003 | Acknowledging and Healing Postpartum Challenges: A Conversation with Coach Alison Marie Helms

003: Running Coach Alison Marie Helms joins Runner Moms Founder Shayla Ebsen on the show to discuss the importance of acknowledging and healing postpartum challenges. Alison discusses the postpartum challenges that she accepted as normal for years until she finally reached a breaking point and took action to heal her body. Alison and Shayla also discuss body image issues and other challenges that runner moms often face.

As a special offer to the Runner Moms community, Alison is offering 10% off her Navigating Postpartum Fitness for Runners course with the coupon code, RunnerMoms. Simply enter the coupon code RunnerMoms during the checkout process on her website.

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Episode Highlights:

Alison first began running with her mom when she was 10 years old. Her competitive nature inspired her to run track through middle and high school. After taking a hiatus from running in undergrad, Alison returned to the sport in grad school where she began writing training plans for her friends. Alison's background in engineering and teaching influences her approach to coaching. She focuses on breaking training programs down to the essential elements and offers easy-to-follow, step-by-step plans that are designed to help mom runners achieve their goals and heal their bodies in the postpartum stage of their lives. She views postpartum running as an opportunity to slow down and start tuning into the body's little signs when you’re running that runners often choose to ignore, and become a stronger runner because of it.As a mom of two, Alison talks through the differences between her postpartum journeys with each of her children. She also discusses the problems with incontinence that she faced after her first pregnancy and the actions she took to heal her body several years later. Alison is offering 10% off her Navigating Postpartum Fitness for Runners course with the coupon code, RunnerMoms. Simply enter the coupon code RunnerMoms during the checkout process on her website: https://alisonmariephd.vipmembervault.com/af/93690270/1034083

Connect with Coach Alison Marie Helms:

Instagram: AlisonMariePhDFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/alisonmariephd YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXMiztbXsBOTn9k-NaD6RVQWebsite: https://www.alisonmariephd.com

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