The Run on Thought Podcast

Episode 24: It is with GREAT honor and excitement that I share this episode with such an amazing guest... Danny Reid! Danny is an old time friend from high school track. He is now a professional soccer player who has played in England, Lithuania, and Vietnam. In this conversation, Danny and I talk about a range of topics from building resilience and remaining steadfast in times of uncertainty, dre...

Episode 23: 6 Things I've Learned In the Last 3 Months 1) There is no equation or timeline to an emotional healing process. 2) With every loss, there is an opportunity to gain. (Our brains can't conceptualize what we are going to gain so it focuses on what we're going to lose). 3) Know what changes your energy, and know how to fiercely protect your energy.... Let yourself dance! 4) You...

Ep. 22, Season 2: Hiiii!! Welcome back to the Run on Thought Podcast :) Recently I've been thinking.... why the hell is there so much pressure to "find" your purpose?? I've started pondering this idea and realized that I completely disagree with "finding" something so abstract/intangible. "Finding your purpose" alludes to the fact that we're trying to get...

Ep. 21, Season 2- Emily and I are back at it again!! I am SO excited to share this conversation we have as I think we offer two interesting perspectives- one who is IN college and one who is freshly out! In this episode, Emily and I discuss whether the college environment is really conducive to BOTH wellbeing/self growth AND academic/career oriented success…. Can we achieve both????? How do we thr...

Ep. 20, Season 2- Hello beautiful people!!! In this episode, I welcome my sister Emily onto the podcast!!!! This episode is a “Get to Know Us” episode as a precursor to our next episode ;) coming out in just a few days. Our #1 rule was: 100% honesty. We ask alternate asking eachother questions that we each prepared but didn't tell the other one. This is the randomest convo that may or may not ente...

Ep. 19 Season 2: Hello beautiful people!! If you are here for this episode, I am guessing you also share a fear of your own anxiety. Whether that is a fear of losing control, a fear of not feeling like yourself, or fear that your anxious thoughts will sabotage your life, I am here to talk about all of it. In this episode, I discuss some of the psychological and spiritual approaches I've learned to...

Ep. 19, Season 2: It is my greatest honor to introduce to you all to one of my dearest friends- Hannah Folau!!! Hannah played Division I Lacrosse at Georgetown University and is currently getting her Masters in Global Health while working a full time job. She is also the host of the With Intention Podcast! In this episode, Hannah and I have an insightful convo about realitic ways to be mindful and...

Ep. 18 (Bonus Episode) Getting vulnerable here and taking you into the depths of my journal. Ahh! My hope is that this entry I wrote to myself can serve as a sort of meditation or empowering voice for you to come to when you're feeling like you could crumble under the pressure from either yourself, or the external world (or both). I read the journal entry from minute 6:11-10:34 if you want to...

Ep. 17, Season 2: I deeply struggle to rest. This episode is an honest, vulnerable conversation about my struggle to feel worthy of slowing down, and how I used to (/still sometimes) see rest as unproductive and limiting. The narrative I told myself was "Why would I ever have time to rest?" I thought that it would slow me down from getting to where I want to go and achieving what I want...

Ep. 16, Season 2: I have broken out of my creative block!!!! I'm not going to lie this was the most spontaneous, word-vomit episode I have ever made, but it gave me so much clarity to just sit behind the mic and record this. Lately I have been in such a creative block with my podcast/platform and I really wanted to just sit down and talk about the revelations I came to. I felt like I was putting m...

Ep. 15, Season 2: I am jumping out of my seat to have my dear friend, Kate Daley, RDN, LPCC, onto the podcast! Kate is my former high school rivalry, who I am now lucky enough to call a close friend and mentor. In this episode, we have an amazing conversation about her eating disorder recovery, why she decided to recover, and how that made for an "Unconventional" Comeback Story. We also...

Ep. 14, Season 2: My body has a voice? What? YES!!! Even though your body cannot speak in words, we can reframe and translate the signs it gives us into a powerful way that our body speaks to us and lets us know what it needs. In this episode, I talk through how we can learn these signs our body gives us, TRUST them, and take intentional action. I struggled for a long time to figure this out, and...

