Josh Stiles and The Runner’s Guide to Not Screwing Up Your Relationships
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On this episode, Josh Stiles returns for a thoughtful conversation about relationships, moderation, and spiritual life. Josh brings both his background in marriage and family therapy and his long experience as a natural runner and sandal maker to the table.
We discuss how obsession can damage relationships, why listening matters more than fixing, and how running can actually become a bridge to connection instead of a wedge.
Key topics
- Josh says the first step with any obsession is not to fix the other person, but to look inward, practice a “fearless and searching moral inventory,” and consider moderation.
- He explains that good therapy begins with listening, accurate empathy, and paraphrasing, not with immediate advice.
- Running, at its best, can be a relationship builder, especially when it creates space for conversation, shared effort, and mutual enjoyment.
- Josh describes how he and his wife have long used running as a shared activity, but only because both of them genuinely enjoy it and can keep it in balance with family life.
- Josh's desire to help people move more naturally.
- The importance of being a “spirit matter hybrid” and how nature, movement, and prayer all matter in a healthy life.
- The episode closes with a practical message: accept limitations, focus on your own growth, and let healthy leadership and self-awareness improve your relationships.
- “Lord keep me humble, but be gentle.”
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