I could have missed my run today. I could have looked at the bad weather and thought ‘nah I’ll stay in tonight’.
But instead I remembered the old me, the me lying in a hospital bed after surgery to remove half my organs. The me with stage four cancer fighting for her life. The me that would have given anything to be able to walk across the room unaided.
So I got into my running gear and I went for a run.
Was it tough? Absolutely!
But was it worth it realising how incredible my body is, how wonderfully well it has healed and how powerful it is to not only recover from cancer but to be able to run in the rain? Hell yeah!
I used to run to burn calories. I used to run to lose weight. I used to run to beat my personal best. Now I run for the old me. I run for my fellow warriors to show them that anything is possible. I run for health. I run for my future self! I run so that when I next see my oncologist I can tell her how amazing I feel!
I don’t know how far I ran. I don’t know how fast I ran. I don’t know how many calories I burnt. And I don’t care! What I do know is that I did something I once thought I’d never be able to do and that is the best feeling in the world!
Tonight I will be celebrating with a curry at a friend’s house – not because I ‘earned it’ but because life is too short to worry how many calories you eat as long as you are eating the right food! The main word being ‘food’ – not highly processed or ‘low fat’ bullsh*t!
Have a great weekend everyone! Go and do something you once only dreamed of!
Love and light, Fi xx
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Fi Munro (PhD), international selling author of ‘Love, light and Mermaid Tails’, is a multi award winning researcher, author, blogger and public speaker recognised internationally for her presentations and articles on holistic health and her journey through stage four ovarian cancer back to wholeness. Passionate about what restores people to a state of wholeness and optimal health – in addition to what predisposes them to physical, emotional and spiritual ‘dis-ease’ – she works with clients to guide them on their journey back to wholeness. Using her personal experience of recovering from a ‘terminal’ illness through a deep understanding of mind, body and spirit health and healing, alongside her background as a doctorate researcher for the NHS and Scottish Government, she has created a deep understanding of what it means to be optimally healthy and whole. Fi is a visionary in her approach to holistic health, bridging the seemingly disparate worlds of conventional and complementary therapies to create approaches that guide people on their journey back to wholeness and , ultimately, holistic health.
Fi has been featured in two BBC documentaries, in countless radio shows, and in newspaper and magazine articles across the globe. She also runs workshops and events across the UK. Her book ‘Love, Light and Mermaid Tails’ is recieving all star reviews and is available to buy worldwide on Amazon in paperback and for kindle.
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But instead I remembered the old me, the me lying in a hospital bed after surgery to remove half my organs. The me with stage four cancer fighting for her life. The me that would have given anything to be able to walk across the room unaided.
So I got into my running gear and I went for a run.
Fantastic!
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