Welcome to Proper Mental episode 77 with Bon Collins who is a strength and weightlifting coach, endurance athlete and body neutrality expert.
Bon spent the first 20 years of her life on some sort of diet but it was only when she started to address how she felt about herself that she able to make changes to her health.
She grew up in a cult and it was only after leaving at the age of 18 that she had to start dealing with everything that came with it. She has had to live with chronic pain issues that, at one point, confined her to a wheelchair and in 2014 she had to learn to walk again.
Now she runs marathons, tackles endurance challenges and lifts weights. She also empowers others to do the same.
Bon’s story is incredible but it’s her outlook and approach to life that I find truly inspiring!
We chat about her mental health journey from childhood to now, we chat about getting out of a wheel chair to run a marathon, lifting weights and how she learned to love herself.
You can connect with Bon on social media @bemorebon or via her website here:
Fitness Trainer | Be More Bon (bemore-bon.com)
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