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Picked Last: How School PE Trauma Might Still Affect Your Relationship With Exercise
The Midlife Mentors
A recent Age UK study found that nearly a third of adults still feel affected by their school PE experiences… with many put off exercise for life.
Not because they’re lazy, but because of how it made them feel.
Being picked last. Feeling judged. Not fitting in.
And what’s interesting is - those moments didn’t stay in childhood. They shaped the story you might still be telling yourself now… “I’m not sporty”, “exercise isn’t for me” or "I’m not good enough…"
So today, we’re getting into that - in a funny lighthearted way - as we share our own personal (traumatic!) experiences.
We look at where these unhelpful beliefs really come from… and how to finally rewrite them in a way that actually works for you now - so you can live midlife healthy, happy and strong.
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