Josh Basile joins the podcast this week. Josh is an advocate, lawyer, teacher, and mentor. Josh is amazingly grateful and he leverages gratitude in every part of his life. In this podcast, he talks through his traumatic injury at Bethany Beach and how he views life and interprets events that have happened to him.

In this episode we discuss what life was like growing up (4:50), what his mindset was like as a top athlete at Bullis and at Skidmore College (7:05), his memories as soon as the injury happened and how his mom helped him through the injury (11:10), his mindset during rehabilitation (17:00), his biggest transition after the injury and the mentor program he has created (18:20), what gets him from idea to action (24:30), how he views mindset in preparation vs performance (30:30), what he does in the moments that are not glamorous and moments that are special (36:40), what he does in his life to tap into the present (41:20), when gratitude entered his life and his visualization tactics (43:20), who has helped him on is journey and what lessons he has learned (49:10), and they close with what he sees himself doing in 10 years (51:10).

Thanks to Josh for coming on the podcast, and I encourage you to check out his non-profit at http://www.determined2heal.org/ or https://spinalpedia.com/ where they help newly injured families transition to a life with paralysis and give them the tools and mindsets they need to be successful and live a healthy and active lifestyle. You can also follow them on Twitter at @SPINALpedia, Facebook @SPINALpedia or his email is Josh.Basile@gmail.com.

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Thanks for listening.

--Brian

Josh Basile on the Power of Hope