Скачать или смотреть The Mastermind LIVE: Alignment, Entrepreneurship & Listening to Your Body

In this week’s Movement Mantra Mastermind Live, I sat down with Dr. Kristen Schultz, PT, runner, coach, and entrepreneur, for a powerful, honest conversation about listening to your body, redefining career paths, healing, and reconnecting to what truly feels aligned.

Kristen shares her journey from traditional outpatient PT → to realizing she wanted something different → to becoming a business owner who helps runners and clinicians create more aligned lives.
We also dive into the emotional and physical sides of movement, long COVID, identity, and learning to tune into what your body actually needs.

🌿 What We Covered

Grounded in Kristen’s transcript excerpts:

✨ Her story & pivot into entrepreneurship

— The moment she realized traditional PT wasn’t “it” despite loving her mentors and clinic environment.
— Navigating self-doubt as a high-achieving athlete stepping off the traditional path.

✨ Movement through seasons — running, lifting, dance & injury

— How injury shaped her own movement identity.
— Picking up dance later in life and challenging the all-or-nothing mindset.

✨ Long COVID, resilience, and redefining “progress”

— Processing the emotional and physical challenges of long COVID.

✨ Listening to your body: alignment, avoidance, and honesty

— Questions Kristen uses personally and with clients:

What do I need?

What am I avoiding?

What feels aligned or misaligned right now?

✨ Using journaling + awareness to reconnect to self

— How checking in with body sensations and mental state can build clarity.

✨ How movement supports emotional regulation & mental health

— The science of bilateral movement (walking, running) for emotional processing.

✨ Expanding healthcare beyond the traditional system

— Why holistic, integrative care helps people heal more completely.
— The limitations of insurance-based models and “stay in your lane” thinking.

✨ Nature, slowing down, and reconnecting to the land

— Mindfulness, sit-spot practices, breathwork, and noticing your environment.

✨ Action steps you can try today

— Body scan check-in
— “What am I avoiding?” journaling
— Intentional breathwork
— A 60-second nature awareness practice

📘 Mentioned Resources

Kristen’s free resource for clinicians wanting to write run plans & start online businesses:
IG: @kristen_runyourlife

💬 Let’s Keep the Conversation Going

If any part of Kristen’s story resonated with you — her pivot, her honesty, her movement evolution — comment below or share your biggest takeaway.

And if you’re local to Chattanooga, join us in person for The Human Health Collective — monthly panels on integrated, whole-person health.

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