Listen free for 30 days
Listen with offer
-
Running is My Therapy
- Relieve Stress and Anxiety, Fight Depression, Ditch Bad Habits, and Live Happier
- Narrated by: Stephen R. Thorne
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
Failed to add items
Add to basket failed.
Add to wishlist failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
£0.00 for first 30 days
Running is My Therapy
Buy Now for £12.99
No valid payment method on file.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Summary
There's no other book like this. Longtime running writer Scott Douglas marshals expert advice (including his own, cultivated from more than 100,000 miles of personal experience), and a growing body of scientific research to show how running can make us happier.
How? Everyone knows that running builds stronger muscles and a healthier heart; science now shows it also helps develop a healthier brain. For those struggling with depression and anxiety, a consistent running routine can enhance the mental-health benefits of talk therapy, antidepressants, and cognitive behavioral therapy. The key to running's therapeutic power lies in its lasting physiological effects, inducing changes in brain structure and chemistry that other forms of exercise don't. Thanks to the body's release of natural pain-relievers that includes the best mood boost in all of sports.
Running is my therapy is no longer just a mantra for seasoned runners; with science behind him, Douglas presents proven methods so that we can all use running to improve our mental health and live happier - in and out of running shoes.
Listeners also enjoyed...
Critic reviews
"Everyone who cares about mental health needs to read Running Is My Therapy. Scott Douglas lays out all the evidence for running as an effective intervention for depression and anxiety in a way that's both inspiring and practical." (Sepideh Saremi, LCSW, founder of Run Walk Talk therapy)
What listeners say about Running is My Therapy
Average customer ratingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Deb Hele
- 15-03-21
Great read
Helped give perspective on my running
I’m a new runner in my late 40s and had started to put too much pressure on myself if I couldn’t run, listening to this book has helped... would highly recommend it! 😊
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
2 people found this helpful
-
Overall3 out of 5 stars
-
Performance3 out of 5 stars
-
Story4 out of 5 stars
- ms lowe
- 17-07-23
struggled to get through it
while I thought this would be an interesting book, it is so heavy with facts and figures it nearly sent me to sleep.
i tried to finish it but it was such a slog I gave up half way through
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Vikki Gaynor
- 05-08-23
Great Listen ,, with some great advice and insight
I really enjoyed the breakdown of each part of the Mental health routes available,
Every variation of discipline with a link to Running and a pretty good answer of their effectiveness.
CBT and Running, other mental health discipline's,
I did enjoy the explanation then the route taken was explained and assessed in turn, it made for a well rounded listen with some great possibility's
I took on board some of the points and I am very sceptical on others,
However it explained each part in a manner that was interesting and made a lot of sense,
I did learn a lot from this that I will use in my own running and Mental Health - Rehabilitation
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- BadBoy
- 01-02-24
Sweet, poignant, powerful
I also have deep deep deep enduring sadness in my life, since I was a kid. I'm 50 now. I bought a pair of trainers and started running March 25th 2020 (day 1 of lockdown in London). I've not looked back since.
This book is both a rallying cry, self help, and also factual.
Peace and love to my brothers and sisters
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars
-
Performance3 out of 5 stars
-
Story2 out of 5 stars
- Nicola W.
- 08-03-23
Very interesting and well narrated.
I really enjoyed this. It felt like a great companion to my running. Explains why I suspected running was making me feel better.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall3 out of 5 stars
-
Performance3 out of 5 stars
-
Story3 out of 5 stars
- Rose8
- 25-09-23
Good
This was fairly helpful but there were lots of statistics and results of studies mentioned that made it a bit boring. There were snippets of useful information throughout and some of these are summarised in the appendix.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!