Boys Don't Cry, Girls Can't Throw
Martin Nash
Ratgeber / Gesundheit
Beschreibung
Who has the power to spearhead the mental health revolution? Martin Nash believes it’s the world’s elite athletes.
In Boys Don’t Cry, Girls Can’t Throw, Martin presents the experiences of renowned sports figures and mental health champions, including Tyson Fury, Ben Stokes and Naomi Osaka, and uncovers the often-concealed struggles behind the allure of professional sports, exposing the immense pressure and relentless scrutiny athletes confront. But this book doesn’t just identify these challenges – it also examines the strategies, coping mechanisms and support systems vital for thriving in the high-stakes world of elite sports, ones that are easily transferrable to everyone’s lives, regardless of their athletic prowess.
All of these stories are interwoven with Martin’s interviews with sports psychologists and mental health advocates, as well as the narrative of his own mental health journey. In the end, Boys Don’t Cry, Girls Can’t Throw will show you that athletes’ experiences are not only relevant to us all, but have unparalleled power to move the conversation around mental health forward.
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sports therapy, sports psychology, mental health, athletes mental health, Tyson Fury, Ben Stokes, Naomi Osaka, sports psychologist, lived experience, cricket, football, mental health in sports, tennis, boxing, swimming, basketball, baseball, rugby, olympics, olympian, mens mental health, men's mental health, womens mental health, women's mental health, chuck knoblauch, mike tyson, marcus trescothick, nottingham forest fc, justin fashanu, brian clough, mark cavendish, tour de france, british cycling