#15 Treating Depression and Anxiety with Dynamic Running Therapy with William Pullen
Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee
Dr Rangan Chatterjee
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🗓️ 25 April 2018
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Dr Chatterjee talks to William Pullen, psychotherapist, author and founder of Dynamic Running Therapy about how running and walking can be the perfect therapy for mental health conditions.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, my name is Dr. Rongen Chatterjee, medical doctor, author of the 4-pillar plan and BBC television presenter. |
| 0:08.0 | I believe that all of us have the ability to feel better than we currently do, but getting healthy has become far too complicated. |
| 0:16.0 | With this podcast, I aim to simplify it. |
| 0:20.0 | I'm going to be having conversations with some of the most interesting and exciting people both within, |
| 0:24.0 | as well as outside the health space to hopefully inspire you, as well as empower you with simple tips that you can put into practice immediately to transform the way that you feel. |
| 0:35.0 | I believe that when we are healthier, we are happier because when we feel better, we live more. |
| 0:43.0 | I'm really excited for my guest on today's podcast. |
| 0:48.0 | It is a gentleman who thinks that running, as well as other exercises such as walking, can be incredibly beneficial to help treat mental health problems such as depression and anxiety. |
| 1:00.0 | He is author of the book Run for Your Life. It's Mr. William Pullin. William, welcome to the podcast. |
| 1:05.0 | Thank you. Nice to be here. |
| 1:07.0 | William, we have never met before. This is the first time for us. |
| 1:13.0 | What happened a few weeks ago is that William interacted with me on Twitter. |
| 1:21.0 | I had a quick look at your homepage and looked through your tweets. |
| 1:26.0 | I immediately got that feeling that I really want to talk to you. |
| 1:30.0 | This is going to be right aligned with what I think about and I want to learn more about you, just simply from having that. |
| 1:38.0 | You get a flavor sometimes from just looking at someone's timeline, what's on there. |
| 1:43.0 | It's great for me that you're actually here today and we can have this conversation. |
| 1:48.0 | William, your book has got a fantastic title Run for Your Life. What is it about? |
| 1:54.0 | The book does a few different things actually. I hope on one level it encourages people just to get moving and running. |
| 2:02.0 | Then it has some simple guides on mindful walking and mindful running. It has programs for running with your kids. |
| 2:08.0 | Then it has specific programs for running with depression, anxiety, anger, things like that. |
| 2:13.0 | Things to help you with those conditions. Have you always been a runner? |
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