Shayna and Kathy are joined by best selling author and therapist, Megan Logan, to chat about the mental health benefits and pitfalls of participation in sports, particularly in youth and collegiate levels. But don't you worry, even if you aren't into sports, the discussion was largely relevant to all areas of life. Megan also provides some insight into what Kathy was like in grad school, way back in the olden days of the 1990's.

Citations and references

Megan Logan's Website

You can find Megan's books here.

Associations between organized sport participation and mental health difficulties: Data from over 11,000 US children and adolescents.

Mental Health in Elite Athletes: Increased Awareness Requires an Early Intervention Framework to Respond to Athlete Needs. 

Suicide in NCAA Athletes

Suicides among college athletes have grieving parents and students calling for NCAA action

Mental Health Issues Remain on Minds of Student Athletes

Artwork by Matthew Gwaltney- https://www.bdbumblebee.com

Editing by Ryan Merrill

Intro Music is "Call to Adventure" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)-Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

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