Craig Richards has spent his life on the wall.

A climber, speaker, and international musician, Craig grew up in Colorado with rock climbing woven into his family story. At eight years old, he climbed Devil’s Tower, the youngest ever to do so at the time. Years later, while training for El Capitan, he fell in the Black Canyon, shattered his leg, and had to help rescue himself from deep in the canyon with no cell service, no easy exit, and miles still to go.

In this conversation, Craig and Kyle talk about the lessons that come from a life shaped by risk, nature, music, pain, and presence. Craig shares what climbing taught him about fear, commitment, doubt, and taking the next action when the way forward feels impossible.

They also explore authenticity, grief, spirituality, performance, healing, and the difference between trying to fix someone’s pain and simply standing beside them.

This is a conversation about survival, but even more than that, it is about learning how to stay open, keep moving, and become more fully yourself.

Find Craig at the sites below:

Personal Page -- https://www.craigrichard.com/

Instagram -- https://www.instagram.com/craigrichardlive/

Topics include: rock climbing, Black Canyon, El Capitan, survival, fear, commitment, authenticity, grief, healing, music, spirituality, nature, and taking the next step.

Charles Hartford graduated from West Point, served as an airborne Ranger infantry officer, deployed five times, taught history at the West Point, and helped lead ground forces during the 2003 rescue of American POW Jessica Lynch.

But this conversation is not only about military service or a historic rescue mission.

It is about faith under pressure.

In this episode of More Than Capable, Charles Hartford reflects on the mentors who shaped him, the decision to serve, the weight carried by military families, and the night a joint special operations mission moved through enemy fire to reach Jessica Lynch in an Iraqi hospital.

This is a conversation about war, peace, marriage, service, grief, leadership, and the kind of faith that does not always remove the storm, but can steady a person inside it.

Topics include:
West Point, Army Rangers, Jessica Lynch rescue, faith under fire, military family life, combat leadership, prayer, grief, fatherhood, mentorship, service, and finding peace in the middle of pressure.

In this episode of More Than Capable, Kyle sits down with Brian Murray, CEO of Ryan Companies, to talk about depression, leadership, faith, treatment, and the courage it takes to open up.

Brian is not speaking about mental health from a distance. He has lived through severe depression, the fear of being seen as a failure, the isolation that can come with mental health struggles, and the long process of finding help that actually worked. In this conversation, Brian shares how therapy, faith, medication, honest relationships, and the decision to speak publicly about his story helped him move forward.

As CEO of Ryan Companies, Brian has also helped lead meaningful action around mental health in the workplace — including expanded counseling access, mental health safety training, Narcan on job sites and in offices, and a broader effort to reduce stigma in the construction industry.

This conversation is about more than awareness. It is about what happens when someone is willing to say the truth out loud: mental health is real, mental health is common, and mental health is treatable.

We also talk about the power of asking someone “How are you?” and actually staying present long enough to hear the answer.

Brian’s previous talks on mental health:

TEDx Talk

Quell Foundation Talk

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