{"id":7,"date":"2020-08-17T17:02:32","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T17:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fitnessofthemind.org\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2020-08-18T06:14:09","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T06:14:09","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fitnessofthemind.org\/?page_id=7","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hi, I\u2019m Amy Mason, the voice behind Fitness of the Mind. This website evolved from humble beginnings in 2014. Although I used to run track in high school and college, it wasn\u2019t until a few years ago that running truly changed my life. After surviving a traumatic car crash, I was struggling with anxiety, depression, and panic attacks. Before the accident, I\u2019d been chipper and outgoing. Suddenly, I was afraid to leave the house. I began researching natural ways to reduce anxiety and, after learning how exercise impacts mental and emotional health, I decided to return to my first love: running.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I started by taking my Great Dane, Burly, for longer jogs around the neighborhood each day. Gradually, I increased until I was running 30 minutes per day, four days per week. After several weeks, my energy levels, concentration, and sleeping habits had improved. I started competing in local 5k and 10k races while adding lower-impact activities like yoga and swimming to my workout routine, too. Today, I\u2019m thrilled to say that my depression and anxiety are gone. I\u2019m happy, healthy, and I haven\u2019t had a panic attack in years. Best of all, my body and mind feel rejuvenated. I started this site to help others in their own health journeys. Whether you\u2019re facing a physical, mental, or emotional health condition, you deserve to thrive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, I\u2019m Amy Mason, the voice behind Fitness of the Mind. This website evolved from humble beginnings in 2014. Although I used to run track in high school and college, it wasn\u2019t until a few years ago that running truly changed my life. After surviving a traumatic car crash, I was struggling with anxiety, depression, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fitnessofthemind.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fitnessofthemind.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fitnessofthemind.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fitnessofthemind.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fitnessofthemind.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/fitnessofthemind.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34,"href":"https:\/\/fitnessofthemind.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions\/34"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fitnessofthemind.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}