07/05/2026
Yes I’m medicated 🙋♀️ But I do the work. I sure as hell can’t meditate 🤣 So running has become my peace.
1. I used to try and do random max effort runs 🥵 and just try and beat the time of the last one.
Slowing down is a skill!
As an ADHD mum, my brain wants to sprint through everything — thoughts, tasks, emotions, conversations. Easy runs reminded me that not everything needs urgency to still move forward
2. Running used to be for weight management and now is for regulation; Kids learn more from what we model than what we say.
My kids see me keep going, apologise when I’m dysregulated, try again after bad days, and make time for my health. That matters more than looking like I “have it together.”
3. Running has allowed me embrace ALL parts of my ADHD; The goal isn’t becoming less myself. It’s learning how to work with my brain instead of against it. And often I come up with the best business ideas and personal breakthroughs mid tempo!
4. So many runs I wanted to stop… and then kept going anyway. Not because it suddenly became easy, but because I learned I could sit with hard feelings without immediately escaping them.
Running keeps teaching me that growth happens quietly, through small repeated efforts, long before you can actually see it. And that through those bloody hard runs there are lessons and a bigger picture.
What has running taught you? 🌟
