Mental Healthlete
Welcome to the Mental Healthletes, a place to hear from athletes and coaches on how we can build positive strategies to live with our Depression, Anxiety, and other Mental Illness. I am your host Bill Garrels. I have lived with Depression and Anxiety most of my adult life and created this podcast to support other athletes who are struggling with Mental Illness and help break down that stigma. We will be hearing stories from other athletes on how they could not OUT TRAIN or OUT RACE their Mental Illness and find out where they turned to for support. Learn from Coaches and other professionals about actions you can take to live, train, and race successfully with this wonderful illness. My goal is to provide resources, ideas, and support so you don't have to do it alone. Do you have a personal story that you'd like to share? Do you know of other athletes who are open to talking about their mental health and its relationship to sports? Send me a note at [email protected]. And if you're struggling right now, reach out to a loved one, training partner, coach, or doctor, or call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255. You are not alone.
- Update frequency
- every 18 days
- Average duration
- 34 minutes
- Episodes
- 11
- Years Active
- 2022
Alex Palmer - Cyclist, Marketer, Podcast Host, and Mental Health Advocate
My guest today is Alex Palmer, a Londoner living in Austin, Texas. He's an accomplished cyclist, marketer, and men's mental health advocate. He's also the creator of the Black Dog Cast Podcast that h…
Kyle Duford - Author, Brander, Thought Leader, and an Old Friend
Our next guest is Kyle Duford. He is an author, brander, speaker, thought leader, and advocate for men’s mental health. We met 17 years ago in the Triathlon Universe and have been friends ever sinc…
Dr. Kay Porter - Mental Performance Coach and Speed Walker
Welcome to the Mental Healthlete podcast!
In this episode, we catch up with Dr. Kay Porter, a mental performance coach from Eugene, Oregon with a Ph.D. in psychology. You may recall from our episode …
Tyler McCandless - P.h.D Meteorologist, Data Scientist, Dad, and World Class Runner
Welcome to another episode of the Mental Healthlete. I'm your host, Bill Garrels and I am excited to share my talk with Tyler McCandless.
Tyler is a world-class, professional runner with a world-clas…
Esra Kellermans - P.h.D, Dog Walker, Athlete
Hey everybody, welcome to the Mental Healthlete podcast. Thank you for listening.
I'm excited for you to hear my conversation with Esra Kellermans. We had a great time hanging out and I know her story…
Melody Fairchild - Oregon Ducks Hall of Fame Runner and Boulder Mountain Warriors Director
Welcome to the Mental Healthlete podcast. My guest this week is Melody Fairchild. If you're into running, there is a good chance you've heard of Melody. She's arguably the best high school distance r…
Will Murray
My guest today is Will Murray. Will is a ten-year USA Triathlon Level 1 coach with specialties in mental conditioning, youth coaching, and trauma treatment. He works with athletes in his coaching wit…
Michael Garfield Levine
I'm so thrilled to visit with my good friend, Michael Garfield Levine, and hear some of his stories, struggles, and triumphs in dealing with his mental health. We go back a long way and this was a go…
303 Endurance invited me to be on their podcast!
I've known Rich Soares and Bill Plock for a while and I was excited and appreciative when they invited me to be a guest on their 303 Endurance podcast. We had a great time talking about racing, how I…
Ok, we'll go first.
The interest in the Mental Healthlete podcast has been incredible. So much support from so many people. Yet, when it came to actually getting people to agree to be on the podcast and tell their menta…
Introduction of the Mental Healthlete Podcast
The Mental Healthlete podcast is a place to hear from athletes and coaches on how we can build positive strategies to live with our depression, anxiety, and other mental illness.
We will be hearing s…