Hi. We're Jim and Alisha. We would love to tell you our story.
book is out now.
This is not the story we would have written for ourselves, but it is the story that God has been writing in our lives. It is a calling to be able to share it with others, especially those who might be facing the reality of the expectation gap.
words about the book.
“Our brains need stories of how others have flourished within their constraints so we might know our own hard stories can be ones of flourishing too. Jim poignantly offers himself and the valuable lessons he's learned to us as a reminder that often life's most difficult struggles can also be our most powerful assignments.”
-Jay & Katherine Wolf
Survivors, Advocates, Authors of Suffer Strong & Hope Heals
“As an academic physician, I felt angry tears on my face as I read about some of the treatment the author’s wife has endured. Jim Barnard’s wife suffers from a very rare form of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) that relentlessly attacks her intestines, making it virtually impossible for her to eat, yet she bravely endures her suffering with character and hope. With gut-wrenching honesty and vulnerability, Jim Barnard describes unimaginable suffering—both his and his wife’s—with tongue-in-cheek humor and wry wit. Not to gain sympathy but to challenge all of us, men especially, to admit the suffering in our lives and not try to ignore it. Jump in and read it for yourself and let the story of The suffering guy inspire you as it has inspired me.”
-John Charles Hill, DO, FAAFP, FACSM, FAOASM, FAMSSM
Author, All In: The true story of a physician living life on the edge