Today’s conversation is with Nita Sweeney, ultramarathoner and award-winning wellness author of the running and mental health memoir, Depression Hates a Moving Target: How Running with My Dog Brought Me Back from the Brink and co-creator of the writing journal, You Should Be Writing: A Journal of Inspiration & Instruction to Keep Your Pen Moving. Nita’s memoir personally helped me change my mindset to stay on course with my own marathon training, and so I’m just thrilled to get to share this conversation with all of you.

Nita was facing a point in her life where she was in a deep depression and nearly suicidal when a friend posted on Facebook about her most recent run. Nita found her way to a couch to 5k plan that was the start of her running journey, even if conspicuous at first. She used her dog as a decoy when she stepped out of the house for her very first interval of running. What followed was Nita pushing her own limits and discovering the magic of running. Nita’s always practiced meditation and so was able to channel that skill in running and she focused on her form through Chi Running method. She has since completed several marathons and an ultramarathon.

You can purchase her memoir Depression Hates a Moving Target: How Running with My Dog Brought Me Back from the Brink at the following:

https://www.amazon.com/Depression-Hates-Moving-Target-Running/dp/1642500135

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/depression-hates-a-moving-target-nita-sweeney/1130148744

You can also pre-order her new book coming out this August at:

https://www.target.com/p/make-every-move-a-meditation-by-nita-sweeney-paperback/-/A-85661373

https://www.amazon.com/How-Make-Every-Move-Meditation/dp/1642509892

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/make-every-move-a-meditation-nita-sweeney/1140921417

Check out Nita on Instagram and Twitter: @nitasweeney and her website www.nitasweeney.com

Get in touch with me with questions, comments or an opportunity to chat with me by email runningonoptimism@gmail.com