Hardy: Life, Fatherhood, and Figuring It Out as You Go

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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 nervous system finally sent the bill. He reveals how a golf-course panic attack convinced him it was time to make the call for help, what happened when EMDR walked him back to a hospital bed he doesn't even remember, and why that infant version of him is the one he wept for the hardest. He also talks candidly about new fatherhood, the decision to cut from 90 tour dates down to 34, and why he'd rather be the “Mayor of Music Row” than the biggest name on it. In this conversation, you'll learn:How to Recognize When You're Medicating Trauma Instead of Processing ItHow EMDR Can Reach Pain You Don't Consciously RememberHow to Tell the Difference Between a Panic Attack and aHeart Attack (and Why Your Brain Can Convince You of Either)How Becoming a Parent Reverses Your Perspective on Your Own ParentsHow to Write a Letter to Start the Difficult Conv