#175 Bella Mackie: Why You Should Jog On

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🗓️ 22 January 2019

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Bella is a freelance journalist from London. She has written for The Guardian, VICE and Vogue among other publications. In 2017, she wrote a brilliant piece on being happy being single at the age of 30 for Vogue. This year, she wrote the hit bestseller "Jog On: How Running Saved My Life" and she married BBC breakfast host Greg James.

In Jog On, Bella explains with hilarious and unfiltered honesty how she used running to battle crippling anxiety and depression, without having to sacrifice her main loves: booze, cigarettes and ice cream. With the help of a supporting cast of doctors, psychologists, sportspeople and friends, she shares a wealth of inspirational stories, research and tips that show how exercise often can be the best medicine. This book will encourage you to say ‘jog on’ to your problems and get your life back on track – no matter how small those first steps may be. We discuss running, mental wellbeing and how to help a friend who is struggling.

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0:56.7	Hello and welcome back to Control-Alt Delete.
1:07.0	Very excited to bring you today's guest, someone that I have become slightly obsessed with recently after reading her book. I know that happens to the best of us.
1:16.0	It's the amazing Bella Mackie who's just written an incredible part memoir part manifesto on running and how running has saved her life.
1:27.0	I've loved reading Bella's writing for years and it was just such a joy to read her book. She's always been, I think, very
1:34.9	honest about being divorced. She's written about that for places like Vogue. She's written about
1:42.2	mental health before and she's just generally very
1:46.1	outspoken on Twitter which I really enjoy as well and in general is just someone who is very inspiring and very honest.
1:54.0	So she was the perfect podcast guest.
1:57.0	So a bit more of a formal introduction.
2:00.0	Bella is a freelance journalist from London. She's written for The Guardian, Vice, Vogue among other brilliant
2:07.6	publications, so definitely go and check out all of her writing. But in this podcast we mainly talk about her brilliant book, Jogg On, How Running
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