How Running Changed My Life - From Drug Addict To Running Across The Sahara | Charlie Engle

In this episode, we will be joined by Charlie Engle, a renowned endurance athlete, author, and addiction recovery advocate. Charlie will share with us how his love for running helped him overcome addiction and gave him a new lease on life.

Key Points: • Charlie chose to commit to running and attending AA meetings as a way to save his life, and he did both every day for three straight years. • Running saved Charlie's life and gave him purpose, leading to him running across deserts and jungles and becoming the Senior Producer of the hit TV show Extreme Makeover Home Edition. • Coaches can use wearable data to gently guide addicts towards better physical health • Wearables offer a nonjudgmental accountability tool that combats isolation and loneliness • Reinforce the lesson of giving away your gifts and skills. • Charlie emphasizes the importance of sharing struggles and successes with the world • He believes in attraction rather than promotion when it comes to mentoring and learning from others Best Quotes: 09:14 - 09:25 • "I committed my, I didn't say I was gonna do it for three years. I just committed to one day at a time doing these two things and seeing how that would change my life." 16:36 - 16:45 • "When you put yourself in the right setting, your ideas can even be crazy, but if you have the right people around you, they can help you execute 'em." 25:05 - 25:11 • "The older we get, the harder some of the things that you used to do with ease become totally just." 31:17 - 31:25 • "It's an accountability tool. I don't care if they do the meditation or not, but I, I have told them that I see them." 34:49 - 34:56 • "I know that if I had one or two glasses of wine, what it does to my recovery the next day." 42:47 - 42:53 • "We are the only country on the planet that incarcerates and I mean incarcerates for a long time." 51:32 • "While I was locked up, I had this other idea, another bad idea, basically, that I wanted to take the metaphor...That I would become the first person to ever go from the lowest place on the planet,