Welcome back to the 9th episode of the Hard Thing Podcast. In this Episode, I talk with Barnes Lewis, a friend of mine who has recently gone through some emotional hardening, and some emotional breaking. Barnes is an avid runner and has used running to help recover from a low point in his life. In this episode, Barnes shares with us his journey but severe mental anxiety, to completing a half marathon. In today’s conversation, we talk about how Barnes underwent a relationship roller-coaster, overdosed on Nyquil, symbolically and literally found himself stuck in the mud, and finally used running to climb the hill and reach the top. It’s a great conversation because it deals a lot with psychological stability and how each of us need to learn how to cope with struggles and how we should learn to get on by reaching out and talking with people. In the show we also introduce our new show sponsor, Audible. They are a premiere audiobook platform that offers over 180,000 different titles you can listen to from your Iphone, Android or any other device. Audible is offering listeners of the The Hard Thing Podcast a free Audiobook and a free 30 day trial. To take advantage of this, go to audibletrial.com/thehardthingpodcast to get signed up today. ACTION ITEMS: 1. Find something you are passionate about 2. Learn new coping techniques 3. Strengthen Important relationships Thank you so much for listening to the podcast. I really appreciate it because I couldn’t keep this going without you. Let’s go back to the deal I made you earlier. Did you find value from listening to this episode? If yes then: 1. Share the podcast with one person who could really use it. 2. Reach out to me on Facebook and Instagram. Let me know how the podcast is going. 3. Leave a rating and a review. 4. Subscribe to the podcast so you don’t miss any episode. We are on Google Play, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. 5. Support the Podcast. Go to anchor.fm/thehardthing and donate to help us make better content. Again thanks so much for listening, and stay tuned to next week. Keep doing Hard Things, and Keep Overcoming Average. — Support this podcast: thehardthingpodcast.com