Recommended Books on Movement & Mental Health:

• Running Is My Therapy, Scott Douglas

• Running While Black, Alison Mariella Désir

• Run For Your Life, William Pullen

• Running for Mental Health, Kjersti Nelson, LMFT & Run Coach

• The Joy of Movement, Kelly McGonigal, PhD

• The Body Is Not An Apology, Sonya Renee Taylor

Additional Recommended Reading:

• The Racist and Problematic History of the Body Mass Index

• How and why weight stigma drives the obesity ‘epidemic’ and harms health

Fitness Coaches For All Body Types!

• Rebekka Ellman

  • Free Ebook: How To Rebuild Your Relationship With Movement

• Association for Size Diversity and Health (search database for provider)

Research on Exercise & Mental Health:

• Is the Comparison between Exercise and Pharmacologic Treatment of Depression in the Clinical Practice Guideline of the American College of Physicians Evidence-Based?

• Exercise-induced euphoria and anxiolysis do not depend on endogenous opioids in humans

• What is the association between sedentary behaviour and cognitive function? A systematic review

• Walking Green: Developing an Evidence Base for Nature Prescriptions

• Exercise in the treatment of clinical anxiety in general practice – a systematic review and meta-analysis

• The Role of Exercise in Preventing and Treating Depression

• Effects of a Six-Month Walking Intervention on Depression in Inactive Post-Menopausal Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Local Running Shoes/Gear:

• Fleet Feet Poughkeepsie in Poughkeepsie, NY

• Ridgefield Running Company in Ridgefield, CT