In the growing conversation about mental health in sport, coaches are often left out. We wanted to change that. In this episode, goalie coach from App State; Azure Fernsler, shared some of her insights on coaches' mental health and some potential solutions to manage those issues. If you take anything away from this episode, it should be this: "Coaches are people too and they need resources." Follow us on IG @behindthemask3132 for more information on past and future episodes. Thanks for tuning in!

We're taking a break from talking about worship songs to discuss the very important and ever evolving topic of athlete mental health. We're discussed issues with the current conversation and some solutions we think can be implemented. We hope you continue this conversation with your crew! Follow us on IG @behindthemask3132 for more info!

We're continuing our series called "The Breakdown" with our good friend, Rob Morales. Have you ever wondered if we actually live our lives in line with the worship song we sing? That's what we're aiming to break down in this series. What do these songs tell us about God and our posture toward Him? What makes them challenging to live out? This episode, we down The Heart of Worship by Matt Redman and Nothing Else by Cody Carnes. Both songs challenge us to question what we come to worship with and what distractions get in the way of our worship. We also talk about how everything can be considered worship if it's for God's glory. We hope you enjoy this conversation and that it challenges you. Minimally, we hope to leave you with some bomb worship music! Follow us on IG @behindthemask3132 for more content.

We started a new series called "The Breakdown"! Have you ever wondered if we actually live our lives in line with the worship songs we sing? That's what we're aiming to break down in the series. What do these songs tell us about God and our posture toward Him? What makes them challenging to live out? This episode, we broke down Jireh by Maverick City Music and This is the Kingdom by Elevation Worship. Both phenomenal songs about God's holiness. Kerry will be with be for hopefully all of them. So, we hope you enjoy the conversation and that it challenges you. Minimally, we hope to leave you with some bomb worship music! Follow us on IG @behindthemask3132 for more content  

Check out both songs here:

Jireh - https://youtu.be/mC-zw0zCCtg 

This is the Kingdom - https://youtu.be/wEFHy-NSW8I

We started a new series called "The Breakdown"! Have you ever wondered if we actually live our lives in line with the worship songs we sing? That's what we're aiming to break down in the series. What do these songs tell us about God and our posture toward Him? What makes them challenging to live out? This episode, we broke down Refiner by Maverick City Music and Echo Holy by Red Rocks Worship. Both phenomenal songs about God's holiness. Kerry will be with be for hopefully all of them. So, we hope you enjoy the conversation and that it challenges you. Minimally, we hope to leave you with some bomb worship music! Follow us on IG @behindthemask3132 for more content

Check out part 2 of our discussion about unlearning in the transition to coaching from playing. We talk more in this episode about what coaching has taught us about ourselves and why we coach. We hope you all enjoy this episode and continue these conversations with your crew. Follow us on IG @behindthemask3132 for more content! You can follow Kasey @phillymetrofca and Morgan @coachruhl22

In this episode, we unpacked some things we've had to unlearn as we transitioned to coaching. One thing we've all learned is not everything that made us successful athletes will make us successful coaches. We hope you all enjoy this episode and continue these conversations with your crew. Follow us on IG @behindthemask3132 for more content! You can follow Kasey @phillymetrofca and Morgan @coachruhl22

We hope you enjoyed this episode and we encourage you to continue these conversations with your crew. We also want to hear from you so follow us on IG @behindthemask3132, follow Kerry @ker_phillips_, and leave a comment.  

Scripture references:

 Romans 13:14

Job 4:3-6

Athlete culture is unique. It teaches many life lessons and shapes people to be develop mindsets that allow them to excel in the sports world. We can learn so much from the best in the game; Michael Jordan, Tom Brady, Serena Williams, and Simone Biles, on what it takes to make it. The only problem is many of these mindsets don't translate well to life after sport and they might not be sustainable in life in sport. In this episode, we broke a few of these and talked about what makes them potentially toxic. We hope you enjoy this conversation and continue it with your friends and teammates. You can follow Syd @retiredcollegeathletes on IG and us @behindthemask3132

Ever heard the phrase; "I just want to get back to where I was when I was playing"? So often, we attach the same expectations of our bodies that we had when we were playing to when we retire. Athlete culture is definitely not one that teaches us how to respect our bodies. This is what we aimed to unpack in this episode with our friend Marissa Heath. We hope you guys continue this conversation and reach out to us with your comments, questions, or even topic ideas. As always, you can follow us on IG @behindthemask3132. You can also follow Marissa @marissalheath