On Running

When I first told my story of running and its profound impact on my health and wellbeing in The Washington Post, “When Drugs and Therapy Didn't Cure Depression, Woman Finds That Running Did,” I thought maybe it could help others. I had no idea it would resonate with so many globally.

The day after publication, I discovered my work email flooded with over 300 responses from psychiatrists, coaches, fellow journalists, and runners praising the work and my bravery for sharing, to book publishers and agencies wanting to know if I wanted to turn it into a book, to fellow sufferers of treatment-resistant depression who said it gave them hope.

I was invited to speak for an advocacy group in India, interviewed by magazines in Greece and Estonia, and the article was even translated into Arabic.

Taking this risk of sharing so much was not without negative repercussions, but certainly worth reaching so many so deeply.