Episode 10: Focus Your Inner Bitch. Mary Bratton — A Life Well Traveled (Before Jim)

In this deeply personal episode, Jim Bratton sits down with his wife Mary on the occasion of their 45th wedding anniversary to explore the remarkable life she lived before they ever met. From cross-country road trips in unairconditioned cars, to sleeping under tarps in Yosemite, to solo corporate travel across the U.S. and abroad, Mary shares how curiosity, discipline, and determination shaped her independence. This episode is a candid, funny, and reflective conversation about travel, work, risk-taking, and what it means to intentionally live a full life—long before settling down.