Joy Before Fear
Health resilience keeps runners, ultrarunners, and endurance athletes adapting, recovering, and thriving for the long haul.Joy Before Fear is more than a podcast—it’s a movement. A shift beyond grit-and-grind culture to what truly sustains performance.
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17. Ashley Yates: "Come As You Are": Building Community Care Through Fitness, Life Changing Moment of Watching a Professional Basketball Game, and the Power of Olympic Lifting (opens the original)
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In this episode, Ashley Yates joins the Joy Before Fear podcast. Ashley is the owner of Rose City Barbell and author of the book of “Give it Purpose”. Her gym is a CrossFit gym where she has members of all ages youth, teens, all the way up to people in their 70s are all participating in the same classes. We talk about the mind-body connection of Olympic lifting. As well as all the benefits and why you should consider giving it a go, that you can get those benefits even while practicing with some
16. Rob Clemens: "Good Things Are Waiting For You", Running Towards Sobriety, Magic of 100 Milers, Pain Cave of Life vs Pain Cave of Ultras, and Embracing Imperfection (opens the original)
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Are sober curious, on a sobriety journey, or have aloved one that is? Have you lived through trauma and are working through healing from those experiences or have a loved one that is?....THIS conversation is one to listen to. Rob Shares with us his journey to sobriety and the pivotalrole running played in that journey. To this date he has run 20 100 milers and recently just finished his first 200 miler. We talk about how big an impact serious loss can have on ourlives, and the self-proof one can
15. Mindy McEachran: Art a "Necessity of Self-Expression, a Way to Build Resilience", Integrating Athlete and Artist Identities, Benefits of Art Therapy, & the Difference Between Art and Creativity (opens the original)
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In this episode, Mindy McEachran joins the Joy Before Fear podcast. Mindy is the person behind Crimson Rose Counseling, a trauma-informed art therapist based in Portland, Oregon. We talk about art therapy and why, if creating art isn't a part of your life, considering bringing it in can help you build resilience and express yourself more fully. Mindy is a lifelong athlete as well as a lifelong artist. As an athlete, she's played basketball, been an avid triathlete, and competed in bodybuilding.
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