Rachel Ann Cullen

Dear Tilly ...: A Survival Guide for Womanhood

Dear Tilly ...: A Survival Guide for Womanhood eBook : Cullen, Rachel Ann: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

Running For Our Lives

A book sharing stories of ordinary people overcoming extraordinary adversity who have been helped by running.

Running For My Life - How I built a better me one step at a time

My first non-fiction book documenting my journey with mental health issues and how discovering a love of running helped me to transform my life

A Midlife Cyclist - My two-wheel journey to heal a broken mind and find joy

My second non-fiction book, documenting how my mental health suffered as a result of the loss of running and how I dealt with the sudden onset of raging body dysmorphia by learning how to ride a bike.

Vertebrate races in for Cullen's 'powerful' running book

Sheffield-based adventure publisher Vertebrate has signed Rachel Ann Cullen's Running For Our Lives, a "powerful" book about how running can help ordinary people to overcome struggles and challenges in their lives. Commissioning editor Kirsty Reade signed world rights from Jo Bell of Bell Lomax Moreton, for publication in April 2022.

Rachel Ann Cullen

Rachel Cullen is a writer, blogger, author and runner. She is also a reformed ex-commercial litigation solicitor. Amongst other things, she has abseiled off Table Mountain, jumped out of a plane at 11,000ft, climbed Mount Fuji, worked on a game reserve in

Rachel Cullen | Non-Fiction | Bell Lomax Moreton

Rachel Cullen is a writer, blogger, author and runner. She is also a reformed ex-commercial litigation solicitor. Amongst other things, she has abseiled off Table Mountain, jumped out of a plane at 11,000 feet, climbed Mount Fuji, worked on a game reserve in South Africa, qualified as a scuba diver and ridden an ostrich.

Honorary Graduand speech, Jan 2020

Imposter syndrome, and how all the little things make big things happen.

Running For My Life

By Rachel Cullen - Runner / Writer / Non-fiction Author / Mental Health / Outdoors.It's early March and I can already feel myself getting excited. Excited about what? I hear you ask. I'm excited about the prospect of... doing something different!

Rachel's Story | This Girl Can

I was an unfit teen - overweight and lacking in self-confidence. Frequently coming last in school cross country events and never picked for team sports, I was under the impression that sport and fitness wasn't for me. I used to binge and comfort eat as a way of hiding my sadness during my mid-late teenage years.

The Runner's Blog | Saucony Blog

At the heart of Saucony is 'Run For Good'. Every day we think about this in order to challenge ourselves ... Read More Nine days ahead of New York 2018, I received a phone call from Spencer White, Saucony's head of innovation. "We have ... Read More

A conversation with Dr Rachel Ann Cullen, runner and author - Trees Not Tees

We spoke with Dr Rachel Ann Cullen about her latest book Running For Our Lives which looks at running and its positive effect on mental health. Rachel's first book, Running for My Life , described her own marathon journey through depression, and her discovery that running could transform her physical and mental wellbeing.

Running Scared - A female runner's experience of a very ordinary Summer's Day run

I hear the car approaching from behind, but I don't take much notice. It will drive past me in a second. There is nothing more to say. But the car doesn't drive past me. It has slowed right down and is crawling beside me at barely 10mph. I notice it is a BMW.

Can you run while pregnant? All you need to know about running during pregnancy

If the idea of spending your pregnancy lying on the sofa fills you with dread, you're not alone. While many pregnant women take comfort in resting up ahead of baby's arrival - and with some women having to do so for medical reasons, such as pre-eclampsia - others prefer to keep active during pregnancy, including the likes of celebrities such as Kate Hudson and Miranda Kerr.

My Polar Vantage Running Watch

My review of the Polar Vantage M2

The Power of Yet vs The Curse of Enough

When does our quest for progress, self-improvement and perfection tip over into something damaging? When is enough ever enough...

The Truth Behind Body Dysmorphia

This is Body Dysmorphia

My Body Dysmorphia Kept Me Prisoner in Front of My Mirror - Here's How I Beat It

Body dysmorphia is a mental health condition, in which the person dealing with it worries extensively about a part of their appearance that they think is flawed. This could be their weight, or the shape of their nose, or anything in-between.

Fresh Starts: "I'm Running towards the future"

A background to my mental health issues and how I turned things around.

Body Image Special: "I was on constant guard for ugliness"

Discussing the reality behind living with Body Dysmorphia

How to write a book

Which publishing method is right for me? Rachel discusses her experience within the publishing industry, including being traditionally published twice by the BIG guys, published once by a smalller, independent and her most recent experience of cutting out the gatekeepers and going it alone - self-publishing her 4th non-fiction book nad taking back control.

Rachel Ann Cullen: 'Running for my Life' author explains how the sport changed her life | Running...

Rachel Ann Cullen has run a host of marathons, including London six times, but can now be most often found trail running across Yorkshire. It's part of her ever evolving running story, which started at 18 when she turned to running to get over a break-up, and later saw the sport transform her life completely.

‎Further. Faster. Podcast on Apple Podcasts

Welcome to the Further. Faster. Podcast, brought to you by Montane. This podcast asks adventurers, ultra-athletes, mountaineers, photographers, and filmmakers the why and how of what they do. Join presenter, Daniel Neilson, in each episode to hear stories from inspiring people and explore their moti...

121: Lie detectors, healing runs, & dapper balls

In other non-ball related news, we speak with Rachel Cullen - author of Running For Our Lives.

