About this episode

HARDY shares his journey of overcoming panic attacks and trauma after a life-threatening tour bus accident.

Real healing for real people. Onsite offers personal growth workshops and intensive therapeutic experiences just outside Nashville and San Diego. Learn more at experienceonsite.com . What does it actually take to stay human when the worldturns you into a commodity? And what happens when the panic attacks you've been outrunning finally catch up with you? HARDY is one of the most respected names on Music Row. With 18 number ones to his name, songs for Morgan Wallen, Florida Georgia Line, Blake Shelton, and Ella Langley, and his own albums, including Quit and Country! Country! , he's built something rare: a career that's loud and a character that's honest. But behind the stages and the chart success is a guy who survived a terrifying tour bus accident, quietly battled panic attacks, walked into an Onsite intensive and came out the other side with something most artists never find — a healthy relationship with all of it. In this conversation, HARDY opens up about the night his tour bus flipped on the interstate, what it was like to FaceTime his fiancée covered in blood right before getting in the ambulance, and how he spent a full year numbing his way through the aftermath before his…

People in this episode

Host: Miles Adcox

Guest: HARDY

Topics covered

• personal growth
• mental health
• fatherhood
• music industry
• overcoming trauma

Keywords

• HARDY
• panic attacks
• Onsite
• music career
• mental health
• fatherhood
• trauma recovery

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Onsite, Morgan Wallen, Florida Georgia Line, Blake Shelton, Ella Langley

Places: Nashville, San Diego

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