Alison Desir: Running While Black, Competent Counseling & Caregiver Burnout
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Mayim Bialik
4.8 • 5.9K Ratings
🗓️ 20 May 2021
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
Alison Desir, athletic activist and counselor, blurs the line between mind and body through the integration of two of her passions: community based mental health and running. Mayim and Alison examine how running has fit into each other’s lives and how it has provided a meaningful coping mechanism to deal with life’s many stressors. Alison ends her segment with an amazing discussion on the black experience in the United States and how empowering exercise can be for black and brown communities!
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| 0:00.0 | Do you poop during a marathon? |
| 0:05.2 | What if you get hungry? |
| 0:07.3 | Can you eat during a marathon? |
| 0:08.6 | Like this is like so foreign to me. |
| 0:10.4 | Do you poop during a marathon? |
| 0:12.6 | Do you? |
| 0:13.6 | We've athletes have pooped themselves |
| 0:15.1 | and gone on to win Marathons. |
| 0:17.0 | I mean, if that's not the sound bite for this episode, |
| 0:19.2 | I don't know what it is. |
| 0:21.4 | Hi, I'm Miami-Alic, and welcome to my breakdown. |
| 0:23.9 | This is the place where we break things down, |
| 0:26.6 | so you don't have to. |
| 0:27.7 | Today we're going to be breaking down running. |
| 0:30.6 | It's Miami-Alic, it's a breakdown. |
| 0:32.8 | She's going to break it down for you. |
| 0:35.4 | Because you know she knows a thing or two. |
| 0:38.8 | And now she's going to break down, it's a breakdown. |
| 0:41.8 | She's going to break it down. |
| 0:45.0 | That's right, running. |
| 0:47.0 | And I don't mean metaphorical running, although it may come up. |
| 0:53.0 | I'm talking about literal running. |
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