Running Is My Therapy: Relieve Stress and Anxiety, Fight Depression, and Live Happier, Paperback

A lifelong runner's groundbreaking guide to fighting depression and anxiety, one run at a time

Everyone knows that running builds stronger muscles and a healthier heart. In Running Is My Therapy, longtime runner Scott Douglas shows how endurance running is also the best form of exercise to develop a healthier brain. A natural antidepressant, running reinforces the benefits of therapy and triggers lasting, positive physiological changes. In fact, some doctors now "prescribe" a running regimen as part of their first-line treatment plan for depression. Marshaling expert advice and a growing body of research, Douglas explains how we can all use running to improve mental health--and live happier.

Scott Douglas is a contributing writer for Runner's World. He has also been the editor of Running Times and Runner's World's news channel. Scott has written or cowritten several other books, including the New York Times bestseller Meb for Mortals, 26 Marathons, and perennial favorite Advanced Marathoning. He has run more than 110,000 miles since taking up the sport in 1979. Scott lives in South Portland, Maine.

Named by Women's Running as one of twenty women who are changing the sport of running and the world, foreword author Alison Mariella Désir is the founder of Harlem Run and Run 4 All Women, and hosts the podcast Find Meaning (on the RUN).