Near Death Experience Brings True Purpose [Part 1]

00:00 Introduction and Background

03:00 Growing Up in Turmoil

11:41 The Impact of Divorce

20:10 Moving Forward and Making Choices

28:11 Negative Coping Mechanisms

37:48 Recognizing the Need for Change

42:09 Learning from Others' Mistakes

43:37 Making a Decision for Change

45:03 Using Distractions to Cover Up Pain

45:29 The Turning Point: A Near-Death Experience

Off the Wire (00:10)

Welcome back to another episode of Off the Wire. And I have the privilege of having my coach, Kill Mode, Dan Long, on this podcast. And I am privileged because Dan has invested a ton in me as a friend, as a mentor, as a coach, to be able to make my life better, to be able to do the things, the dreams that I have and the things I've been trying to execute on in my own life.

And as you know, in this podcast, Off the Wire, I'm trying to link together both what we believe about God and the life of faith, and then how that applies to our life so that it's not just, hey, I believe in God, but it has nothing to do with the here and now in our physical bodies. And a lot of times we can differentiate between what we do in our physical bodies from what we do in our spiritual lives. But what we're gonna be talking about today with Dan, because he has been a fitness entrepreneur over 20 years, is that right, Dan? I mean, how long have you been doing it? Well, I've been really dedicated. First of all, thank you so much for having me on here, Matt. I am very blessed and for everybody listening, please, if we give you some value today, give Matt some love back to this podcast because that's what this is really all about. It's about you, it's about us spending time, sharing time, and literally dumping the value into you guys that we possibly can give you because God gave us our gifts and it's our choice and it's our job to actually open those gifts and share them with the world. And that's what our goal is today. And so thank you so much for having me today, Matt. I mean, I am literally blessed to be on this podcast with you today and I am blessed to share time. And so getting into personal training and not only that, but just health and fitness. I mean, I've been, I have been dedicated to the health and fitness space since the age of 20 years old. So everybody knows I'm now 50.

And so I've been doing this for a little over 30 years. Now, as far as dedicated and full time, like literally changing people's lives and impacting people globally, yeah, it's been a good 20 years, but putting it in a business realm, it's been since 2009. Like 2009 is really when I went all in and realized that health and fitness is my 100% passion. Not only do...

I love helping people like yourself and other people in the world that I've been blessed to be able to be a part of your lives. It's also something for me to be able to share these gifts that God gave me because I've gone through a lot of turmoil. There's been a lot of things that have gotten me to this point. It didn't just happen. It was something that, you know, everybody's like, well, how do I find my passion? You know, how do I really hone in on what I should be doing and what God thinks I should be doing? And, you know, this is all, honestly, I believe in God's messengers.

And so, you know, I believe people come to you and they tell you what you're really great at. They tell you what you should be doing more of, and you should be

paying attention to that. And mine just happened to be health and fitness. One of those things was that coaching was another thing because I love people. I'm a people person. If you've ever met me, I may look intimidating from a distance, but once you talk to me, you'll realize that I'm a good dude. I really do care.

and I'm here for you, you know, and if I have anything that I can help lift you up and or give you any positivity or give you any type of a blueprint that can help you get to whe