What do you do when life burns everything to the ground?

You keep climbing.

In this inspiring episode of The Story of Us, Jeff Ellison sits down with musician, author, entrepreneur, husband, and father Ben Barbic for a conversation about resilience, purpose, and the quiet decision to keep moving forward—even when life refuses to go according to plan.

Ben's story begins with profound loss. As a young boy, his family's home and business were destroyed by a devastating California wildfire, leaving them to rebuild their lives from a donated trailer in the mountains. Later came addiction, poor choices, setbacks, and another heartbreaking loss when his recording studio flooded.

But through every season of struggle, Ben discovered something that would become the foundation of both his music and h ...