Ep. 13 Season 2: RUN ON THOUGHT PODS SECOND GUEST! I would like to welcome Susanna Weir, one of my former teammates and dearest friends, onto the pod. She has SO much wisdom to share in this episode, from how she shifted her mindset to achieve things she never thought she could achieve in her last year of her running career, to how to manage and change different aspects of toxic running culture, t...

Ep. 12, Season 2: In this episode, I talk about my experience with stress and how it impacted me physically, physiologically, and emotionally as a student athlete. The toll it takes to live this life can be truly miserable if you don't learn how to manage stress and take care of yourself. I often feel like I learned these things the hard way, but I have tons of advice to share on stress manage...

Ep. 11, Season 2: RUN ON THOUGHTS FIRST GUEST EVER!!!!!!! This episode is an INCREDIBLE interview of my best friend and former teammate, Jess Pidgeon. She was one of our top runners and was the 10k record holder as a sophomore. After experiencing many health challenges and setbacks, she has such an empowering story on medical retirement, advocating for herself, and seeking help for RED-S and overt...

Ep 10, Season 2- After being injured for 2 years of my college career, I had the idea that being back to my sport and being healthy enough to consistently train was going to be an absolute dream come true. I am incredibly grateful for my ability to train and compete in a healthy body my senior year, but it was wayyyy harder than I expected. In this episode I reflect on the challenges I overcame du...

WELCOME BACK TO PIECE OF MIND- SEASON 2! That's right, it is officially Season 2! After a long break from the pod, Jess comes on today to talk about her thoughts and feelings around retiring from collegiate running. Coming from an environment where black and white results and specific standards of success were praised, Jess talks about how she's learning to reframe what success and satisfa...

Hello listeners! In this episode, I will talk about how finding an identity outside of sports is kind of an ambiguous phrase we toss around- but what does it really MEAN to have an identity outside of what you do? How do we know when we're putting too much of our self worth/time into our sport? I will talk about questions to ask yourself to help prompt self reflection, finding a bigger purpose...

Do you ever feel out of control, like everything is happening TO you? Do you ever feel like you are living out the negative story that you write about your life in your head? Or focusing too much on solving all of the problems in your life? In this episode, I am going to talk about writing negative narratives, self sabotage, and making yourself the victim of your own life. The main takeaway of thi...

Do ever feel like negative thoughts about your body are always battling it out in your head? Do you feel like the chase to achieve a certain body image never leaves you feeling satisfied or good enough? Is your personal confidence influenced by the way you perceive your body? In this episode, all of these questions and more will be answered and discussed. I will talk about body image and how it is...

Hello amazing people! In Part 2 of my Full Story, you will hear about the timeline from my first injury freshman year of college up until my current thoughts and feelings as a senior. I will run through a brief description of each injury and how it impacted me at the time, the lessons I learned, and how I turned my injuries into a way to grow and serve others. I also dive into where I am currently...

Hello amazing listeners! This episode is PART 1 of a 2 PART series where I will come on and tell my story in full.  These next two episodes are extremely special to me, because I really dive deep into how running, disordered eating, and my injuries have shaped who I am today. In Part 1, I discuss my issues with eating and how it all originated, details about how it got worse throughout high school...

In this episode, I talk about how going home for break from college made me feel "off" for a couple days and how this is normal with a drastic change of pace and scenery. I remind myself that rest is necessary before setting any expectations for myself, and before any growth can occur. I also discuss my anxiety in depth a little more, touching on ways I've been learning to work through it. Finally...

 In this episode, I discuss how qualities of an D1 athlete such as work ethic, discipline, and the high standards that we often hold ourselves to have contributed to our success, while at the same time causing harm to our wellbeing.  After coming to the realization of this interesting dichotomy, I've been learning how to recognize when these characteristics are serving me well, but also...

In this first episode, I will talk about why I am starting this podcast, what you can expect to get out of this podcast/how it will be structured, and a little bit about myself! Then, I will dive into a mini discussion about a topic that's been on my mind lately- the "expectation" that college is supposed to be the best time of our life- but is it? Do we want this to be the peak of our lives? Come...