Sarah and Coach Liz enjoy a high-energy gab session with Meaghan B. Murphy, a longtime runner and author of Your Fully Charged Life: A Radically Simple Approach to Having Endless Energy and Filling Every Day with Yay. With insight and self-deprecating candor, Meaghan shares:

-how she trained herself to live with optimism and joy;

-ways to use resiliency and grit to overcome adversity;

-the power of positive self-talk and other happiness strategies;

-using meditation while she, her husband, and three kids were sick with COVID-19; and,

-what “dopamine dressing” is—and how it can improve your runs!

The chug-Nuun word is “yay!” whenever uttered by of one of the three gals.

Trigger warning: To avoid brief mentions of eating disorders and suicide, start listening at 24:00.

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AMR Answers #66: Quelling Post-run Queasiness; Running Etiquette