond the Crucible resources, including our free Trials-to-Triumphs Self-Assessment, visit www.beyondthecrucible.com.Enjoy the show? Leave a review on your favorite podcast app and leave a comment at our YouTube channel and be sure subscribe and tell your friends and family about us.Have a question or comment? Drop us a line at [email protected]

Dwight Eisenhower: Lessons on Character and Getting Great Egos to Work TogetherSelflessness. Duty. Integrity. Honesty. Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, supreme commander of the allied forces in World War II, leaned into all those character traits — and more — enroute to defeating Nazi Germany.He also listened well and cared more about his mission than his image, as we discuss this week in the third episode of our series within the show, MORE STORIES FROM THE BOOK CRUCIBLE LEADERSHIP. And he did it all while having to manage relationships with military men and political leaders who possessed big egos to match their prodigious professional skills.To explore Beyond the Crucible resources, including our free Trials-to-Triumphs Self-Assessment, visit beyondthecrucible.com.Enjoy the show? Leave a review on your favorite podcast app and leave a comment at our YouTube channel and be sure subscribe and tell your friends and family about us.Have a question or comment? Drop us a line at [email protected]

How She Turned Childhood Tragedy into Her Greatest Calling: Joy JohnsonOur guest this week, Joy Johnson, describes her first steps as a girl into the life of significance she would pursue after the death of her mother, who took her own life on Christmas night when Joy was 6 years old.Losing her mom was just the first devastating crucible she'd face. She has moved past her crucibles by leaning into her faith and dedicating herself to building a community of women she helps step out of constant self-sabotage, gain control of their lives and give themselves permission to live out the vision God has for them.To learn more about Joy Johnson, visit www.thejoyfulfitlife.comTo explore Beyond the Crucible resources, including our free Trials-to-Triumphs Self-Assessment, visit beyondthecrucible.com.Enjoy the show? Leave a review on your favorite podcast app and leave a comment at our YouTube channel and be sure subscribe and tell your friends and family about us.Have a question or comment? Drop us a line at [email protected]

Ten Big Truths We've Learned from 300 EpisodesOur episode today is a special one. It's our 300th -- and wait till you hear just how few podcasts reach that milestone. You'll likely be shocked.You'll also be inspired by what we discuss — 10 phrases that help you turn your trials into triumphs that were birthed from those 300 episodes. They form the key phrases Beyond the Crucible uses to help you move past your worst day and into your greatest opportunity.And you will not want to miss the surprise the entire podcast team has in store for Warwick to mark this occasion.So, put on your party hats — here we go!To see the episode featuring Ruza Markovic discussed in this episode, visit www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9YnZZxKARgTo see the episode featuring Stacey Copas, visit www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A7_W2XJXI8To see the episode featuring Mike and David Charbonnet, visit www.youtube.com/watch?v=93VmpxL_tJoEnjoy the show? Leave a review on your favorite podcast app and leave a comment at our YouTube channel. And be sure subscribe and tell your friends and family about us.

How Long Does Grief Really Last? Moving With It, Not On From It: J.S. ParkOur guest this week, J.S. Park, has devoted his life to helping people not turn away from grief, but lean into it — not to move on from it, but to move with it.In his more than a decade as a hospital chaplain who has attended hundreds of deaths, he works closely with the friends and family they leave behind to give them permission to grieve."It feels funny to say I permit you to," he explains, "but it's my job to let them know we can do this together, and it is possible to make it through."To learn more about J.S. Park, visit www.jspark3000.comTo explore Beyond the Crucible resources, including our free Trials-to-Triumphs Self-Assessment, visit beyondthecrucible.com.Enjoy the show? Leave a review on your favorite podcast app and leave a comment at our YouTube channel. And be sure subscribe and tell your friends and family about us.Have a question or comment? Drop us a line at [email protected]

Moses: Lessons in HumilityHow do we craft a vision that can lead to a life of significance? Harnessing humility is the first step, we discuss this week. And we do so by examining the life of Moses, one of the most important figures in the Bible.It's all part of this latest episode of our series within in the show, More Stories From the Book Crucible Leadership. Pay special attention to our discussion of what the Bible says about Moses' humility.To explore Beyond the Crucible resources, including our free Trials-to-Triumphs Self-Assessment, visit beyondthecrucible.com.Enjoy the show? Leave a review on your favorite podcast app and leave a comment at our YouTube channel. And be sure subscribe and tell your friends and family about us.Have a question or comment? Drop us a line at [email protected]

The Power of Self Brain SurgeryOur guest this week, brain surgeon Dr. Lee Warren, discuses the breakthrough he discovered in medical understanding he's dubbed "self brain surgery."This neuroscience-backed prescription boosts performance, connects science to faith and rewires your brain to overcome anything and flourish.o explore Beyond the Crucible resources, including our free Trials-to-Triumphs Self-Assessment, visit beyondthecrucible.com.Enjoy the show? Leave a review on your favorite podcast app and leave a comment at our YouTube channel. And be sure subscribe and tell your friends and family about us.Have a question or comment? Drop us a line at [email protected]

Choose Renewal Over Resolutions in 2026Renewal and restoration. Those are the things to focus on, not resolutions, as a new year begins. That's what we discuss this week as we dive into Warwick's latest blog at beyondthecrusible.comThe key to arriving at this more helpful destination to recharge our lives in 2026 involves such strategic actions as asking yourself if anything is holding you back, considering your beliefs and values and then — and only then — setting specific goals and objectives.That's what will fuel your journey to a life of significance.To explore Beyond the Crucible resources, including our free Trials-to-Triumphs Self-Assessment, visit beyondthecrucible.com.Enjoy the show? Leave a review on your favorite podcast app and leave a comment at our YouTube channel. And be sure subscribe and tell your friends and family about us.Have a question or comment? Drop us a line at [email protected]