Julie Hughes, author of Staring Down A Dream: A Mom, A Marathon, A Mission, fell in love with running when she was just a young girl. It was the perfect antidote to the relentless urgency of farm chores. She started racing and winning early and kept going. She landed a spot on a competitive college track team, and while the Olympics didn’t feel like a realistic goal, she set her sights on following in the footsteps of the heroic women who blazed the Boston Marathon trail. Like the good girl she is, she trained her heart out. And in the end, maybe that’s what stopped her. Her body began to suffer from mysterious pains that ultimately forced her to set her Boston marathon dream aside. Eventually, she found the right support to understand the mind-body connection that was standing in her way. In this episode, you’ll hear about Julie’s 20-year journey to the start and finish lines of the Boston Marathon.

This episode might be for you if…

• You’re a people pleaser

• You grew up believing that progress comes from pushing the pedal to the metal and continuing to grit your teeth and keep going no matter the pain

• You’ve wondered if your mindset and thoughts might be playing a role in your body’s pain

• You feel like your thoughts might actually be the biggest barrier between you and success

• Your inner judge is exhausting you

• You're feeling stuck or struggling to make progress toward your dreams

Lift Up: Putting it into Practice

In this episode, you’ll meet Julie’s inner critic: Aunt Pheobe. We all have an Aunt Pheobe in our heads. She’s the one who distracts us from our goals by telling us, in one way or another, that we aren’t good enough. She’s usually well-intentioned and wants to protect us from risk, fear, and loss. But, she can also stop our growth. If Aunt Pheobe is in the driver’s seat in your life, head over to www.theuplifterspodcast.com to learn a powerful practice for moving her into the passenger seat.

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Julie B. Hughes is a writer, marathoner, self-published author, and licensed physical therapist. She lives in Manlius, NY with her husband Jeff, and two children Brindsley & Delaney. She is thrilled to share her most recent book Staring Down a Dream: A Mom, a Marathoner, a Mission.

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