Episode 180: Devin Turner on Overcoming Trauma, Surgeries, and Life's Challenges

Devin Turner is a mom and stepmom of 6. After going through a traumatic divorce while pregnant with her second child, she eventually remarried a man who had 3 kids. After having two more, she started having serious health complications from years of a vegan diet that didn’t work for her, and not long after, totally overwhelmed by being a mom and stepmom to so many kids and dealing with those aforementioned health issues, she herniated 4 discs in her back all at once. What followed became the two most difficult years of her life, with surgeries and just about every intervention possible to try and get better. 

Devin writes, "I’ve felt like an athlete stuck inside a broken body for so long. Having experimented with a marathon before, and realizing I may never “get better”, I decided to get back into running and it has been challenging but amazing. Running is one of my greatest loves and passions. I’m passionate about health and injury prevention, and the fact that health and diet look SO different for every person and there is no one sized fits all approach. I’m passionate about doing hard things and challenging myself, and also love talking all things pregnancy, childbirth, and women’s health."

Questions we ask Devin include:

-How did you get started in running?

-Body image and working with your body, even when it feels like it's working against you

-Life challenges and how running has helped you overcome them

-Advice you would give your younger self

-What does being a Strong Runner Chick mean to you?

Connect with Devin:

Instagram: @4herniateddiscmomof6

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