Croissants and Commentary #6: What is a Mentally Healthy Athlete?

Women's Performance

After a holiday break last week, Croissants & Commentary is back to talk about mental health in sports.

When we talk about mental health, does that mean optimizing peak mental performance in competition? Does it mean addressing diagnosable mental health conditions, like generalized anxiety or OCR? Do sports relieve or exacerbate these mental health challenges? Or. Are all these issues related?

To help us figure out what it means to be a mentally healthy elite athlete, Sara and Kelly are joined by mental health performance consultant, Danelle Kabush, PhD, who has worked with a number of national teams and world class athletes. They discuss:

• Female athletes and the systemic mental health challenges they face
• The growing awareness and destigmatization of mental health in sports
• Common issues faced by athletes, like confidence fluctuations and performance anxiety
• Creating a balance between sports and personal life
• The definition of a mentally healthy athlete in high-performance sports
• The importance of individualized approaches and proactive measures for mental well-being

Dr. Kabush also gives listeners some tools and strategies to put in their athlete's mental health toolkit.

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