Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Rise Together podcast. Dave here excited to have you

along for another conversation with a new friend, Akshay Nanavati. He's a man. Got an amazing

story of overcoming a whole host of things, but maybe more importantly, finding a way to

reframe suffering as something that can be forged toward, moved toward, you know, turned

and reframed into something that can be used for us. His story has a whole host of things

that I think listeners are going to relate to today. He's overcome drug addiction, PTSD

from fighting the war in Iraq with the Marines among the jobs that he had, walking in front

of vehicles to find bombs. A thing that I don't know that many of us can relate to, but

man, choosing to do that as a part of serving and supporting this country. Amazing. The aftermath

of service, depression and alcoholism that ultimately pushed him to the brink of suicide.

He since built a global business, he runs ultra-marathons written a book that is of all things

endorsed by the Dalai Lama and has conducted humanitarian work in post-conflict zones.

He has embraced all of the things that he has been through in so many beautiful ways

and has done so sometimes by doing things that frankly scare me. It's part of why I want

to talk to him spending seven days in darkness, silence and isolation, exploring some of

the most hostile environments on the planet from mountains to caves to polar ice caps. I'm

excited for you to hear from him in his own words, tell you what this journey of life

has meant for him and how he's turning it into good without further ado. Akshay Nanavati,

welcome to the Rise Together podcast.

Welcome to Rise Together. My name is Dave Hollis. I'm the host of this show where we're

going to hopefully have you feeling a little more normal in this, the human experience.

Maybe see yourself even in some of the stories that are told or have your appreciation of

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