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.
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