Find Your Identity: Struggles of Athlete Mental Health
Director of Mental Performance Dr. Lindsay Ross-Stewart featured in KMOV4 St. Louis, MO news article “Finding your identity: Struggles of athlete mental health”.
Finding your identity: Struggles of Athlete Mental Health
Nuggets from Dr. Lindsay Ross-Stewart
- It’s great to identify as an athlete, however you must identify as other things as well
- The best way to get a college scholarship is good grades. There are more academic scholarships than athletic.
- The more you can see yourself with multiple identities the less they put themselves at risk for the mental health concerns that can come after their playing career.
“If all I’m remembered for is being a good basketball player, then I’ve done a bad job with the rest of my life.” — Isaiah Thomas
