This episode is about an inspiring, heartfelt and miraculous story of Zach Skow, the founder of Marley's Mutts and Pawsitive Change Program. Zach shares his battle with addiction, a life-threatening diagnosis, his process through recovery, and how he is now living in purpose and service for saving dogs and people.

At a young age Zach Skow struggled with self-love and acceptance, leading him down a dark path of drug and alcohol abuse. He hit rock bottom and was diagnosed with end-stage liver disease. With three months left to live, but six months of sobriety required to qualify for a transplant, it appeared to be a death sentence. But somehow he was able to find solace in his dogs, and pushed through. He got better, and afterward started Marley's Mutts – a non-profit organization that rescues, rehabilitates, trains and re-homes death row dogs from Kern County's high-kill animal shelters, which he still runs to this day.

In this episode:

• Zach drives deep into how his love for his dogs and their unwavering acceptance of him pulled him through the darkness and brought him back to life
• Finding strength during suicidal thoughts
• How connecting with a power greater than himself has helped him through adversities
• How he has been able to rebuild his life through sobriety and the service of others
• Why Marley's Mutts is not only an animal shelter, but is a positive force for change in the community
• How the Pawsitive Change Prison Program works to take rescue dogs into local prisons to train with inmates and give both a second chance and much more

I hope you will be inspired, moved, and liberated by the impact and courage Zach shares with us today.

* Please help support Marley's Mutts by purchasing the children's Christmas book, 'Chance The Blue-Nosed Reindeer'. A portion of the profits will be supporting Marley's Mutts https://amzn.to/3EQMLts

For full show notes and episode resources head to https://ericalippy.com/zach-skow/

Find our guest at:

https://www.marleysmutts.org/

https://www.instagram.com/zachskow/

https://www.instagram.com/marleysmutts/

https://www.instagram.com/pawsitivechangeprogram/

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