Mindful Marathon Podcast

In this powerful episode, Dr. Michelle Quirk is joined by ultramarathoner and author Charlie Engle to explore the transformative power of movement. Charlie shares his deeply personal journey of overcoming addiction, the role running has played in his recovery, and how it continues to anchor his life of sobriety. Whether you're a seasoned runner, new to movement, or simply seeking inspiration to ov...

Join Dr. Michelle Quirk and sleep specialist, Dr. Funke Afolabi-Brown, for a conversation about the amazing power of sleep to help us feel and perform our best. In this episode, Dr. Brown gives us ALL of her best tips to make sleep a priority. Dr. Brown is a triple-board-certified sleep medicine physician. She is passionate about helping people discover sleep as their superpower. She is a clinicia...

Join Dr. Michelle Quirk and her special guest, Dr. Rachel Beanland, for a beautiful conversation on incorporating mindfulness as part of a daily routine. Dr. Beanland shares how mindfulness has been crucial to her recovery from injury and return to running. Dr. Rachel Beanland is a Public Health Medicine specialist (M.D.), physician coach and mindfulness & meditation teacher. Rachel lives in t...

Join Dr. Michelle Quirk and her special guest, Dr. Una, for a powerful conversation on unlocking consistency. In terms of putting in the reps and playing the long game in fitness, Dr. Una has much to teach us all.  Dr. Nneka Unachukwu is the founder of EntreMD, a company on a mission to help 100,000 physicians build profitable 7 and 7+ figure businesses so they have the freedom to live life and pr...

Join Dr. Michelle Quirk and her special guest, Dr. Dena George, for an insightful conversation about the journey to her first marathon and the many lessons learned along the way. Dena is passionate about living a life filled with love and service. She’s most proud of the depth and connection in the relationships with her husband, son, and circle of friends. Professionally, she works with GreenClou...

Join Dr. Michelle Quirk and her guest, nutritional therapist and integrative herbalist, Shelley Swapp, for an insightful conversation on running without running our bodies into the ground. “We can’t run on fumes.” Learn about adrenal fatigue and how to achieve more balance in our training.  You can find out more about Shelley on her website: https://shelleyswapp.com And on Instagram: https://www.i...

Join Dr. Michelle Quirk and her guest, Dr. Laura Suttin, for an inspiring conversation about the journey of running - coming back from lingering injuries, and how running goals take shape and shift over the years. Dr. Suttin is a family physician, coach, business owner, and author. She is the Founder of The Purposeful MD, providing individual and group coaching, as well as speaking, to physicians...

Join Dr. Michelle Quirk and her guest, Dr. Terry Nguyen, for a discussion about run training as an example of a mind-body-spirit practice to help relieve stress and anxiety. Dr. Nguyen is a pediatrician who practices integrative medicine. She is passionate about integrative whole-person wellness for her patients and her physician colleagues. You can find out more about Dr. Nguyen on her website ht...

Join Dr. Michelle Quirk and Dr. Alicia Shelly, for a candid and inspiring discussion about bouncing back after a DNF (did not finish). Dr. Shelly is a fitness enthusiast and has completed 7 marathons and two Ironman 70.3. Dr. Shelly is a Board Certified Internal Medicine / obesity medicine physician in Georgia. You can find Dr. Shelly on her podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/back-on-t...

Join Dr. Michelle Quirk and her special guest, Dr. Cheruba Prabakar, for an important and open conversation about running and the pelvic floor. The doctors discuss common complaints from runners and a stepwise approach to going about addressing the issues! Dr. Prabakar is a board certified OBGYN and fellowship trained minimally invasive surgeon. She is the owner of Lamorinda Gynecology & Surge...

Join Dr. Michelle Quirk and her special guest, Dr. Dana Gibbs, for a conversation about the effects of stress on running performance.  Dr. Gibbs is an educator, hormone expert, board-certified ENT, and allergist. She recently retired from her ENT practice and opened Consultants in Metabolism, a direct care practice for thyroid, metabolic and hormone management for Women and Men. You can connect wi...

Join Dr. Michelle Quirk as she chats with her friend and colleague, Dr. Kerry Reller, about marathon training lessons. This episode contains great tips about nutrition and fueling the marathon. Dr. Reller is a board certified physician in Family Medicine and Obesity Medicine practicing in Clearwater, FL. She has always had a passion for wellness, nutrition, and fitness but finding the field of Obe...

Join Dr. Michelle Quirk and her guest, Dr. Sara Ionescu, as they discuss the mental health benefits of running and how the mental strength carries over into other aspects of life. Dr. Sara is a board certified family medicine physician, who is passionate about wellness, preventative care, and exercise, and she loves to inspire others to move. She was a competitive athlete growing up and continues...

Join Dr. Michelle Quirk and her special guest, Jaime Vining, as they chat about Jaime's journey to the marathon and marathoning for a cause. Jaime is running the NYC Marathon for Team AWF, which provides 'Life Interrupted Grants' to young adult patients diagnosed with cancers, to ease their financial burden so they can concentrate on healing. Let's shine a light on the word "rare" in cancers! Upda...

Join Dr. Michelle Quirk and her special guest, Dr. Marie Dona, as they chat about the healing power of running. Dr. Dona is a youth, adult, reproductive psychiatrist and therapist with a private practice in Riverview, Florida. She is passionate about advocating for mental health and overall wellness. She is able to see patients remotely throughout the state of Florida, New York, Pennsylvania, and...

Join Dr. Michelle Quirk and her special guest, Dr. Sumana Moole, for a conversation on running and gut health. We know running is good for us. Turns out, it’s really great for our gut too! Dr. Moole helped us troubleshoot some of the common GI symptoms that runners experience like bloating, reflux, uneasy/queasy stomach, nausea, and diarrhea. Dr. Moole is the lead practitioner/founder of Merus Gas...

Join Dr. Michelle Quirk, and her special guest Dr. Laurie Boge, for a discussion on running toward, instead of away. Dr. Boge is a wife, ER doc, combat veteran, founder of GreenCloud Apparel, dog mom, and runner! She says, “Running is my meditation, time for self-reflection and inspiration. It is how I survived a really hard deployment to the busiest trauma center in Baghdad, Iraq.” She provides r...

Join Dr. Michelle Quirk and her guest, Dr. Amy Raynes, for a wonderful chat about running while traveling! Dr. Amy is a pediatrician and travel lover who has started a new adventure as a travel planner. She is using her experiences from overseas living and travel to 20+ countries over 5 continents to create custom travel itineraries for clients. Planning and organizing vacations is one of her favo...

Do you leak urine when running, exercising or with any other physical activity? Are you scared to go for a run because you are afraid that you may not find a bathroom when that urinary or fecal urgency hits? Is your pelvic organ prolapse causing you so much discomfort that you are giving up on our running and exercise goals? On this episode of Mindful Marathon Conversations, join Dr. Noor & Dr...

Danielle Reedy is a Olympian, Speaker, Coach, Author, and Podcast Host. From Canada to Australia, she pursued her impossible dream of joining the Australian National Synchronised Swimming Team and competing in the Olympics, achieving that goal at the Rio Olympic Games in 2016. After five years on the team, including three World Championships, Danielle made history as part of Australia's First Mixe...