I had the absolute pleasure of being on Steph Gaudreau’s podcast Harder to Kill Radio last week! I cannot wait for you to listen.
Be Adaptive Be Vulnerable, Dr. T
Harder to Kill Radio, Episode #159: Learning to Adapt to Major Life Changes
Trigger Warning – This episode contains conversation about miscarriage and eating disorders.
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On this episode we’re talking about what exactly it means to have a “New Normal” in your life and the healing and growth that comes along with that. Dr. Theresa Larson is actually one of my “real life” friends, who lives in San Diego, is a fellow introvert, a physical therapist, a mom, ex-marine, speaker, and so much more!
Without further ado, let’s get into this.
Dr. T actually didn’t discover she was an introvert until she started seeing patients and experienced a pretty significant burnout. She started working with a biofeedback therapist and found out that she was a highly sensitive introvert and started to work on the things the therapist recommended she do to get her energy back.
As she started to work on things more, she started to figure out more about herself and discovered that she needed to do the kind of work where she’d perform/speak and give a big burst of energy and then be able to retreat and heal until giving that energy again. Which has led her to latest endeavor, the My New Normal Podcast.
Theresa was actually one of my first 50 guests on the podcast and has really adapted to find her New Normal since she was first on.
When she first aired, she had just released her book, Warrior, where she talks about being a marine and suffering from an eating disorder and her inspiring journey. Since that episode, she’s become a mother of a healthy baby boy, but not before experiencing the heartache of a miscarriage right when her book was released.
Dr. T’s life is the literal definition of adaptation and I can’t wait for you to hear this full episode!
In this episode we’re talking about:
- How to manage being an introvert on a day to day basis
- Bringing self-compassion and boundaries into motherhood and health and wellness
- What an adaptive athletes workout and training regime looks like
- Educating people on what it is they can do to relieve their worst symptoms and mindsets
- Overcoming invisible and visible injuries to increase representation of all abilities in the fitness space
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