Everything Athletes - Mental Health for Competitors

What is the Athlete Identity? - Part 1

Episode Summary

In this episode, Kim defines the "Athlete Identity". Identity is a complex, layered study. Exploring topics such as how we build identity attachments, why studying identity is so important and uncovering the defining characteristics of being an athlete help grow our awareness around our athlete life. The better we understand, the better we thrive. contact@everythingathletes.com

Episode Notes

Topics Kim covers in this episode are:

• Why is studying identity so important? 
• How we view athletes as a kid (& consequently how that shapes our lifelong view of sports and athletes)
• How the chronological journey of participating in sport snowballs into a strong attachment of “being an athlete”
• Typical thought patterns & beliefs of athletes