Former competitive ice dancer Matilda Friend struggled with body image issues and disordered eating throughout her career.
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What “Heated Rivalry” Reveals About Being Queer in Sport
A look at identity, performance, and the hidden cost of silence in athletics.
Losing motivation? 3 tips from a pro athlete and an expert on how to turn it around
Corey Hirsch experienced burnout while playing in the NHL, he learned some tools to help overcome it.
4 Mental Health Tips for College Athletes
Here are four ways to take care of your mental health as a student athlete.
Jets’ Gabriel Vilardi opens up about mental health struggles: ‘You just see the negatives’
Winnipeg Jets forward Gabriel Vilardi has openly discussed his long-term battle with anxiety and panic attacks, which began at age 11 and caused him to miss six months of school.
A D1 Athlete’s Journey to Finding Hope and Strength Coming Back from Injury (Again and Again)
Numerous injuries have prevented me from doing the thing I love most: running.
How The Hell Did I Get Here???
I fell in love with gambling.
Is Your “Healthy” Training Actually an Eating Disorder?
Mental health and endurance sport researcher Jill Colangelo breaks down a study on how endurance athletes misuse food and exercise.
Sport stars are human’ Jordan Abdull on depression and his journey back from the brink
Jordan Abdull has opened up on his mental health battle, his new purpose and rediscovering his love for rugby league.
Bucks County native Andrew Heo says devotion to mental health helped him get back to Olympics
The 24-year-old began speed skating when he was 6, with his family regularly driving three hours to Maryland for training.
Rejections, depression & promise to his mum – Thiago’s route to top
A young Igor Thiago could not have known he would one day break the record for the most goals by a Brazilian player in a Premier League season.
Mahomes Explains Attention to Mental Health During Rehab
Quarterback’s rehabilitation is grueling, including bad days, and mental health is just as important as physical.
I have to be the sickest one here’: Stanford gymnast opens up about eating disorder
How Stanford gymnast overcame eating disorder, obsession of being “the sickest one”
Substance Use and Performance: How Best to Support Athlete Patients
Substance use vulnerability increases with injury, high external expectations, normalized team use, social pressure, and an overidentification with athletic identity, facilitating escalation from coping to dependence.