Female athlete health: conversation is only the start

....Eating disorders are complex mental illnesses – albeit ones which are compounded by the physiological and biochemical effects of starvation – requiring psychological treatment, and not simply solved by a visit to the nutritionist.....

....Listening to your body? If you can’t hear its desperate screams for help, how are you ever going to learn to answer its subtle warning whispers?....   ...more

Bethany`s Notes: Are we allowing ourselves to listen to our athletes and what their bodies say? Are we allowing them to push through when we need to tell them that`s enough? When do you find you are willing to listen and not just be heard?