What I Learned From Dying | Josh Hardman | Episode 55

This episode of The Life Legacy Podcast features Josh Hardman, an entrepreneur whose life was dramatically changed after being diagnosed with a brain tumor that was ultimately identified as a grade-four glioblastoma.

Josh begins by describing his intense personality, entrepreneurial drive, athletic background, family, and lifelong tendency to become deeply absorbed in whatever he is pursuing. He then recounts the unusual health symptoms that preceded his diagnosis—including migraines, vision problems, cognitive lapses, vomiting, and worsening physical pain. Eventually, his wife Jennifer insisted that he receive a CT scan, which revealed a tumor roughly the size of a lime in the back of his brain.

The diagnosis forced Josh and his family to confront mortality in a very real way. He talks openly about telling his children that he had terminal cancer, the waves of grief that followed, and the importance of being honest with his kids rather than shielding them completely from what was happening. For Josh, the experience became an unexpected lesson in perspective: even enormous challenges can contain opportunities for growth.

A major portion of the episode explores Josh's spiritual journey. Before his diagnosis, he had already gone through a period of questioning his faith. He describes losing his testimony, asking difficult questions about God and Jesus Christ, and experiencing more than a year of what he describes as silence. Eventually, he experienced what he calls a spiritual awakening that fundamentally changed his understanding of God's relationship to humanity.

That spiritual awakening ultimately became intertwined with his experience during brain surgery. Josh describes what he considers a near-death experience: becoming aware in an infinite, formless space characterized by peace, love, and an absence of fear or scarcity. He describes experiencing himself as something beyond his normal physical identity and feeling as though everything was interconnected.

Josh says the experience reinforced his belief that God is not distant or separate from humanity. Instead, he came away believing that God is present within everyone and that people are expressions of God. He later summarized this idea as: if you want to see God, look into the eyes of a stranger.

The conversation then turns toward identity and self-worth. Josh explains that he has had to gradually let go of the things he once believed defined him—including entrepreneurship, technology, his career, physical ability, and ultimately even his body. He realized that these things are parts of him, but they aren't who he is.

The episode closes with Josh emphasizing love, connection, perspective, and the importance of asking big questions. His final message is deeply personal: people matter, they are seen and loved, and God is present with them through whatever they are experiencing.

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