A Masterclass On Honesty, Courage and Perseverance | Charlie Webster
Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais
Dr. Michael Gervais
4.6 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 29 March 2023
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
Broadcaster, journalist and endurance athlete Charlie Webster details her near death experience, her process of post-traumatic growth, and how it shaped her perspective on perseverance, mental health and the motivation to keep pushing forward.
Charlie is incredible, and her body of work is… extensive, to say the least. She was the first woman to host a televised Boxing World Heavyweight Title Fight, has hosted or produced at least seven different podcasts, created a TV documentary for BBC, has run 14 marathons and competed in 3 ironman triathlons – and that is just scratching the surface of her incredible life story.
In 2016, Charlie was put on life support and given 24 hours to live.
Charlie pushes the edges in everything she does. She understands deep pain, and how to work with it, which is one of the reasons I wanted to have her on. We dive right in to explore what drives her. What is she working towards? And how does she take care of herself amidst a life of constant “doing” and high achievement?
As you’ll hear in this conversation, Charlie is so much more than her accomplishments. Her honesty is striking, she’s navigated her life with incredible perseverance, and I think we all have something to learn from her journey of becoming.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm resilient because I've gone through this just to wake up each morning just to get through everything you've got through you need to be resilient if there's anybody out there that's gone through some kind of trauma doesn't feel resilient you are god damn resilient because you've got through each day sometimes it takes so much resilience to get through each day but to me I don't think that's what we should be teaching |
| 0:30.5 | Okay, welcome back or welcome to the Finding Mastery podcast. I'm your host Dr. Michael Jurvey by training a high performance psychologist and I am super excited to sit down with Charlie Webster for this week's conversation |
| 0:45.0 | Charlie is incredible |
| 0:47.0 | She understands deep pain and more importantly how to work with it and that's why I wanted to have her own |
| 0:54.5 | Professionally her work spans across broadcasting journalism and she's a writer of documentarian and endurance athlete her body of work is |
| 1:02.7 | extensive to say the least |
| 1:05.0 | She pushes on the edges in everything she does |
| 1:09.0 | 2016 she was put on life support and given 24 hours to live |
| 1:14.0 | We dive right into explore what drives her what is she working towards and how does she take care of herself amidst a life of constant doing and high achievement? |
| 1:24.5 | And I know that you can relate to that tension too |
| 1:27.7 | So as you'll hear in this conversation |
| 1:29.9 | Charlie is so much more than her accomplishments her honesty is striking and she's navigated her life with incredible perseverance |
| 1:38.6 | And I think we all have something to learn from her journey of becoming and if you're enjoying this podcast and haven't already |
| 1:46.1 | Just a quick reminder to hit the subscribe or follow button and to drop us a review wherever you're listening |
| 1:52.1 | It is the easiest and zero cost way to support the show. So with that let's jump right into this week's conversation with Charlie Webster |
| 2:01.2 | Okay, Charlie I need to read this to set the scene because of your history and your breath. So I want to get this piece right here |
| 2:08.9 | You are the first woman to host a televised boxing world heavyweight championship title fight |
| 2:14.9 | You have hosted and produced at at least seven different podcasts. You've created a TV documentary for BBC |
| 2:21.5 | You had a serious near death experience |
| 2:24.5 | It's like a Jack Jack Jack |
| 2:27.9 | You run you've run 14 marathons |
| 2:30.7 | I think I might have done 15 15 |
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