He Almost Lost His Life… Now He’s Helping Others Find Theirs

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This week’s episode of 'Good Things with Brent Lindeque' is honest, raw and filled with hope.

I got to sit down with Joe Fleming… a man whose journey across South Africa has been anything but ordinary, and whose purpose today is rooted in helping others find their way back to themselves.

Joe is the founder of Recharge, a men’s mental health walking community creating space for connection, conversation and healing across South Africa. He’s also the storyteller behind Here in South Africa and the owner of Bonafide Moto Co, hosting off-road motorcycle adventures since 2016. A US military veteran, Joe served in Iraq before stepping into corporate life back in the States… but love brought him to South Africa more than a decade ago, a decision that completely reshaped how he sees life, purpose and where he belongs. Over the past 13 years, he’s travelled the country documenting its beauty, its people and its stories… but somewhere along the way, the story he was really learning to understand was his own.

Joe speaks openly about a time when he found himself in what he describes as a ā€œdark placeā€, a moment where everything felt overwhelming and the future felt impossibly far away. He shares how he reached a point where he tried to take his own life… and how, in that final moment, something intervened.

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25 Mar English South Africa Society & Culture · Daily News

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