This week in the Smart Coaching series, Keith Grabowski, Dr. Kucklik and Dr. Gearity discuss athletes’ and coaches’ mental health. This is a subject we all may overlook from time to time and something that needs to be talked about more. Though football is used to bringing joy and a release for some, there’s still a lot of pressures and factors that can affect mental health.
Show Notes:
01:20 Mental health movement
02:05 Lack of addressing mental health
03:25 Bridge of philosophy and psychology
04:00 Anxiety
05:17 Cognitive anxiety
06:50 Developing an enjoyable lifestyle
07:55 Work life balance
10:15 Keith’s life example
11:35 Obsessive behaviors
14:10 Experiencing episodes
15:00 Having self-care in work
15:20 Social factors
17:30 Jim Trussell example
17:55 Protestant work ethic
18:30 Coaching examples
19:20 Marginalized and different practices
20:00 Athlete perspective
21:30 Get away from everything is a grind mentality
22:20 Presentation of self
23:30 Resources and reach out
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