When Trauma Meets Menopause with Athena Farias (Episode 65)

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Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement, Mental Health

4.9 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2022

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Running is a coping mechanism for many trauma survivors. You lace up and put one foot in front of the other for solace and escape. But what happens when you hit menopause and the demons start to catch up? This week’s guest, coach and endurance athlete Athena Farias talks about all that and more this week as she unpacks how the symptoms she’s facing during the menopause transition are magnified by the trauma of her past.

Athena is an RRCA Level 2 Certified Running Coach, NASM Certified Personal Trainer, Corrective Exercise Specialist, Performance Enhancement Specialist, and a Masters in Exercise Science and Health Promotion. She’s an alumni of Dr. Stacy Sims’ Menopause for Athletes and Women Are Not Small Men courses. And she’s a badass athlete in her own right, completing 16 marathons, including 5 Boston qualifiers, 7 ultras, countless half marathons and numerous obstacle races, including many podium finishes. You can find her at MarathonTrainingAcademy.com.

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0:00.0	You are listening to Hit Play, Not Pause, a feisty menopause podcast for active performance-minded women.
0:14.6	I am your host, Celine Yeager. Each week, I bring you advice from athletes, scientists, researchers,
0:19.7	and other experts to help
0:21.2	you feel and perform you best no matter what your hormones are doing.
0:25.0	This show is a production of Live Feisty Media.
0:31.1	Hello, strong feisty women.
0:34.1	So, one of my early episodes of this show, episode 10 to be exact, was with a longtime friend and stress and resiliency expert, as well as a multi-time bestselling author, Dr. Pam Peek.
0:47.8	We talked at that time about how past trauma can lead to more severe symptoms and a more challenging menopause journey.
0:56.1	That's because stress and trauma literally change your DNA, which can have lingering effects.
1:02.2	She implored women to learn more about adverse childhood experiences at acesconnection.com
1:08.5	and to do everything in their power to inject joy and inject adventure
1:13.6	and inject badass and a sense of empowerment and control in their lives. This week's guest,
1:21.2	Athena Farias, embodies just that. Athena has been a personal trainer for 20 years and a running coach for 12.
1:29.6	She has a master's in exercise science and health promotion, and she's a graduate of Dr.
1:34.8	Stacey Sims, Women are Not Small Men and Menopause for Athletes Courses.
1:39.4	She's also a badass athlete in her own right.
1:42.1	She's run 16 marathons, including five Boston qualifiers,
1:46.4	seven ultras, countless half marathons, and numerous obstacle races, earning many podium finishes
1:52.4	along the way. But as she explains during this interview, you can't outrun your trauma,
1:58.3	especially when you hit the menopause transition and some of the
2:01.5	demons you've been running from start to catch you. I don't want to give too much away here
2:06.7	because Athena tells her story way better than I do and I'll let it speak for itself. I hope you
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