By Bernard Golden, Ph.D. — 2020
Aspiring to be perfect is very different than believing we need to be perfect.
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Nowhere to Run is a daring memoir illustrating the wonderful highs of Wisconsin Badger football coupled with the dreadful depths of addiction. This classic tale of man’s internal struggle leads Montee Ball down a path where he is met with an undeniable and heartbreaking truth.
When athletes and active people can’t perform at their peak because of chronic pain it’s frustrating and life can feel incomplete. It’s a story that author Jessica Kisiel, Exercise Physiologist and former professional athlete, knows all too well.
For the first thirty-five years of my life, I thought I was unstoppable, believing that my hard work, focus and passion could carry me through anything. I had an amazing, flexible job, a loving husband, a powerful, strong body and lived in one of the most beautiful places in the world.
On a special episode of In Depth, we’re sharing the personal battles bravely discussed by past guests, in hopes their stories can inspire others to overcome their own Unseen Struggles. Guests reveal their lowest points and encouraging moments of self-discovery.
Derrick Malone, an ex-Oregon football player, opens up about his fight with depression. Malone talks about what steps he took to fight the battle.
Jon Frankel sits down with the NCAA’s chief medical officer, a workplace abuse expert and former NCAA athletes to learn more about depressed college athletes.
Madison Holleran’s father Jim remembers his daughter and calls on athletic departments to do more to help student-athletes with mental health problems.
Decorated Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps sits down with Jeremy Schaap on Outside the Lines to share his journey with depression and discusses the impact of other athletes coming forward with stories of their own struggles with mental health.
NBA star DeRozan shares the emotions, the isolation and the hard choices that have come with pro basketball. This is a CBC Gem original.
Tyson Fury, 31, and Dean Windass, 50, are both top sportsmen and both have suffered from very public mental health issues.