When you record a podcast and you literally can't wait for it to be out in the big wide world! This sis that episode!! We could have talked for hours and I'm sure we will do a part 2 one day as well!

So Bernie is a Health & Lifestyle Coach, Running Coach, amazing mum of 2, Asics Ambassador and so much more. With a Phd in Sports Psychology and and a Masters in Lifestyle Medicine which together Bernie combines into her Body and Mind approach to coaching she truly is an expert in the topics we discussed.

Bernie kindly talks you through her own incredible journey which I found emotional and how that spurred her to make the career change from academia to the coaching she does today.

We covered running and its positive effects on mental health to start and spoke about how running needs to implemented with a plan like everything else, especially right now.

We then went on to discuss what stress actually is and how we can understand our of own thresholds and red flags, specifically from a mental health point of view.

The stress bucket analogy we focussed on paints such a clear a picture and we discussed varying tools and tactics you can use to manage your own individual bucket. we spoke about a vide on YouTube which demonstrates this and that is linked below

https://youtu.be/ld5JypUYT-o

Bernie provided some great references to books which are linked below along with her instagram and website, which I have no doubt you will be looking into after listening to this.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=when+the+body+says+no+gabor+mate&adgrpid=52869081573&gclid=CjwKCAjw8J32BRBCEiwApQEKgQALFSce5k1qZqT_XQF8yXYF5x_8CxV3cHroeY9JPo01WrUDLr-zvhoC3eIQAvD_BwE&hvadid=259070519502&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=1007127&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=b&hvrand=3489279275557421929&hvtargid=kwd-361110709597&hydadcr=24460_1816155&tag=googhydr-21&ref=pd_sl_96nv4jg2hp_b

https://www.bernadettedancy.co.uk

https://www.instagram.com/bernadette_dancy_healthcoach/