Life doesn't always pause to ask if you're ready.

Over the last several months, the Sargent family has walked through one of those stretches where everything seems to shift at once — the loss of a mother-in-law, the loss of a beloved family pet, children moving in and back out again, and all the quiet grief and transition that comes with each of those things. The kind of season that doesn't make the highlight reel but absolutely shapes who you become.

In this episode, Darin gets honest about where he and his family have been — not to complain, not to perform, but because he believes someone listening right now is in their own version of a hard season and needs to know they're not alone.

This is a conversation about grief that doesn't resolve neatly. About transitions that cost more than you expected. About showing up for the people still in the room even when you're carrying something heavy. And about the truth that seasons are not interruptions to your life — they are your life. The question is never when this will end. The question is who you will be when it does.

You'll walk away with:

• A honest reframe of what grief is actually asking of you and your family
• Why transition seasons expose what you're really built on — and why that's a gift even when it doesn't feel like one
• The one decision that makes the difference in every hard season — and how to keep making it when it's hardest
• Why nothing you've walked through is wasted — and how your hardest seasons become your greatest credibility

If life has felt like a lot lately — this episode is for you.

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Links mentioned:
Ryan Franklin - It Is What It Is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03lcKRzXMTg&t=2248s
Battle the Beast: Defeating the Lions that Oppose Your Destiny https://amzn.to/3NXBLoc

In this episode we talk about creating those moments that matter with our children.

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