🏃‍♀️ Extractive vs. Regenerative Movement: Reframing Your Relationship with Running with Karly Borden

About this episode

Leah Kern interviews Karly Borden about rebuilding a relationship with running after disordered eating.

In this episode of Shoulders Down, Leah sits down with Karly Borden, founder of The Public Run Club, to explore what it really looks like to rebuild a relationship with running after disordered eating. Karly shares her personal story of navigating eating disorder recovery and the often-overlooked challenge of returning to exercise in a way that feels safe, grounded, and self-trust-driven. Together, they unpack the tension between discipline and intuition, and why so many people feel stuck in ...

People in this episode

Host: Leah Kern

Guest: Karly Borden

Topics covered

• running
• eating disorder recovery
• exercise
• self-trust
• discipline vs intuition

Keywords

• running
• eating disorders
• exercise recovery
• self-trust
• discipline
• intuition

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Public Run Club

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