Being Human: Inspirational Speaker Series - Jenny Valentish, Author & Journalist.

Jenny Valentish is the author of acclaimed addiction publication Woman of Substances, often used in Universities as recommended reading in the study of women and addiction. 

Jenny’s second book, Everything Harder Than Everyone Else: Why Some Of Us Push Our Bodies To Extremes is what caught my eye and brought Jenny to my awareness, more on that in this episode!  

Jenny is a regular contributor to the Guardian newspaper, Vice magazine & The Sydney Morning Herald. She is a former NME columnist, editor of Time Out Melbourne and a regular keynote speaker at drug and alcohol conferences.  

Jenny grew up in slough and now lives in Australia where she moved in 2006.  

In this episode we discuss:  

Why people push themselves so hard in extreme endurance sports & activities. 

What things might those people have in common; what drives those urges? 

Where Jenny’s passion & interest in women and substances arose from. 

How people can swap one addiction for another. 

How challenging life experiences can become incredible strengths. 

The dopaminergic reward system; payoffs for endurance. 

Telic and atelic activities: What they are and how they motivate people differently  

Find Jenny: https://www.instagram.com/jennyvalent... https://www.valentish.net/ https://jennyvalentish.com/ 

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