{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwe-are-still-here.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fyou-wont-be-broken-by-this-k0PEHMJc","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"You Won't Be Broken By This","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/25744a04-04ae-4b49-93fd-9a1148cedc4f/28aefb38-0990-4f24-ab8f-092afdea09bc/we_are_still_here_thumbnail.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"People ask us all the time,\n\n\"How do you do it?\"\n\nHow do you care for a 98-year-old parent with cognitive decline... build a business... stay connected in your marriage... love your family... and keep moving forward when life feels heavy?\n\nIn this episode, Bruce and Rene answer that question with complete honesty.\n\nThey talk about the reality of caregiving—the frustration, the guilt, the tenderness, and the moments that quietly break your heart. Bruce shares what it's like watching one of the smartest people he's ever known slowly lose pieces of herself. The repeated questions. The moments she knows something isn't right. The innocence on her face that gets him every single time.\n\nRene opens up about learning she doesn't have to carry every burden herself, and what it took to let go of the guilt of simply wanting time alone with her husband.\n\nBruce also shares a powerful vision that came to him in the sauna: seeing his mom as a young girl again, lacing up her skates before gliding across black ice. It's a picture that forever changed the way he sees this season.\n\nThe conversation also turns to trust.\n\nNot the church version.\n\nThe real, lived version.\n\nBruce shares a thought from his morning stacking that has stayed with him:\n\nTrust is reciprocal.\n\nIf God trusts you enough to place something difficult in your hands, maybe He's already seen something in you that you haven't seen yet.\n\nYou may not feel qualified today.\n\nBut you may be qualified by the time you walk through it.\n\nThis isn't a conversation about pretending hard things aren't hard.\n\nIt's about becoming the kind of person who can walk through them without losing yourself.\n\nIn this episode:\nWhy \"How do you do it?\" doesn't have a simple answer\nThe everyday moments of caregiving that carry the most weight\nBruce's unforgettable vision of his mother skating on black ice\nWhat \"trust is reciprocal\" really means\nWhy your daily disciplines prepare you for seasons you didn't choose\nBruce's three practices for navigating difficult seasons: honesty, opening the door, and remembering how far you've already come\n\nSometimes life doesn't get easier.\n\nSometimes you become stronger than what you're carrying.\n\nForged, Not Broken."}