What does spilled sherbet have to do with leadership?

More than you think.

In Episode 31 of Summit After the Storm, Bart Wilbanks shares a hilarious kitchen moment — when Amanda accidentally knocked an entire tub of sherbet onto the floor while scooping dessert for the boys.

Cue Queen’s “Another One Bites the Dust.”

It was funny. It was ordinary. And it revealed something deeper.

Because leadership isn’t first tested in boardrooms or on mountains.

It’s tested at home.

This episode explores:

• Emotional intelligence in marriage

• Leadership at home before leadership at work

• Stress response and emotional regulation

• Parenting and modeling steadiness

• Faith-based leadership in ordinary moments

• Handling small disruptions without escalation

• Proverbs 17:27 and being even-tempered

• Mount Kilimanjaro lessons applied to everyday life

• Personal growth and maturity in relationships

When internal margin is thin, small inconveniences feel big.

But growth looks like this:

No panic.
No blame.
No escalation.
Just steadiness.

“We all wait for life to get easier. It never does. We just learn to handle hard better.”

From mountain summits to kitchen floors, this episode challenges listeners to build emotional capacity in the quiet, unseen moments that shape legacy.

Because your family experiences your leadership before your team ever does.

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https://summitafterstorm.com

After surviving a near-death storm on Mount Kilimanjaro, leadership expert and author Bart Wilbanks discovered something unexpected:

The mountain wasn’t the hardest climb.

Divorce. spiritual drift. ego. success without fulfillment.
Those were the real storms.

Summit After the Storm is a leadership and personal growth podcast about rebuilding after collapse. Each episode explores resilience, faith, entrepreneurship, marriage, fatherhood, and purpose through the lens of extreme adversity.

Bart shares lessons forged on Africa’s highest peak and tested in boardrooms, business leadership, and real life.

If you are:
• Leading under pressure
• Rebuilding after failure
• Searching for purpose beyond success
• Navigating marriage, business, or faith in hard seasons

This podcast is for you.

Because storms do not destroy great leaders.

They reveal them.

New episodes weekly. Leadership. Resilience. Faith. Transformation.

Recovery is not the end of the story.

It’s the space between climbs.

In Episode 30 of Summit After the Storm, Bart Wilbanks explores what calm seasons are really for — and why leaders must prepare for the next ascent before it arrives.

Drawing from Mount Kilimanjaro and anchored in Isaiah 40:31, this episode reframes renewal as intentional rebuilding — not passive rest.

Featuring a powerful quote from Duke women’s basketball coach Kara Lawson:

“We all wait in life for things to get easier. It will never get easier. What happens is you handle hard better.”

The mountain doesn’t shrink.
The wind doesn’t weaken.
The climb doesn’t flatten.

You grow.

This episode speaks directly to leaders navigating:

• Leadership renewal and resilience

• Preparing for the next crisis

• Executive discipline between storms

• Faith-based leadership

• Emotional endurance and strength building

• Mount Kilimanjaro life lessons

• Handling hard better

If you’re in a calm season right now, don’t waste it.

Rebuild margin.
Restore relationships.
Sharpen discipline.
Renew your strength.

Because leadership isn’t about surviving one storm.

It’s about being ready for the next one.

🎙 Learn more at:
https://summitafterstorm.com