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Success Story: A Wake-Up Call to a Better Life

By Sam Dehority — 2013

Sean Harrison wasn’t an athlete. Sure, he’s 6’6″ and 200-plus pounds, but flat feet and a lack of coordination kept him from utilizing his size, while a steady diet of Bojangles’ fast food and soda kept him on the couch.

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Playing Sports: How Does It Affect Student-Athletes’ Mental Health?

Sports are known to have many effects on physical health for all who play them, including student-athletes. But what about the effects on mental health? Can playing a sport worsen a student’s mental health, or can it actually help? Turns out it’s a little of both.

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Alyssa Sanchez
2019
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With Her Candor, Osaka Adds to Conversation About Mental Health

In making herself vulnerable, Naomi Osaka joined other noteworthy athletes in pushing a once-taboo subject into the open.

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Alan Blinder
2021
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How to Mentally Come Back from a Sports Injury

“We need to do a better job of addressing mental as well as physical aspects of athletic injuries,” sports psychologist Matthew Sacco, PhD, says.

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Cleveland Clinic Team
2020
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Athletes Share Their Mental Health Coping Strategies

Struggles with anxiety and depression can affect anyone—even the greatest performers in sports

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Brad Stulberg
2018
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What Ails Us

Most genetic studies completely ignore the science of epigenetics, which is how the environment actually turns certain genes on or off.

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Tracy Frisch, Gabor Mate
2012
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How to Improve Your Psychological Well-Being

Your emotional health is key to a happy life.

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Amy Morin
2020
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A Life Worth Waking Up For

People who love the life they live find more time to live it.

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Joshua Becker
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My Great Wake-Up Call

Five years ago, my father fell into a deep bout of depression. Twelve months later his depression culminated in suicide.

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Jordan Lally
2018
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Health Focus: Well for Culture

According to Well For Culture’s ambassador Anthony Thosh Collins, the movement is “an alliance of like-minded Indigenous people from many nations and all directions.

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Native Max
2016
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Five Surprising Ways Exercise Changes Your Brain

Moving your body is one of the most beneficial things you can do for your mind.

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Kelly McGonigal
2020
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