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    Depression Hates a Moving Target: How Running With My Dog Brought Me Back From the Brink
    Depression Hates a Moving Target: How Running With My Dog Brought Me Back From the Brink
    Depression Hates a Moving Target: How Running With My Dog Brought Me Back From the Brink
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    Depression Hates a Moving Target: How Running With My Dog Brought Me Back From the Brink

    Written by Nita Sweeney

    Narrated by Sarah Zimmerman

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    It's never too late to chase your dreams: Before she discovered running, Nita Sweeney was forty-nine-years-old, chronically depressed, occasionally manic, and unable to jog for more than sixty seconds at a time. Using exercise, Nita discovered an inner strength she didn't know she possessed, and with the help of her canine companion, she found herself on the way to completing her first marathon. In her memoir, Sweeney shares how she overcame emotional and physical challenges to finish the race and come back from the brink.

    There's hope and help on the track: Anyone who has struggled with depression knows the ways the mind can defeat you. However, it is possible to transform yourself with the power of running. You may learn that you can endure more than you think, and that there's no other therapy quite like pavement beneath your feet.

    Depression Hates a Moving Target is a witty and poignant story of rediscovery. Whether you're born to run or just looking for rebirth, you will:

    #9679 Be inspired by the powerful story of one woman-and her dog

    #9679 Cheer on Nita as she endures the challenges of a marathon and a mind in turmoil

    #9679 And discover the power of running to overcome obstacles
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateSep 10, 2019
    ISBN9781515944485
    Author

    Nita Sweeney

    Nita Sweeney’s articles, essays, and poems have appeared in Buddhist America, Dog World, Dog Fancy, Writer’s Journal, Country Living, Pitkin Review, Spring Street, WNBA-SF blog, and in several newspapers and newsletters. She writes the blog, BumGlue and publishes the monthly email, Write Now Newsletter. Her memoir, Depression Hates a Moving Target: How Running with My Dog Brought Me Back from the Brink, was short-listed for the 2018 William Faulkner – William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition Award. Nita earned a journalism degree from The E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University, a law degree from The Ohio State University, and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Goddard College. For ten years, she studied with and assisted best-selling author Natalie Goldberg (Writing Down the Bones) at weeklong writing workshops teaching the “rules of writing practice” and leading participants in sitting and walking meditation. Goldberg authorized Nita to teach “writing practice” and Nita has taught for nearly twenty years. When she’s not writing and teaching, Nita runs. She has completed three full marathons, twenty-six half marathons (in eighteen states), and more than sixty shorter races. Nita lives in central Ohio with her husband and biggest fan, Ed, and her yellow Labrador running partner, Scarlet (aka #ninetyninepercentgooddog).

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    • 5/5
      Loved it. Very inspirational for anyone looking to overcoming challenges by putting one foot in front of the other. Actually a good read for anyone , runner or not. Depressed or not, just a lovely account of real life.