Morgan's Message: Opening Conversations Around Mental Health for Student Athletes
About this episode
The episode discusses the impact of Morgan's Message, a non-profit aimed at promoting mental health awareness among student athletes, featuring insights from co-founder Meaghan Birnie and ambassador Michaela O'Connor.
A year after Morgan Roger's took her own life in 2022, her friends and family got together to turn their pain into purpose. Morgan's Message was born as a way to grieve the full of life, fun-loving sister, friend and teammate, but what it turned into is so much more. The non-profit works with schools across the globe to open conversations around mental health and provide resources. Co-founder Meaghan Birnie and Ambassador Michaela O'Connor (Boston College Women's Lacrosse Senior Captain) share the impact of the non-profit, how they've seen it change the lives of students athletes and their communities, and why normalizing that it's OK to not be OK is so critical. **Content Warning: This conversation does include conversations around mental health. If you are someone you know is struggling, please find resources at 988lifeline.org**
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