Everything Athletes - Mental Health for Competitors
Kim Carducci
32 episodes
9 months ago
Everything Athletes dives into the toughest moments of an athlete's journey: defeat, injury and retirement. Our show includes a mix of guest episodes and conversations with Kim, Founder of Everything Athletes and former Division I swimmer.
Athletes face unavoidable road bumps that come with being a ferocious competitor. When we inevitably experience defeat, injury and retiring from sports for good, everything just feels hard. Kim's exploration of those tough moments offers insightful spoonfuls of sugar to help the medicine go down.
Kim is a mental health advocate in sport and roots her analyses in understanding the athlete identity.
Whatever your athlete journey looks like for you, join us and thrive.
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Everything Athletes dives into the toughest moments of an athlete's journey: defeat, injury and retirement. Our show includes a mix of guest episodes and conversations with Kim, Founder of Everything Athletes and former Division I swimmer.
Athletes face unavoidable road bumps that come with being a ferocious competitor. When we inevitably experience defeat, injury and retiring from sports for good, everything just feels hard. Kim's exploration of those tough moments offers insightful spoonfuls of sugar to help the medicine go down.
Kim is a mental health advocate in sport and roots her analyses in understanding the athlete identity.
Whatever your athlete journey looks like for you, join us and thrive.
contact@everythingathletes.com
In this episode, Kim chats with Ryan Stock, former basketball player, coach and author of One Last Drop. Ryan shares his experiences on the court, his relationship with alcohol and what he's doing today to support athlete wellbeing.
In this episode, Kim chats with Dr. Kensa Gunter, a licensed clinical and sport psychologist. She has deep expertise working with athletes, trainers, sports nutritionists and other members of the sports community around life's challenges.
In this episode, Kim talks with Dr. Matthew Raidbard, author of Lead Like a Pro and college basketball coach. We talk mental health for coaches, athletes and how to build leadership skills like empathy and understanding.
In this three-part episode, Kim shares statistics, insights and treatment recommendations from the IOC's 2019 mental health report. Covering 11 mental health symptoms and disorders, Kim dives into rates of prevalence across gender and country.
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In this three-part episode, Kim shares statistics, insights and treatment recommendations from the IOC's 2019 mental health report. Covering 11 mental health symptoms and disorders, Kim dives into rates of prevalence across gender and country.
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In this three-part episode, Kim shares statistics, insights and treatment recommendations from the IOC's 2019 mental health report. Covering 11 mental health symptoms and disorders, Kim dives into rates of prevalence across gender, country and sport.
contact@everythingathletes.com
In this episode, Kim talks with Ryan Pho, collegiate baseball player and founder of Psychathletes. Ryan shares details about his high school and collegiate baseball career, his freshman game that inspired feelings of lingering self-doubt and what he does today to transition into a life post-sport.
In this episode, Kim talks with Dr. Matthew Sacco, a leading Sports Psychologist from the Cleveland Clinic. Chatting about topics such as social media, cyber bullying, and the broader issue of mental health in sports, Dr. Sacco offers his expertise on what athletes can do today to improve mental health.
In this two-part episode, Kim talks about what she does, what she does not do and what she thinks to live a stable, rooted life that she considers living with "good" mental health.
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In this episode, Kim talks about what she does, what she does not do and what she thinks to live a stable, rooted life that she considers living with "good" mental health.
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In this episode, Kim talks about her experiences eliminating caffeine and alcohol from her diet and the positive side effects on her mental health.
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In this episode, Kim looks at when it might be best to give yourself some tough love. She identifies 3 moments in your life when you could use self-driven tough love and 5 methods on how to actually do it. After recently completing David Goggin's book, Can't Hurt Me, where Goggins is the epitome of tough love, it only makes sense to reference his journey throughout this episode.
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In this follow-up episode, Kim offers 3 pieces of advice to help you cope during injury. Acknowledging your situation and feelings, offering gratitude for the health you do have and finding an alternative stress outlet are a few coping mechanisms athletes can engage in today.
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In this episode, Kim chats with Sean Fee about his career as a collegiate wrestler, the stigma around mental health in sport and what athletes can do today to support their own mental well-being.
From finding friends outside of sport to learning to live a well-balanced life in moderation, Sean offers many insights for both athletes and non-athletes to feel good in their own lives.
In this episode, Kim talks about the struggle athletes face when injured. The greatest challenge is overcoming the uncertainty of the situation.
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In this episode, Kim shares details of her upcoming book The I of the Tiger. The book's pre-release date is July 13th, 10 days before the Tokyo Olympics. The official release date is September 21st, 2021.
Chapter 1 shares insights on what's included in the book and how this book can help athletes tackle the toughest moments on their own journey.
Order your own copy of the book at https://www.everythingathletes.com/buy-the-book-and-thrive
In this episode, Kim chats with Music Sociologist Rosie Mead about athletes leveraging the power of music to change the way they feel.
Rosie explains that we don't always chase the goal (the medal, the trophy, the blue ribbon), we chase the feeling that comes with achieving that goal.
In order to best thrive in our daily lives, we need to ask ourselves each morning how we want to feel. Then, we turn to music to access those feelings. Listen to Rosie explain how you can optimize your athlete journey by setting "goals with soul".
Kerrie Mohr, LCSW, Founder and Lead Therapist at A Good Place Therapy, joins us to talk about her swimming youth, anxiety and perfectionism. Kerrie was also an avid runner, having completed three marathons.
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In this episode, Kim looks at a few reasons why it is so challenging to enter a post-sport life for elite athletes. Then, she offers helpful guidelines and exercises you can do today to ease into the retirement transition.
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In this episode, Kim explores an athlete's curse of perfectionism. Perfectionism can be our best friend and worst nightmare, pushing us to achieve first place and torturing ourselves when we don't meet expectations.
Take a listen to learn how athletes attach themselves to "being perfect".
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Everything Athletes - Mental Health for Competitors
Everything Athletes dives into the toughest moments of an athlete's journey: defeat, injury and retirement. Our show includes a mix of guest episodes and conversations with Kim, Founder of Everything Athletes and former Division I swimmer.
Athletes face unavoidable road bumps that come with being a ferocious competitor. When we inevitably experience defeat, injury and retiring from sports for good, everything just feels hard. Kim's exploration of those tough moments offers insightful spoonfuls of sugar to help the medicine go down.
Kim is a mental health advocate in sport and roots her analyses in understanding the athlete identity.
Whatever your athlete journey looks like for you, join us and thrive.
contact@everythingathletes.com
