Getting Started Exercising

The pandemic has thrown everyone’s lives out of orbit. Every single person’s routine has been upended since March, and we’re all trying to do our best to stay afloat. And what is the first thing to go when life gets hard: exercise. But our next guest is here to tell you that the pandemic-and any excuse for that matter-is not a good enough reason to not stay healthy and move daily. Dr. Courtney Beard is an associate professor of psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and a clinical psychologist with expertise in anxiety disorders and cognitive behavioral therapy.