Episode 34 - From Broken Dreams to the World's Highest Peaks: The Cherie Horne Story

Cherie Horne was an athlete with the world at her feet - a 15 year old running star, and a realistic Olympic dream awaited. But then her body let her down, time after time after time. What followed would be familiar to many athletes with shattered dreams - a sense of loss, a struggle with identity, a battle with mental health! And at the young age of 43, the diagnosis of Osteoporosis was delivered - a brittle bone condition usually diagnosed in people much older than Cherie. This diagnosis hit hard - for someone so active, and with an intense love of health and fitness, the idea that her body was so fragile was truly devastating. But rather than give up, Cherie found a love of trekking, and from the trekking came the massive climbs, attempting five of the highest summits in the world, including the feared Denali in Alaska. In a raw and honest conversation, Cherie details the highs and the battering lows, and explains how she went from a shattered teenage athlete, through the fears of a vulnerable osteoporotic body, to now being the happiest, healthiest, strongest person she has ever been - and with the amazing side story of reversing her osteoporosis!