GDL Steven Benedict

When I'm out on the track , I feel I get um the clearest , you know , and I get the most answers that I need when I'm asking questions , you know , so I find that to be kind of an outlet to also expel and exude the things that may be causing some tension and stuff . It's , it's an outlet for me , you know , and I think everybody , you know , has their own particular outlet , whether they go to walk or whether they're going to martial arts class or beating somebody up or something that you need an outlet to get it out . So is there like a common denominator you would share with others that are going through or might go through what you've gone through ?

GDL Steven Benedict

Yeah , running has become a cornerstone of , obviously , of who I am and what I do . But it's become a meditation piece for me as well . When I'm out on the track , I feel I get um the clearest , you know , and I get the most answers that I need when I'm asking questions , you know , so I find that to be kind of an outlet to also expel and exude the things that may be causing some tension and stuff .

GDL Steven Benedict

So is there like a common denominator you would share with others that are going through or might go through what you've gone through ? So like that you found out the meditation , uh I think , you know , one of the biggest things that I speak on , there's , there's two aspects that I've kind of had self revelation on is one is that our emotional aspects and our emotional language is a universal language . It doesn't matter what my story is , what your story is , or we can all relate to emotional pieces , whether it be loss , fear , abandonment , love , you know , those things correlate to everybody .

GDL Steven Benedict

And uh I just remember like my mom saying , I really hope this whole talking thing gets you somewhere because I would just talk all the time at the most inopportune times . Like , like running . Who does that ?

GDL Steven Benedict

Like , did you find like that you are more free to be you and to feel all your feelings ? Yeah , running has become a cornerstone of , obviously , of who I am and what I do . But it's become a meditation piece for me as well .