There are moments in life when courage doesn’t look like the roar of a lion it looks like a whisper that says, not yet. In this week’s episode of The Courage Coalition, I sat down with Kristy Barkley, a woman whose story reminds us that sometimes the cracks in our lives are exactly where the light gets in. Once a high-powered sports executive for the Nashville Predators, Kristy’s life changed overnight when a series of concussions left her unable to work, care for herself, or even trust her o...
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There are moments in life when courage doesn’t look like the roar of a lion it looks like a whisper that says, not yet. In this week’s episode of The Courage Coalition, I sat down with Kristy Barkley, a woman whose story reminds us that sometimes the cracks in our lives are exactly where the light gets in. Once a high-powered sports executive for the Nashville Predators, Kristy’s life changed overnight when a series of concussions left her unable to work, care for herself, or even trust her o...
The Magic Mirror: How Style Helped Me See Myself with guest Jessica Papineau
The Courage Coalition
49 minutes
1 month ago
The Magic Mirror: How Style Helped Me See Myself with guest Jessica Papineau
There’s a quiet kind of courage in the way Jessica tells her story: a little girl in a house without electricity, pulling Salvation Army pieces from a closet and stepping into a “magic mirror.” Clothing wasn’t status—it was sanctuary. It was imagination when life felt unsafe. It was the first tool she used to see a future bigger than her circumstances. That muscle—imagination—became her superpower. And so did empathy. When you’ve known invisibility, you recognize it instantly in others: the w...
The Courage Coalition
There are moments in life when courage doesn’t look like the roar of a lion it looks like a whisper that says, not yet. In this week’s episode of The Courage Coalition, I sat down with Kristy Barkley, a woman whose story reminds us that sometimes the cracks in our lives are exactly where the light gets in. Once a high-powered sports executive for the Nashville Predators, Kristy’s life changed overnight when a series of concussions left her unable to work, care for herself, or even trust her o...
