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    612-822-4611

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Learning to Breathe: A Memoir

Learning to Breathe: A Memoir

Hughes, Clara

Hardcover

Biographies GeneralWomen's Health

Publisher Price: $29.99

ISBN10: 1668200759
ISBN13: 9781668200759
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: Oct 13 2026
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.95
Height: 1.20 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.20
Language: English
From Clara Hughes, the six-time Olympic medalist, celebrated humanitarian, and bestselling author of Open Heart, Open Mind: A story of healing and transformation in midlife.

As an elite athlete--the only person who has won multiple medals in both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games--Clara Hughes thrived on powering through pain, with profound consequences for her body and mind. Following her retirement from sport, the mantra ''movement as medicine'' fueled her public advocacy for mental health and her personal healing journey. However, Clara's attraction to extremes persisted: grueling months-long hikes and bike-packing trips began to take a toll. In 2021, a catastrophic knee injury coincided with menopausal hot flashes and dizzying mood swings, forcing her into stillness, and her depression, kept at bay for years, loomed larger than ever.

How do you move forward when the body you've always relied on doesn't bounce back like it used to, when you feel like a stranger to yourself, and the punishing voice in your head won't stop? Clara sought help through traditional avenues, but after realizing how little support there is for people in menopause, she turned to a different kind of medicine. Enter the world of psychedelic-assisted therapy.

Through guided experiences--some hilarious, some alarming, and some mind-expanding--Clara begins a winding trip back to herself, and to a deeper awareness of the roots of the inner pain she'd suppressed through sport. Along the way, she forges new relationships; begins the work of repairing old ones; and faces long-held fears.

Learning to Breathe is a vulnerable, funny, wise and fascinating memoir about one human's healing journey, the terrors and joys of midlife change, and the potential for new beginnings at any stage.

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