How Training for Ultras Can Empower Your Pregnancy Journey with Carla Meijen PhD and Stephanie Howe PhD | KoopCast Episode #184

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English - June 16, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 50.7 MB - ★★★★ - 460 ratings
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Episode overview:

Carla Meijen comes back on the podcast to discuss her newest book Empowered Birth which takes lessons learned during training and racing and translates and reframes them to empower the pregnancy and birthing process.

Episode highlights:

(9:20) Stephanie’s athlete-pregnancy journey: mental and physical pain, the unknown, adapting plans, personal anecdote, pushing through pain

(44:27) Conflicting athletic and maternal identities: athletic journeys evolve over decades, maternal journeys evolve over months, unfair expectations for shifting identity, identity takes experience and time

(50:00) The post-pregnancy athletic journey: bumps in the road, sick toddlers, avoiding expectations of linear progress, tapping into support, the post-baby PB, process goals

Additional resources:

You can find her book on her website or Amazon.

Papers discussed- Pregnancy and Motherhood in elite sport

Buy Training Essentials for Ultrarunning on Amazon or Audible

Information on coaching-www.trainright.com

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