Lively conversations about midlife, marriage, parenting adult children, and how to keep moving forward through it all. This show, with episodes released on an occasional basis, complements the newsletter and community MovingThrough.Substack.com and is hosted by journalist Heather Johnson Durocher, founder of MichiganRunnerGirl.com and the Michigan Runner Girl podcast. <br/><br/><a href="https://movingthrough.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">movingthrough.substack.com</a>
Moving Through with Heather Johnson Durocher
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Lively conversations about midlife, marriage, parenting adult children, and how to keep moving forward through it all. This show, with episodes released on an occasional basis, complements the newsletter and community MovingThrough.Substack.com and is hosted by journalist Heather Johnson Durocher, founder of MichiganRunnerGirl.com and the Michigan Runner Girl podcast. <br/><br/><a href="https://movingthrough.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">movingthrough.substack.com</a>
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March 31, 2025
Chasing sunrises, navigating loss, finding a path forward
<p><strong>Truthfully, I’ve been wanting to get to know today’s podcast guest—Jennifer Symons—for some time now. </strong></p><p>Jennifer, 37, and I live in the same area, in Michigan’s northern lower peninsula. We’re also both passionate about spending time in nature and believe deeply in the power of moving our bodies—Jennifer is a runner, hiker, walker and triathlete—and what it means for our mental health.</p><p>She also shares gorgeous moments from her outdoor adventures <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/runleelanau/">on her Instagram account</a>; if you’re not already following her at <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/runleelanau/">Run Leelanau</a>, I highly recommend you start. </p><p>And yet, for all the time we’ve known of each other, we’ve never met in person. Hopefully that changes soon—we made some plans for this. </p><p>But in the meantime, I am just so grateful to have the opportunity to sit with her and have this conversation I invite you all to listen to by clicking on the play button above or by downloading using your favorite podcast app. </p><p>In this latest episode of <a target="_blank" href="https://movingthrough.substack.com/podcast">the occasional Moving Through podcast</a>, Jennifer and I talk about mental health, grief and loss, how she continues to move through the experience of losing her dad in the last year, what the other side of her divorce looks like, her newer love of combining swimming, biking and running—she has some big races on her calendar this year—and so much more.</p><p><p>“I don’t have any sadness about being divorced anymore. I’m really happy to be on my own. I get to be my own person and I’m so grateful to have had the opportunity to learn about myself throughout that marriage … but to kind of take that growth to the next level now that I’m not in that marriage.”</p></p><p>I can’t wait for you all to meet and get to know Jennifer, a mental health clinician who is dedicated to helping raise awareness of better mental health through her involvement in the organization <a target="_blank" href="https://www.stillirun.org/">Still I Run</a>. We talk about this Michigan-based, nationally recognized organization during the episode and you can learn more about it by listening to this previous podcast conversation I had with Still I Run founder Sasha Wolff below. Still I Run is the nation’s first nonprofit dedicated to promoting the benefits of running for mental health.</p><p>Thank you for reading and listening. If something you hear in this conversation resonates with you, I’d love to hear from you! </p><p>Another way to let me know you’re liking these kinds of conversations: please tap the ❤️ button below—this also helps others find Moving Through and I would love nothing more than to grow and strengthen this community. </p><p>And if you’d like to support my work here—and have access to the <a target="_blank" href="https://movingthrough.substack.com/archive">full archive of essays, interviews and resources</a>—please consider upgrading your subscription.</p><p>My goal is to connect with as many of you as possible and keep growing this community, which means I’m sharing, for now, my new posts and episodes with all subscribers. Your financial support, if you’re able to give it, helps me do this.</p><p><strong>I’ll be back here again soon—one more week until my UK writing retreat and I look forward to sharing with you all!! </strong></p><p>Until next time,</p><p>Heather</p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Moving Through at <a href="https://movingthrough.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">movingthrough.substack.com/subscribe</a>
February 3, 2025
'I did it for myself' and other moving through truths
<p><strong>2021 was a big year for Joanna Hogan, who was ready to try something new—something entirely outside her comfort zone.</strong></p><p>This was the year that Joanna, a runner, professional fundraiser in west Michigan and mom of four adult sons, decided she would set a goal of training for and completing a triathlon. </p><p>What she didn’t know then, however, was just how much her life was about to change over the course of a year, and the years following. She would in fact eventually complete that triathlon, but other major life changes would also be part of her journey.</p><p>Four years later, Joanna says she is especially proud of how she took steps to learn more about herself (she’s a big advocate of taking solo retreats!) and ultimately to change her life.</p><p><p>“I did it for myself … I did it for me,” she says. </p></p><p>“And I think it’s important to check your motives and be sure you’re doing it for yourself—I think that’s the biggest takeaway over the last couple of years. Being someone who has for most of my life been so concerned with what other people think of me…you get older and you realize, ‘No one is thinking about me—they’re thinking about themselves.’ … I think we’re learning it’s all about us and our journey. It’s spending time getting close to the spirit within you, no matter what you call it.” </p><p>I’m excited to share this beautiful conversation with you. To listen to this episode of <a target="_blank" href="https://movingthrough.substack.com/podcast">the occasional Moving Through podcast</a>, click on the player at the top of this post or download the episode using your favorite podcast app (search for ‘Moving Through’ on your podcast app).</p><p>You’re going to love hearing Joanna Hogan’s story and how she is doing the work of building and creating the life she most wants for herself. It’s been a long, trying road filled with all the twists and turns that life has a way of dishing out, but it’s also been a gratifying and instructive path that continues to bring so much joy, hope and happiness to Joanna. </p><p>Her story is incredibly inspiring, and I am just so thankful Joanna’s path has crossed with mine—with all of us here in <a target="_blank" href="https://movingthrough.substack.com/about">the Moving Through community</a>. (Joanna and I haven’t yet met in person—we hope to soon!—but we met here, through this community, and I am so grateful.)</p><p>Enjoy our conversation and please share your thoughts here in the comments. I’d love to hear what you think about this conversation and what it brings up for you.</p><p>And if you’d like to learn more about Joanna and her work, visit her website <a target="_blank" href="https://www.inspire-generosity.com/">Inspire-Generosity.com</a>. You can write to her at joanna@inspire-generosity.com .</p><p>If you enjoyed today’s newsletter please let me know by tapping the ❤️ button below—this also helps others find the Moving Through community. I always like to read your comments, too, so please share your thoughts if you’d like to!</p><p>And if you’d like to support my work here—and have access to the <a target="_blank" href="https://movingthrough.substack.com/archive">full archive of essays, interviews and resources</a>—please consider upgrading your subscription. My goal is to connect with as many of you as possible and keep growing this community. Your financial support, if you’re able to give it, helps me do this.</p><p>Interested in other Moving Through podcast episodes? A few more to listen to:</p><p>And if you missed hearing about my most recent outdoor adventure, you can read about my return to the 10K here: </p><p>I’m wishing all of us a good week ahead. May we all experience moments of quiet reflection and joy-filled adventure. I’ll be back again soon.</p><p>Until next time,</p><p>Heather</p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Moving Through at <a href="https://movingthrough.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">movingthrough.substack.com/subscribe</a>
May 30, 2024
When everything is changing
<p>“I spent very little time focused on me. And because of that, often times I would just be stressed out and burned out and exhausted just trying to be who I was and or who I thought everyone wanted me to be … It's so liberating being in midlife and knowing just who I am, finally. I'm here. And you either like me or you don't. And that's really — I'm not going to say it doesn't matter to me, because I think we all still want to be liked — but that doesn't define me anymore.” —<em>Laurie Reynoldson</em></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://lauriereynoldson.com/about">Laurie Reynoldson</a>, who lives in Boise and is a self-described “recovering attorney and former box-checker, people-pleaser and achievement junkie,” is Heather's guest and co-host on the latest episode of <a target="_blank" href="https://movingthrough.substack.com/podcast">the Moving Through podcast</a>. </p><p>Laurie and Heather have not yet met in person, but they had an instant connection when they first spoke about a month ago. Heather was seeking fellow midlife women to talk with for the podcast and one of Laurie's friends suggested she get in touch with her. From there, the pair chatted on the phone and set up a time to record an episode together (Laurie also is a podcaster; her show is called <a target="_blank" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/school-of-midlife/id1677652485">The School of Midlife</a>).</p><p>This episode is long and juicy and Heather and Laurie cover a lot, from how they're adjusting to changes in their friendships and with their husbands, to figuring out what they want (and no longer want) for themselves, the ways we show up for our kids and other family members, the changes we’ve made in our careers, the dreams we have for the future and so much more. It felt like sitting down with an old friend and getting right into a deep, heartfelt conversation.</p><p><strong>*******</strong></p><p><strong>Find Laurie Reynoldson at: </strong></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://lauriereynoldson.com/">LaurieReynoldson.com</a></p><p>On Instagram: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/laurie.reynoldson/channel/">https://www.instagram.com/laurie.reynoldson/channel/</a></p><p><strong>Find Heather Johnson Durocher at:</strong></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://movingthrough.substack.com/">MovingThrough.Substack.com </a></p><p>MichiganRunnerGirl.com </p><p>On Instagram: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/michiganrunnergirl">https://www.instagram.com/michiganrunnergirl</a> & <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/movingthroughpodcast/">https://www.instagram.com/movingthroughpodcast/</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Moving Through at <a href="https://movingthrough.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">movingthrough.substack.com/subscribe</a>
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