If you’ve ever felt like a fraud and that your success and/or praise isn’t deserved, then you may be dealing with athlete imposter syndrome (also known as the imposter phenomenon)….
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How to Let Go of Your Sports Career
Letting go of your sports career is something many former athletes wrestle with long after their playing days are over. The “what if” questions that loop in your mind for…
Why Many Men Struggle with Emotional Support
I’ll just get this out there: I get that it’s probably ironic that a woman is writing an article about how men struggle with their emotions. Nevertheless, my intention here…
How the Body Stores Emotions
Athletes know the importance of physical and mental health, but what you may not know is that the two are connected in how the body stores emotions. The physical pain…
Athletes, Here’s Why You Should Stop Ignoring Your Emotions
Athletes are humans and so they have emotions, but not every athlete is good at acknowledging those feelings. Most of the athletes I know hold their emotions in because they…
5 Ways Athletes Can Boost Their Self-Confidence
As an athlete mental health coach, I’m often asked about how to help athletes build self-confidence. It’s a fundamental trait that any athlete in any sport needs to develop, and…
Normalizing Courageous Conversations About Mental Health for Athletes
When I was a teenager and first began to experience depression, mental health was a hush-hush topic. I learned from sports and society that crying and being sad was “weak.”…
Prioritizing Athlete Mental Health is Here to Stay
Once upon a time, no one dared to talk about his or her struggles with mental health publicly. We lived in a “grin and bear it” era where progress and…
Speaking Up is Being Mentally Tough
Say what you need to say. As we see more and more athletes come forward publicly about their struggles with mental health, we’re also seeing athletes take breaks from their…
Top Mental Health Risk Factors for Retired Athletes
In retirement, athletes go through major transitions as they begin a new phase of their life. While this transition might be easy for some, it can be downright debilitating for…