In our conversation this week with Karen, she shares with intimacy, vulnerability and, yes, humor about what she describes as her “crucible life” – the early death of her mother, her brother’s suicide and the cancer that took her husband in 2017 — two months before their 20th anniversary. From the ashes of those tragedies,…

This week, Warwick talks with Bill Brown – his Harvard Business School classmate in the ‘80s — who describes how he was approaching the pinnacle of his business career, as a finalist in Toro’s search for a new CEO, when a medical diagnosis derailed his plans: he had Parkinson’s. But he has refused to let…

In our first episode of 2023, we’re joined by guest co-host Lexi Godlewski, who interviews the host of Beyond the Crucible, Warwick Fairfax. His face and voice you know, but the deeper parts of his story you may not! Warwick shares new insights, lessons and perspectives on how he moved beyond his crucible and created…

The holiday season, according to the songs that celebrate it, is supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year. It’s when all is calm and all is bright and we join with friends and family to fa-la-la-la-la our way to the new year. But what if we just don’t feel that way? In…

The lessons our guests taught us in our series GAINING FROM LOSS form a stepladder to get you out of the pit of despair after a devastating crucible.

This week, we talk with Marisa Renee Lee, a former official in the Obama White House and a regular contributor to Glamour, Vogue and The Atlantic. She discusses at length the struggles she endured after her mother was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, then battled and succumbed to breast cancer when Marisa was just 25 years…

Rabbi Steve Leder has officiated more than 1,000 funeral services, but the realization that he would die himself didn’t truly hit him until his dad passed away. That revelation has led him to find the beauty in what remains — to live his life with nobler, more intentional purpose.

It is fair to ask what gain Kayla Stoecklein experienced from the loss of her husband, Andrew, to suicide in 2018. What good could possibly come from where she found herself after such a devastating tragedy? What beauty could be birthed from those terrible ashes? In our conversation with Kayla this week, she answers all…