Chris Muldoon is the founder of Strideful, an app that offers walking and running programs for mental wellness.

He's a former NCAA Division I runner and currently coaches at SUNY Erie and with the Snyder Track and Field youth program.

In this episode we chat about:

• Running with dogs!
• His running and mental health journey
• Physical activity and how it benefits mental health
• How to start moving for health, not just performance outcomes
• Building habits and making it a practice
• Connecting mood with activity and finding that sweet spot with activity level
• Learning how to ebb and flow training with the seasons of life
• Ditching that all or nothing thinking
• Who is Strideful for, how does it work, and what do he hopes users will gain from it
• Breaking down the “running as therapy mentality”
• Exercise as a tool in our mental health toolbox
• And so much more!

Follow Chris: https://www.instagram.com/strideful_app/
Check out the strideful app: https://stridefulapp.com/

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Learn More About Stevie: https://stevielynrd.com/

Gabby is a newly certified RD (woohoo!) based in Seattle who has experience in research, clinical, and private practice nutrition. As an avid runner and RRCA-certified running coach, Gabby’s dream is to work with athletes in private practice, helping to guide both their nutrition and training. One of her major aims in entering the field of nutrition is to refute the misinformation spread by diet culture, like the claim that “thinner = faster.” Gabby aspires to help athletes understand the importance of nutrition in reaching their greatest athletic potential, and more importantly to value, not fear, food. In her spare time, Gabby can be found running, frolicking outdoors, eating ice cream, trying new restaurants, or daydreaming about future travel plans.

In this episode we chat about:

• Her journey to becoming a RD
• Common misconceptions reading research headlines in the news
• Critical thinking skills in understanding research
• How to break through marketing noise and BS
• Disordered eating behaviors in runners and the running community
• Practicing shifting your mindset and actions with disordered thoughts
• How running started as a negative journey and has become a positive
• Breaking through diet culture
• How to encourage people to make change
• Nutrition coaches vs. RD’s
• Patient advocacy and taking a deeper dive with clients
• Ice cream/milkshake reviews of Seattle
• And so much more!
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Follow Gabby: https://www.instagram.com/gabbyrao/

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Learn More About Stevie: https://stevielynrd.com/

Molly Hurford is a journalist, author and podcaster in love with all things cycling, running, nutrition and movement-related. She’s the author of a dozen books about endurance sport, both fiction and nonfiction, including Fuel Your Ride and the Shred Girls series. As co-host of The Consummate Athlete Podcast, founder of Strong Girl Publishing and a bookworm-turned-endurance athlete, she’s a little obsessed with getting people—especially girls and women—excited about finding a sport they love and spending time outside.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Molly’s journey as an athlete and bookworm
• What Strong Girl publishing does
• What she’s learned in her writing
• How to get and keep young girls in endurance sports, particularly cycling
• Getting more women in bike shops
• Our own trials and tribulations in endurance racing
• Process vs. outcome goals
• The joy of de-load weeks
• And so much more!

Follow Molly: https://www.instagram.com/mollyjhurford
Learn More About Molly: stronggirlpublishing.com & consummateathlete.com

Follow Stevie: https://www.instagram.com/stevielynlyn/

Learn More About Stevie: https://stevielynrd.com/