In today’s episode of The Karen Kenney Show, I’m wicked excited to be having a deep-dive, down-to-earth, heart-to-heart conversation with one of my bona-fide heroes Zach Skow. Zach is the Executive Director & Founder of “Marley's Mutts Dog Rescue” a non-profit organization that rescues, rehabilitates, trains and re-homes death row dogs from Kern County’s high-kill animal shelters. ​After a car accident, Zach struggled with alcoholism for years before he was diagnosed with end-stage liver disease in July 2008. He was given only 90-Days to live and needed to be sober for six months to qualify for a liver transplant - and during that time of sobriety, he said he felt scared, suicidal​ and struggled with self-love and acceptance​. ​But as Zach soon learned, "Dogs are Powerful Medicine" and ​during his transition period into sobriety, ​he established Marley’s Mutts Dog Rescue, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, to help “the throwaways” dogs with special needs and histories of abuse and neglect who land in animal shelters. Since then, ​Zach has 10 years of sobriety under his belt and ​as an organization ​Marley's Mutts has helped save ​&​ rescue over 5,000 dogs​!  He's​ also ​founded a program that I’m a huge believer in called ​"​Pawsitive ​C​hange​"​ ​that pairs death​-​row dogs ​with inmates in CA prisons ​-​ giving both ​humans & dogs a second chance ​at life and rehabilitation.  This episode is super near & dear to my heart - and Zach is a true testament to what it means to transform “Your Story to Your Glory”! I hope you’ll take the time to check it out. What you will learn on this episode: Zach Skow’s Programs (2:04) Zach’s Life Changing Story (5:32) Making the Connection to a Traumatic Past (10:10) Validating Myself (15:42) External Vibe Needs to Match the Internal (20:34) Rewarded for Our Brokenness (23:02) Unfair to Define Someone By Their Worst Mistake (25:40) Transactional Social Media Posts (28:35) Transforming Your Story to Your Glory (31:45) Suffering is a Fantastic Teacher (35:52) Combatting the Forces of Darkness (41:46) Approaching Life with Curiosity Instead of Judgement (46:21)   CONNECT WITH ZACH: ​Zach Skow ​Instagram​:​ https://www.instagram.com/zachskow/ Zach Skow​ ​Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zach.skow Zach Skow​ ​Twitter​:​ https://twitter.com/zachskow Marley’s Mutts Websit​e:​ https://www.marleysmutts.org/ Marley’s Mutts​ ​Instagram​:​ https://www.instagram.com/marleysmutts/ Marley’s Mutts Facebook https://www.facebook.com/MarleysMuttsDogRescue/ Marley’s Mutts Twitter​:​ https://twitter.com/mmdogrescue Pawsitive Change Instagram​:​ https://www.instagram.com/pawsitivechangeprogram/ Pawsitive Change Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pawsitivechangeprogram/   Karen Kenney is a writer, speaker, and the founder of Fearless Flow Mentoring.  She’s a certified Spiritual Mentor, has been a student & guide of A Course in Miracles for 26+ years and a longtime student of Passage Meditation. She’s also a Gateless Writing Teacher and has been a yoga teacher since 2001. KK grew up in Lawrence & Boston, MA and is known for her