Hello everyone. Welcome to another episode of Hurtle. Today's episode is brought to you by my sponsor, Ultra Shoes. I am constantly, constantly getting questions about what the best sneakers are. And granted, that depends on a lot of things, especially what you're using them for. Now, I tried on my

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my name is Emily Abadi, you're a lovely host and creator of this year podcast. I am a

certified trainer, run coach, also a writer,

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at Emily Abadi. That's A-B-B-A-T-E. Now, a little bit about hurdle. Hurtle is a podcast

that showcases people who got to a tough time in their life, a hurdle of sorts, and leaned into wellness to get over it.

And that can look like a lot of things for a lot of different people. For today's guest restaurateur Michael Chernell, that meant trading evenings of debauchery. His words, not mine. For hours at the

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