# Getting Through What You’re Going Through with Tanner Olson

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Podcast: [Three Percent](https://stenobird.com/podcast/three-percent-7209360)
Published: 2026-03-16T06:00:00+00:00
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Join The Basement – https://threepercentco.com/membership Three Percent Website – https://threepercentco.com/ Follow Three Percent on IG: https://www.instagram.com/threepercent.co/ In this episode, Blake and Jamie sit down with poet, speaker, and author Tanner Olson for a conversation about suffering, hope, creativity, and the honest work of getting through difficult seasons. Tanner shares the heart behind his new book Getting Through What You’re Going Through, a collection of poems, essays, and reflections meant to be a hopeful companion for people navigating life’s hardest moments. Rather than offering easy answers or quick fixes, Tanner explores the power of naming pain honestly and sitting with others in their suffering. The conversation moves through humor, storytelling, and deeply personal moments—from Tanner’s health scare and the lifestyle changes it forced him to make, to the ways stress, pride, and striving can quietly shape our lives. Along the way, the group reflects on why empathy is often more powerful than advice, why information alone doesn’t lead to healing, and how poetry can give language to emotions people struggle to express. Tanner’s writing invites readers to slow down, acknowledge what they’re going through, and trust that hope can still exist in the middle of uncertainty. This episode is a reminder that sometimes the most meaningful thing we can offer each other is not a solution—but presence. Takeaways Poetry can help people name emotions they struggle to articulate. Sometimes the most helpful response to suffering is simply saying, “I hate this for you.” Healing rarely comes from information alone—it requires presence, processing, and time. Rest and lifestyle changes can be brave choices, even when they feel difficult. Creativity often grows…

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