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In this powerful episode of Mile Marker Matriarch, Stacy unpacks Survival Running—the first stage of the Embodied Matriarch Framework and the hidden truth behind why so many women run not for fitness, but for survival.

If you’ve ever run to cope, run to cry, run to escape, or run because you couldn’t fall apart at home… this episode will make you feel deeply seen.

Through personal story, feminist rhetorical theory (Foss & Griffin), trauma research (Bessel van der Kolk), and embodied phenomenology, Stacy reveals why Survival Running is not a weakness — it’s your body’s first language of truth.

You’ll learn:

· Why running becomes the only place you can breathe in survival mode

· How trauma interrupts language and forces the body to speak through movement

· Why Survival Running is the beginning of your sovereignty

· How to shift from shame → power using embodied, feminist reframing

· Three simple action steps to move through this stage with compassion

This episode is for every woman carrying emotional labor, chronic overwhelm, trauma, or the feeling of losing herself inside her own life.

Next week: we explore The Awakening Run — Stage Two — where survival shifts into possibility.

If this episode resonates, share it with a friend, running partner, or woman in your life who might be carrying more than she lets on. Women heal in community.

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