Tina Chantrey on mindful running and how it healed her after divorce

For many many people, running is more than just a sport. It’s time alone, it’s meditation, it’s pushing your body and mind to its limits or it’s connecting with a tribe of people who love it too. It might be all of those things and more.

For one runner and sports journalist Tina Chantrey, running is a coping mechanism and stress reliever that has pushed Tina through difficult times – getting divorced and navigating a new life as a single mum.

Whether you’re a novice runner or a marathon lover, this interview with Tina will highlight just how important it is to find what it is that releases stress within you and practice it day after day. If you’ve been intrigued about how running might be able to help you but aren’t sure how to keep it up or get started, listen in for lots of tips on what you may be doing wrong. It all starts with reframing your thoughts about what “running” is and what you’re expecting of yourself…

Key Moments:

 

[2m 22s] As a non-runner, Beth asks Tina what makes running such a special companion to her life?

[5m 55s] What benefits does running solo and running with a group give you?

[8m 00s] Tina shares how she feels when she runs, it’s her meditation

[9m 00s] Tina gives Beth tips on how to start running and find her natural rhythm

[9m 40s] How does Tina make time to run? You’ll be assured to hear she doesn’t plan it!

[11m 00s] Tina encourages us to feel gratitude when we run, and make it a stress reliever not “another thing to fit in” to our busy days

[13m 00s] We speak about how running was a catalyst to hers and her ex-husband’s divorce and the coping mechanisms Tina had to put in place when life got too much

[17m 50s] The importance of keeping a strong routine with family when going through divorce proceedings and emotional instability

[19m 30s] Tina proves there is a way out of difficult life experiences, if you face them with courage

[21m 40s] We talk about Tina’s book and the vulnerability she felt sharing her story with the world

[25m 45s] Tina touches on the 6 stages of divorce survival, as covered in her book The Divorce Survival Guide

[28m 30s] I ask Tina what she learned most about herself going through such a difficult time of her life

[32m 15s] What is the day-to-day reality of working at a top sports magazine as a journalist?

People / sources mentioned:

Tina’s book Tina Chantrey's Divorce Survival Guide: http://hyperurl.co/my86ts

Beth’s book Freedom Seeker: http://hyperurl.co/2kd1ca

Beth's book Wabi Sabi: http://www.bethkempton.com/newbook

 

Where to find Tina:

www.tinachantrey.com

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