Running is My Therapy NEW EDITION: Relieve Stress and Anxiety, Fight Depression, and Live Happier - Softcover

"Douglas weaves evidence and personal experience into a helpful, highly-readable user's guide."--Runner's World "[One of] this spring's best new running books."--Outside "Mental health is very important and I encourage others to avail themselves of this excellent book, and of course to keep running!"--Meb Keflezighi, Boston and New York City Marathon champion, Olympic Marathon silver medalist "An enlightening read."--Women's Running "A great read for anyone interested in the links between exercise, mood, and wellbeing--plenty of clearly presented science, plenty of hard-earned practical experience, and some intriguing suggestions about why running is uniquely powerful compared to other forms of exercise."--Alex Hutchinson, New York Times-bestselling author of Endure "Everyone who cares about mental health needs to read Running Is My Therapy. Scott Douglas lays out all the evidence for running as an effective intervention for depression and anxiety in a way that's both inspiring and practical."--Sepideh Saremi, LCSW, founder of Run Walk Talk therapy "Scott describes depression as if he were in my own head. Through personal experience and scientific research, he expertly addresses how depression uniquely impacts each one of us, and he inspires readers to harness the mental-health benefits of running to make it out the front door."--Rob Krar, two-time Western States Endurance Run champion, founder, Rob Krar Ultra Camp

Longtime runner Scott Douglas marshals expert advice and a growing body of research to show how a consistent running routine can make us happier - and enhance the benefits of talk therapy, antidepressants, and cognitive behavioral therapy. The therapeutic power of running lies in its lasting physiological effects: It induces changes in brain structure and chemistry that other forms of exercise don't. Douglas presents methods we can all use to live happier - in and out of running shoes.