What Sports Are Doing to Our Kids’ Identity (And How to Fix It)

What Sports Are Doing to Our Kids’ Identity (And How to Fix It)

April 8, 2026 · 31 min · Season 5 · Episode 142

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The episode discusses the impact of sports on children's identity and mental health, featuring insights from sports counselor Brooke Ewert.

Let us know what you think about this episode and share it with a friend! We talk with sports counselor Brooke Ewert about what athlete mental health really looks like behind the highlights and why support often starts with identity, grief, and better conversations at home. We share practical tools for anxiety, injury, perfectionism, and retirement transitions that apply to elite athletes and to the rest of us too. • the difference between performance-focused sports psychology and sport...

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