Day 4 – What Are Elite Athletes Teaching Us About Mental Health? | The Game Inside The Games

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Dr. Michael Gervais

Sport Psychology, Finding Mastery, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Business, Self Help, Michael Gervais, Health & Fitness, Mindset, Psychology, Self-improvement, Education

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🗓️ 29 July 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Are elite athletes a good population to teach us about mental health?

Despite what coverage in the media might suggest… YES! Elite athletes have so much to teach us about how to work from the inside out.

On Day 4 of The Game Inside The Games, five-time medalist Nastia Liukin and high-performance psychologist Dr. Michael Gervais explore the topic of mental health in the context of one of the biggest sporting events on the planet.

They discuss the importance of mental skills training, the evolving conversation around mental health in sports, and how athletes like Simone Biles have influenced this dialogue.

The topic of mental health exists on a large spectrum – and right now, the conversation is focused on dysfunction, not health. It’s time to flip the script.

With Fire,

The FM Team

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0:00.0	Day 4 from Paris. What can we learn about mental health from Olympians?
0:05.0	Welcome back or welcome to The Game Inside the Games on Finding Mastery.
0:10.0	I'm Dr. Michael Jervay by Trade and Training a high-performance psychologist.
0:14.4	And I'm Nastay Lucan, Olympic Gold Medalist, and we are here in Paris for the Olympic Games.
0:18.7	And in this special series we unlock the psychology of pivotal,
0:22.8	often unseen moments that can make or break
0:26.0	an athlete's dream.
0:27.4	What's it like to focus a lifetime of experience
0:30.0	into one performance, a single moment?
0:32.3	What goes on inside the minds of the brightest Olympic stars
0:35.3	while the whole world is watching?
0:37.4	Welcome back to Paris, and let's dive into The Game Inside the Games.
0:42.0	Welcome back to the Game Inside the Games, presented by Microsoft Co-Pilot.
0:46.0	I am Performance Psychologist Dr Michael Jervay.
0:48.0	And I'm Olympico Medalist Nastie Lucan, and together we're bringing you an inside look at the athletes like never before.
0:54.4	Are Olympians a good population to teach us about mental health?
0:58.8	Flat out. Yes, despite what all the media coverage suggests we can learn a lot from them about how
1:06.7	they approach mental health. Okay so that might disrupt the current narrative but let's go.
1:11.6	Okay so I'm in a mood about this.
1:14.4	This is how I spend most of my time thinking about supporting
1:19.8	and challenging athletes to be their very best.
1:22.8	And the way that we talk about mental health
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