The Athletic Mind

May is Mental Health Awareness month and is an important conversation that needs to be had continually within the athletic community from youth all the way up to the professional level. In this episode, Taylor shares some statistics on mental health and athlete mental health, the stories of Olympic, professional, and student-athletes that are mental health advocates, and how mental performance coaching can provide athletes with tools to cope better with the challenges of sport and life.

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Episode References:

Mental Health and Athletes

Global Mental Health Statistics

Michael Phelps: ‘My Depression and Anxiety Is Never Going to Just Disappear’

Simone Biles opens up about her mental health post-Olympics: ‘I’m still scared to do gymnastics’

Everyone Is Going Through Something

Kevin Love honored for mental health advocacy

Athletes and Mental Health: The Hidden Opponent | Victoria Garrick | TEDxUSC

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Stress has a major impact on an athletes ability to perform at peak levels. Taylor runs solo on the difference between good and bad forms of stress, provides steps on how athletes can strategically cope with these stresses, discusses what psychological stresses are and how they can impact players mental health and performance, and why mental performance coaching serves as not only a tool for increasing sports performance but also as a tool to proactively manage mental health.

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Episode References:

Article: 3 Types of Psychological Stress Affecting Athletes In-season

Article: When stress is good for student-athletes and when it's not

Episode 48: Playoffs and Performance Pressure

Episode 29: Focus on the Controllables

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The past two weeks was full of amazing performances and spectator turnout during the IIHF Women's World Championships in Brampton, ON. Taylor and Lauren get into the surprising team performances in the tournament, discuss the time old skill versus systems debate, and explore how women's hockey can continue to grow in North America and internationally to fuel more competition between countries on the international stage.

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Life is full of uncertainty. You can either get crushed by it or you can learn how to thrive in it. The choice is yours. This week, Taylor and Lauren discuss how athletes can thrive in uncertain environments (prepare for tryouts, jump to the next level, or are joining a new team) by breaking down the brain's response to these type of stressors and providing mental perfomance strategies and insights from personal experience.

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This week, Taylor and Lauren discuss the rise of athlete centered coaching in the sports community. This approach to coaching is a shift away from the traditional command and control style, which is quickly becoming outdated. By taking a more collaborative approach with athletes, coaches can create an environment that is conducive to learning and growth. Change is constant and the only way to keep producing the results you want is by learning and evolving the way you lead your athletes and coaches.

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This week, Taylor runs solo with a short conversation around embracing your unique growth journey. Many people perceive growth to be a constant and linear experience upwards when in reality it is full of peaks and valleys of various heights and depths. It can be easy for athletes and coaches to get caught up in the success of their peers and opponents and get discouraged. She leaves listeners off with three questions they can ask themselves throughout their growht journey to help them stay on track or readjust when necessary.

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In this weeks episode, Taylor and Lauren break into discussion on a topic that many athletes ask about: performance pressure. This is especially highlighted as teams approach playoffs, when every game counts. Taylor and Lauren break down what performance pressure really is and how athletes can strategically combat and manage feelings of pressure in their own game. 

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This week, Lauren goes solo in a deep dive into why Mental Skills Training is the new "Cutting Edge" for athletic performance. For years, strength and conditioning was what athletes used to set themselves apart from one another at the top. While the physical side is, and always will be, important in athletics, the mental is what is starting to separate great athletes from the elite athletes. Covering everything from why and when such great expectations were created around athletics and how that has impacted athlete's mindsets to the some of the research showing the advantages of mental skills training, Lauren digs deep into the conversation about why people need to start considering this avenue of skill development in all sports. 

Article about Sports Becoming a Business:

https://coffeeordie.com/american-sports-billion-dollar/#:~:text=In%20the%201920s%20American%20sports,by%20professional%20agents%20and%20promoters

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Taylor and Lauren are joined by Sun Sachs and Ed Gibbins, Co-Founders of Rewire Fitness. Rewire Fitness is a holistic performance platform designed to help athletes develop mental fitness, build resiliency, and get primed for performance. Sun and Ed share their personal stories that led them into the fields of neuroscience and sport psychology, the individualization of recovery for athletes through the app, and so much more. 

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Rewire Fitness:

Website: https://rewirefitness.app

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**This episode contains potentially triggering topics. Listen at your own discretion. Seek help through the listed support links if you are struggling**

This week, Taylor and Lauren are joined by Jackie Hackett, Registered Dietitian, Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, and Personal Trainer. Nutrition is a topic that athletes know is highly important when it comes to performance but is often overlooked and highly misunderstood. 

Jackie addresses some of the myths surrounding nutrition and overall health for female athletes and how these myths can perpetuate eating disorders. She discusses the difference between disordered eating and eating disorders, both the common and severe symptoms that accompany these disorders, and the importance of proper nutrition so athletes can fuel their body for performance.

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Contact Jackie:

IG: @hacketthealth

Website: https://www.hackett.health

Email: [email protected]

Support Links:

National Eating Disorders Association (US)

National Eating Disorders Information Centre (Canada)

Eating Disorders Hope - Educational and Treatment Resources

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