Still Standing with Brett Francis
Still Standing is a raw, honest podcast about surviving the things that were supposed to break you — and trying to build a life anyway.
Hosted by Brett Francis, this show explores chronic pain, disability, trauma, parenting, financial stress, self-criticism, recovery, identity, and the exhausting process of fighting systems that are supposed to help but often make life harder. It is about the messy middle: the days where you are not fully healed, not fully okay, but still here.
Through personal storytelling, reflection, and real conversations, Still Standing gives voice to the people who are tired, overwhelmed, rebuilding, grieving, advocating, and learning how to keep going without pretending it is easy.
This is not a polished “everything happens for a reason” kind of show. It is about resilience without toxic positivity, survival without shame, and the quiet strength it takes to keep standing when life keeps asking you to start over.
Still Standing is for anyone who has been through too much, carried too much, questioned themselves too much — and is still trying.
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Episodes
26 minutes ago
26 minutes ago
In the first episode of Still Standing, Brett Francis introduces the heart of the podcast: rebuilding a life when your body, energy, confidence, and capacity have changed, but the demands have not. This episode is for anyone living with chronic pain, disability, trauma recovery, exhaustion, parenting pressure, self-criticism, complicated processes, and the quiet grief of trying to keep going when life feels heavy.
This is not a perfect recovery story. It is a real-time rebuilding story.
Still healing. Still hurting. Still learning. Still standing.
Friday May 22, 2026
Friday May 22, 2026
Welcome to Still Standing, a podcast for anyone tired, overwhelmed, in pain, and still trying. Hosted by Brett Francis, this show explores disability, chronic pain, trauma recovery, parenting, education, work, relationships, self-criticism, and rebuilding life when your capacity has changed but the demands have not. Still healing. Still hurting. Still learning. Still standing.