A Russian Adventure, During Wartime - Charlie Walker - #524

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Hello, friends, welcome back to the show. My guest today is Charlie Walker. He's an explorer, writer and public speaker. What happens when the Russian government catch you taking photos and writing articles shortly after a war breaks out? Very little that is good. Unfortunately, Charlie stumbled into precisely this situation, but thankfully he got out too, so he can tell us what happened. Expect to learn what it feels like to travel over 50,000 miles by bicycle, foot, horse, raft, ski and dugout canoe, how close Charlie came to spending his life in a Russian prison, how long a triathlon needs to be in order for it to take four months to complete, why distinctions between European and Asian people makes no sense to anyone on the border and much more. In other news, this episode is brought to you by the Six Minute Success Journal. If you are thinking that you need to spend the next few months focused on productivity, on planning your day, on making sure that the tasks you spend your time on are the ones you actually meant to spend your time on, the Six Minute Success Journal is a really simple three minutes in the morning, three minutes in the evening, daily journal that helps you to be less stressed and more productive by blending practice proven mindfulness exercises with productivity boosting strategies. This is not only a work planner but also a mindfulness planner and it has helped more than 200,000 people to achieve their goals, not only more consistently but also more calmly. It helps you to achieve the goals that actually fulfill your life instead of just filling your schedule. By reflecting on your needs and values, you figure out what you really want in life, you define meaningful goals, stop procrastinating and create the daily routine to achieve the life that you've always wanted. Also, you can get 15% of everything from your best self. In the UK, if you go to bit.ly slash diary wisdom and use the code MW15 at checkout and if you're in the US, search on Amazon for the 6-minute success journal or there is a link in the show notes below. Use the code 1-5-minutes at checkout. In other other news, this episode is brought to you by Optimal Carnivore. Organ meats are some of the most nutrient-dense foods on the planet. Our ancestors prized them so much for their vital properties that they prioritized eating them first. The founders of Optimal Carnivore understood the amazing benefits but found it difficult to source a variety of high-quality organ meat. They disliked the process of preparing them and trying to make them tasty, which anyone who has tried to cook liver is probably familiar with. So Optimal Carnivore started sourcing 100% grass-fed organ meats from New Zealand, freeze-drying the organs and encapsulating them into convenient bovine gelatin capsules. These products are 100% grass-fed and grass-finished and free of hormones, pesticides, antibiotics and GMOs. So if you have been thinking that you want to introduce more organ meats into your diet, you have maybe heard about some of the huge benefits that you can get from them, but you either don't have the time or the inclination or even the taste to be able to deal with eating it and cooking it. This is an awesome way to get all of the organ meats that you need, blending that high-quality New Zealand grass-fed grass-finished beef without actually having to cook it at home. Also, you can get 10% off everything site-wide if you go to amazon.com/optimalcarnivore and use the code Wisdom Save 10 at checkout. That's amazon.com/optimalcarnivore and in Wisdom Save 10, a checkout. And in final news, this episode is brought to you by Pure Sport CBD. If you are struggling to switch off and sleep on a nighttime, that unwind blend is an all-natural mix of CBD and ashwagandha, lavender and chamomile, crafted to help re-regulate your sleep cycle and help achieve good quality restorative sleep. The formulation is scientifically balanced to work with the neurotransmitters in your brain, which release chemicals responsible for sleep. You will fall asleep more easily on a nighttime, wake up feeling more rested and revitalized in the morning, and awake less throughout the night as well. You compare this with Pure Sport's Mushroom Mind and Body Supplement, which contains six medicinal mushrooms. So if you've been thinking, I want to introduce mushrooms into my daily supplement regime, but I don't know where to begin. I would rather not go picking them out in the fields nearby. And if I'm getting them online, I don't know which mushrooms to get and in which proportion to each other and what time to take them. Pure Sport's done all of the work for you. Also, you can get 20% of all full priced items if you go to bit.ly slash cbdwisdom, that's B-I-T dot L-Y slash cbdwisdom. And the code MW20 at checkout will get you 20% of everything site-wide and the ship internationally. But now, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Charlie Walker.