No Off-Season Episode 2 | Laurie Hernandez | The Path to Peace

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4.7 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

By the time gymnast Laurie Hernandez turned 16, she’d reached the peak of her sport. But success came at a cost and her mental health suffered. In this honest and intimate conversation with Crisis Text Line’s Natalia Dayan, a licensed social worker and therapist, Laurie shares what she endured, how she found the resolve to recover, and the profound therapeutic steps she has taken to heal.

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0:00.0	The immediate answer that everyone expects is, well, yeah, because I went to the Olympics
0:12.7	and won.
0:13.7	It's the assumption that that is worth anything.
0:17.0	The problem I have with that is that not only do I carry two medals, but I also carry
0:22.3	childhood trauma that I'm consistently dismantling and I don't believe I will stop dismantling
0:27.2	them to let them very wrinkly lady.
0:31.1	That's Olympic gold medalist Lori Hernandez and she's my guest on this episode of No Off
0:35.9	Season.
0:36.9	I'm Natalia Diane, a licensed social worker and a therapist.
0:40.8	I work at Crisis Textline where we provide free 24-7 high quality text-based mental health
0:46.2	support and crisis intervention.
0:48.9	No Off Season is rooted in support too.
0:52.1	We're here to show those facing mental health challenges that they're not alone and
0:56.9	then they're strength in asking for help.
0:59.9	We're sharing stories about mental health because it's a subject that impacts all of us.
1:05.3	For Lori Hernandez, becoming a work class athlete also meant experiencing depression and anxiety
1:11.5	by the time she was 16.
1:13.9	She'll tell us all about these changes to her mental health, why they happen and how
1:17.9	she's worked on her own and with a therapist to heal.
1:22.0	The way Lori shares her very personal story is brave, open and vulnerable.
1:28.1	She reminds us all that there is empowerment to be found even after the darkest of days.
1:44.0	It's really really really an honor to be here with you.
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