Welcome to Proper Mental Episode 6 with 3 x CrossFit champion Amanda Allen!
Amanda Allen has qualified for The CrossFit Games 6 times. On 3 of those occasions, she won. Her third win (in the 50-55 age group) came just 7 months after having 4 kg of tumours removed from her abdomen.
In 2006 she ran 1000km across Australia for mental health awareness. She is a cycling and canoeing champion at world level, a state champion mountain biker, a firefighter recruit and the Australasian Grape Spitting Champion! She is also an author, coach and podcaster.
This time last year she was homeless and living in her van. She currently resides in a rain forest with her two white wolves. She has been sober for 16 years and is incredibly open about her struggles with suicidal depression, anxiety and trauma.
Amanda and Tom navigate the time difference to chat about depression, CrossFit, nature, rituals, meditation, nutrition and loads of other things relating to mental health. Amanda is just a lovely person!
Her life to date has been an incredible journey of dizzying highs and crushing lows and it all gets covered during this conversation. She has been to hell and back on more than one occasion and continues to be a compassionate, caring human being.
She is truly inspirational!
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