‎What Next Mum on Apple Podcasts

Welcome to the Podcast! Each episode I speak to an active and inspiring Mum to talk about life before babies, staying active during pregnancy and how life has changed post baby. These women are really inspiring and I am honoured to share their stories with you. Happy listening.

Rachel Ann Cullen - runner, author and mental health advocate

In this week's episode, Esther meets runner and writer and author of Running For my Life, Rachel Ann Cullen. She speaks openly and honestly about her mental health struggles, and how determined she is to get better for the sake of her daughter. She also talks tech and tells us how her Polar Vantage watch has changed her running game.

Episode 85: Running for My Life Author, Marathoner, and Mental Health Advocate, Rachel Ann Cullen...

In this episode, we had the honor and pleasure to speak with two-time author and mental health advocate, Rachel Ann Cullen. Rachel shares how running helped her navigate bipolar disorder, depression, an abusive relationship, and body dysmorphia.

Runner Mother And Author Rachel Cullen

The last month of 2020! We are starting this month with an incredible guest... In today's episode, we have the lovely Rachel Ann Cullen, she is a runner, a writer, a mother, and the author of "Running For My Life".

Episode 44: Rachel Cullen

Meet the incredible Rachel Ann Cullen. A talented writer, runner, personal trainer, influencer and mother, Rachel has her own unique story with mental health and passionately champions the power of the outdoors for recovery.

Episode 419 - Rachel Cullen

We talk gender equality in XC races, Mo pulls out of Doha, there was an American record at the Houston Half, GB win the Edinburgh XC relay, and Tom speaks to runner and author Rachel Cullen, Non-itunes users can subscribe via Libsyn Intro News Interview - Rachel Cullen Close Martin will be messing up the intro Tom will be hanging out with his Dad

Rachel Ann Cullen - Author of "Running for my Life" sharing about mental health and how she...

Rachel has experienced the reality of mental health issues from a young age- she grew up with a mother who suffered with bipolar disorder and disordered eating...

iRun.ca - iRun Radio - August 12th, 2018 (Home to Canada's running community and iRun magazine)

Talk about motivation, here's how some runners are taking their passion for the sport and marrying it with other initiatives they are equally passionate about. First Rachel Cullen gives us a sneak peak into her upcoming book, Running for My Life. Then, runner and writer Sara Lazaravich talks about what runners and races are doing...

A Run in the Country with Rachel Ann Cullen | Running Commentary on Acast

Rachel Ann Cullen, author of Running for my Life, joins Paul and Rob for a beautiful loop in the Peak District. Featuring high-level trails and in-depth chat - listen for Rob trying to make a complicated point on a serious climb, and Paul just getting his head down, as Rachel makes spurious claims about her lack of fitness whilst leaving them both behind.

Running Stories Podcast interview

Running Your Stories welcomes Rachel Ann Cullen. Rachel is the author of "Running for my life" which tells Rachel's story of a lifelong battle with mental health issues. Finding running changed Rachel's life forever. This chat introduces the book, catches up on Rachel's story since and delves into some of the lessor talked about topics in life and how running has helped.

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Running in lockdown: 'It's an adventure down mysterious rabbit holes'

I run 5 or 10k three or four times a week. I find it really relaxing: I come back physically tired but mentally energised. Running is a great release, a stress reliever, especially during lockdown. It is more than a pastime; it is part of my wellbeing routine - it's vital for mental health.

My running obsession was out of control - so I turned to cycling

Rachel Cullen wrote a memoir about how jogging helped to life her out of depression. So what happened when she took it too far?

Mum reveals how marathon running helped save her life

It was standing at the start of the London marathon in 2015 that Rachel Cullen decided she was going to write a book about her life. "People kept saying to me 'oh but you are lucky, you're a born runner.'

All Woman - "Mum's the word!" Rachel combines motherhood with booming business

Feature discussing my goal of running the London Marathon 7 months after giving birth to my daughter in September 2010

RFOL Audibook Promotion Video by Rach Running For My Life

I audio narrated my 3rd book. Here's a short extract.

Running Free / Naked Running

Rachel Ann Cullen on 'Running Free'

Rachel Ann Cullen, author of Running for Our Lives, shares how running without technology and having a record of her performance brought the joy of running back.

A Midlife Cyclist by Rachel Ann Cullen - Audiobook sample by Bonnier Books UK

Enjoy an audiobook sample from A Midlife Cyclist, a tale of two wheels, across the Yorkshire Dales, Vietnam,­ Costa Rica and beyond, and a rider in search of peace.

How cycling helped my mental health by Rachel Ann Cullen

I never imagined I would be writing this article, let alone a book about how riding a bike has played any significant part in my life - and my mental health. I was never a cyclist. It just wasn't a thing for me, nor did I particularly want it to be...

Running For My Life trailer, Jan 2018

Here's why I run. It's why I always will.

Running For Her Life: Rachel Cullen interview

"Rachel, could you tell us a bit about yourself?" Yes. I can...

Running For My Life: Rachel Cullen discusses running, mental health and her new book

Rachel Cullen came to study Law at the University of Hull, where she did the first two years of her degree, before completing her studies in Leeds. As a student Rachel was diagnosed as bipolar, and even though after graduation she had a relationship, a career, a home, and a "normal" and successful life, something...

The Marathon Tales

Sharing stories of running marathons

The joy of running the trails...

Running trails in Font Romeu

Issue Fifteen of Like the Wind Running Magazine - Like the Wind Magazine

Article exploring the mental health benefits of running

A Midlife Cyclist

Finding the balance between mental and physical health