s1/e25 Running & Mental Health with Lauren Sheu (@running.for.wellness)
Mental health = physical health! In this episode I sat down with Coach Lauren Sheu (@running.for.welllness), runner and mental health advocate, to talk about how running and mental health are intertwined! 🧠WHY is running good for our mental health? 🧠How the lessons we learn from running translate to our life 🧠Breaking up with the "all or nothing" mentality 🧠Learning to deal with uncomfortable emotions and finding the root cause of your emotional discomfort 🧠Why running isn't a replacement for therapy (& how to find a therapist!) 🧠Dealing with self-doubt, and how it's OK to not be OK even if someone "has it worse" than you -- Lauren Sheu is an RRCA Certified Running Coach, Mental Health Advocate, Speaker, Blogger, wife, and working mom. Lauren is the Owner and Founder of Running for Wellness, which was created with the purpose of helping people to improve their mental health and wellbeing through running. Lauren coaches new runners, blogs about running and mental health, and volunteers at NAMI Keystone PA as a Mental Health Speaker and Family Support Group Facilitator. You can find her on Instagram as @running.for.wellness