As a result of an injury her brother suffered in Iraq, Dr. Kate Hendricks Thomas knew she had a passion for public health and wanted to work with the Veteran community, specifically Adaptive Veterans. She started studying Health Promotion and Public Health, with an emphasis on yoga, and how the mind and body function while dealing with the actual cause of the problem.
Because of Dr. Kate’s struggles with leaving the Marine Corp, she volunteered with a Veteran’s service organization called Team Red White and Blue where she finally spoke to someone else about what she was dealing with in her relationships and life and discovered that she wasn’t struggling alone. It was that moment that she credits with inspiring the passion for finding out how to prevent and help that struggle for other Veterans, like her brother.
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Dr. Kate Hendricks Thomas (aka Dr. Resilience) is a dear friend and mentor and I’m so honored to have her on my podcast! She is someone who helps eliminate suffering for others and helps them live better lives, specifically the Veteran community.
Nursing the flu can be hard and sometimes it disables us from doing our normal routine. Now, imagine having a stage 4 cancer and the doctor has put an expiration date on your life. Wouldn’t that be discouraging? Dr. Kate was diagnosed with cancer but it did not put her down.
As a former Marine Corps military police officer, she had a hard time in transitioning to the private citizen life. Dr. Kate struggled and faced challenges that would eventually lead her in helping people with their mental fitness. She’s an author, speaker, and professor among other things.
In this episode Dr. Kate Hendricks Thomas is telling her story of facing life, motherhood, and cancer with positivity and resilience.
In this episode we’re talking about:
- How a person can cultivate resilient traits
- What steps she took in transitioning from the Marine Corps
- Why is mental fitness training important
- How Dr. Kate came to know that she had cancer
- What things did she change in facing her diagnosis
- How cancer changed how she manages her time
To check out Dr. T’s Functional Training for the Adaptive Athlete Online Course (eligible for 0.5 CEU’s for NSCA under Category D), visit: https://www.drtheresalarson.com/adaptive-trainers-course/
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