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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Corwin Knight grew up surrounded by sports, Boy Scouts, close friends, and a family that loved him deeply. He was the kid other parents trusted. The one they asked to watch over their sons when everyone left for college.

But in college, drinking changed everything.

What started as partying became blackouts, legal trouble, broken trust, isolation, and the slow loss of the person Corwin knew himself to be. Years later, after another night of drinking left him retracing his steps through a snowstorm, searching for his truck, wallet, phone, and keys, something finally broke open.

In this conversation, Corwin shares his story of alcohol addiction, recovery, family, solitude, working in a bar while sober, and what it means to become trustworthy again. His story is not about perfection. It is about choosing life, telling the truth, and becoming available again to the people who never stopped loving him.

This episode is for anyone who has wondered whether they can change, anyone who loves someone in addiction, and anyone trying to find their way back to themselves.

Topics include: alcohol addiction, sobriety, recovery, family relationships, trust, shame, working around alcohol, solitude, autism and overstimulation, friendship, faith, and becoming yourself again.