What are you carrying right now that most people cannot see?

In this solo PTBYB Live, I explore a simple but powerful question that has become increasingly important throughout my own journey of navigating more than 50 years of chronic pain and resilience.

Together we explore:

• Why acknowledging what we’re carrying can be deeply encouraging

• How putting words to our experience helps us reconnect with ourselves

• Why understanding is often the first form of encouragement

• The hidden loneliness that can accompany pain, Grief, Stress, pressure, and adversity

• How recognizing what we’re carrying can help us discover the resilience we’re already practicing

• Why encouragement, hope, and resilience often multiply when shared

• How the Three Steps of Resilience (Tune In → Plan → Be Your Best) appear naturally in everyday life

Throughout this conversation, I invite you to consider:

What are you carrying right now that most people cannot see?

Because sometimes the simple act of naming what we’re carrying becomes the first step toward understanding, encouragement, healing, and hope.

PLAN TO BE YOUR BEST® helps people reconnect with what remains true, recognize the resilience they are already practicing, and find a way forward when life demands more.

For people carrying more than most people can see.

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Rick Cram Rick Cram — Plan To Be Your Best

Rick Cram is the creator and author of Plan To Be Your Best …As You Navigate Pain© and a Resilience Coach who helps you become the most resilient person you know. He lives by his guiding truth: “The level of pain must be matched by the level of intentionality.”

With a background as a communications expert and trained caregiver, Rick’s own journey—from a life-altering football injury, seven surgeries on his left knee, and decades of pain—taught him that resilience isn’t just surviving; it’s transforming. His signature method moves beyond mere endurance. Through three actionable steps—Tune In, Plan, and Be Your Best—integrated across the Eight Paths of Intentionality, Rick guides individuals and groups to turn pain into direction, build sustained resilience, reclaim energy, and live with purpose.

Whether you’re navigating personal hardship or leading through organizational stress, Rick’s whole-person, intentional approach equips you with proven strategies and skills—and emerge more confident, empowered, and resilient than ever.

Rick has a passion for the ocean, Cape Cod, fishing, music and working out with his Total Gym (which he immediately bought after Chuck Norris invited him to workout together.