Athlete Mental Health - Learning through adversity

....."One great definition of wisdom is healed pain. Wisdom is healed pain. So when you meet someone who`s really wise, it`s like, `what kind of darkness did you go through? What did you triumph over? What kind of adversities made you so resilient?` The beautiful part about this pandemic and the negative impact its had on everybody, quite frankly, but especially if we`re talking about athletes, it`s forcing them to develop emotional skill sets that maybe they wouldn`t have developed otherwise. As I mentioned previously, keeping their minds in the moment. That`s a wonderful thing. Accessing social support. That`s a wonderful thing. The de-stigmatization of mental health.....   ...more

Bethany`s Notes: Part 4 in a five part video series about athlete mental health during a pandemic. Watch the other parts here: https://www.wfmz.com/search/?l=25&s=start_time&sd=desc&nfl=ap&f=html&t=article%2Cvideo%2Cyoutube%2Ccollection&app=editorial&nsa=eedition&q=athlete+mental+health