In this episode, Melody chats with licensed counselor and owner of Live Well Counseling, Amy Spears.

Amy is also an endurance runner who shares her professional strategies to navigate the power of negative emotions!

She Runs Trails is a podcast to help mid-pack trail runners unlock their inner warrior and find success on the trails! It's also a great resource for your trail curious friends.

Quick Episode Summary:

• Amy shares a personal anecdote about the power of emotions when she raced the Denver marathon.
• Amy talks about identifying the root cause of our emotions to better become self-aware.
• Amy shares about the power of verbalizing your pain within a safe community.
• Amy gives journaling techniques to make strong connections with our love of running to frame up the positive and not just the negative.
• Amy encourages struggling runners to create statements that are opposite of the negative statements and speak those positive statements out!
• Amy talks about the absolute necessity of self-care.

 

You can find out more about Amy's practice and online counseling services as www.livewellcounselors.com. She is on IG as @livewellcounselors. You can email Amy directly at [email protected].

 

Recommended trails and books mentioned in this episode:

tejastrails.com

Rising Strong by Brene Brown

• Paperback
• Kindle
• Audiobook

Running is My Therapy by Scott Douglas

• Hardback
• Kindle
• Audiobook

 

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