1587 My Strength Is My Story with Antonia Malchik

How would reclaiming your health and your freedom one
step at a time be life-changing for you? Antonia Malchik shares
her exploration of walking and how something so fundamental is so
essential.


Antonia Malchik is a wife of 20 years, and mom to their two
children.


She has written essays and articles in the Atlantic, the
Washington Post, the Boston Globe, Orion, GOOD, High Country
News, and many more.


Previously, she was a travel writer in Austria and Australia.


Now, Antonia is an author of her brand new book, A Walking Life:
Reclaiming Our Health and Our Freedom -- One Step at a Time.


 
"It really stuck with me to be able to walk the roots
that he had walked as a kid.” ~ Antonia Malchik
Connect with Antonia Malchik BOOK: A
Walking Life

 


Enjoy the multitude of topics discussed including gratitude, the
move to Moscow, the "Pig Egg", depression, and a walking life,
plus so much more.


Name comes from...

Family

Nature

Gratitude

Growing Up

Move to Moscow

Meeting the family

The Flirt

Art

Freedom

Loneliness

Social capital

People Walking business

United Kingdom

Brené Brown

Stress & PTSD

Grief & Guilt

Montana Vet Program

"Pig Egg"

Motherhood

Broke bottom of spine

Depression

Premature Children

Walking on uneven surfaces

Karen Adolph at NYU

Brain Health & Development

Heart Health

Circulation

Rebekah Gregory (Episode #838)

Disability

Arthritis

Denver, CO

AmericaWalks.org

GirlTrek

The Spirited Walker

A River



 
Connect with Antonia Malchik
BOOK: A Walking Life "But it seems
pretty clear that if you have a walkable community that really
builds neighborliness, then it's harder to feel isolated and
alone." ~ Antonia Malchik

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Quotes and statements within the interview:


"So those two things in particular, family and nature, together
are really, really important to me, they're pretty central."


"Coming home filled me with gratitude honestly."
"My Dad walked me to my very first day of Kindergarten
and that was it; I was on my own after that."

"Five days a week, we had intensive Russian lessons in the
morning, just the two of us; And then we would just roam Moscow
by ourselves until our parents got done with work."


"Wait! I can't walk anywhere with my kids, but my dad could walk
a lot of places even when he was living under Stalin."
"Walking with people, walking with friends. It helps
you feel empowered. It helps you feel not alone. It helps you feel
connected. And it's really that feeling of connection that I think
a lot of us are missing in our lives and that walking can help
bring back."

"They carry the dog tags of every service member that's been
killed in those two wars."


"My kids were intense and I'm sure they probably got it from me
or someone else in my family."
"I just felt that all of our emotions just had more
space."

"It feels like depression is this thing that kind of gets inside
of you and walking forces it to move a little bit."


"There's a lot of things that have to do with just pushing your
body against gravity, even a little bit."
"Exercise isn't related to obesity."

"I loved her story, because of her honest about it."


"It can look really different depending on who we are and what
our mobility is."


"We are all so prone to abusing our bodies."
"Most of us carry a lot of stories inside of
us."

"And I think human beings are kind of like rivers."
"A human story is a lot like a river."

 


What has your story gifted you?


Joy

Gratitude



"I am grateful for the amount of gratitude that I feel every day,
even when things are hard."


"My grandmothers were incredible people and I aspire to be like
them."


"You're stronger than you know!"


 


Resources mentioned in the episode:



Connect with Antonia Malchik


BOOK: A Walking Life



 
"One step at a time leads to miles of
greatness!"

 


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