Jan 22, 2021
“Running
is a very small part of me as a person. So I do think this entire
past year has been a great exercise for athletes to embrace all
parts of themselves. To realize that you have more to offer than
just running. To feel free to speak your mind about it.” — Amelia
Boone
Love, community, and a strong support network.
I think the number one thing I've been seeking all these years
is community.
Eating disorders are very isolating. They’re diseases that thrive
in secrecy, she says. It wasn't until understanding that all those
lies and secretiveness were impeding the things that I wanted in
life: love, community, and a strong support network.
Aligning Actions with Core Values
The biggest thing in this past year for Amelia is making life
decisions in accordance with the values that are important to her.
Number one is community, which is the reason she uprooted herself
and I moved to Colorado from California because that’s where the
majority of her friend group is.
Her advice is listing your core values and the things that are
motivating you and then trying to align your actions with that.
Something that helped her navigate this was ACT therapy: acceptance
and commitment therapy.
We're not athletes in a vacuum
Running is a very small part of Amelia. She shares that this past
year has been a great exercise for athletes to embrace all parts of
themselves. What makes you unique apart from running and sports.
For her, she’s involved with plenty of other things including being
an attorney.
Ask yourself– Do you realize that you have more to offer than just
running on and like your field? Feel free to speak your mind about
it, she says.
“Yes,
I still run most days, but it's probably third or fourth on my list
of things.”
Looking
ahead
“I'm just trying to embrace it as another year of adventure on
being okay with the unknown,”
Amelia says.
The number one thing to focus on right now is just compassion.
Compassion for yourself and compassion for others, because everyone
is going through different battles right now. And that, to me, is
the one thing that we need more of in this world is just total
compassion for each other.
Resources:
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