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Championing Mental Fitness & Wellness: Providing a Safe Haven for Notre Dame, Saint Mary's, and Holy Cross Athletes to Address, Prevent, and Sustain Mental Well-being in sports and life.
The Golden Minds Mission:
Inspire Athletes to Openly Embrace Mental Fitness as a Priority Equal to Physical Health
Mental Fitness is equally as important for any student-athlete.
Golden Minds compliments campus resources and provides education and outside referrals.
We provide a safe platform for storytelling and inspiration.
We have a team of experts and former athletes who are developing a safe platform for the whole athlete, for now, and for life.
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Karen Phelps Moyer's Foundation supports children dealing with the loss of a loved one, or family substance abuse.
Daughter of Legendary Notre Dame Basketball Coach Digger Phelps Launches NIL
Golden Minds provides an online resource for athlete mental fitness. Current Notre Dame football player Avery Davis and women’s basketball player Dara Mabrey are actively involved. Said former Irish and NFL football player Aaron Taylor: “Golden Minds is destined to make a significant positive impact.”
There’s a Mental Fitness Crisis in College Sports. I Know It Firsthand.
“Increasingly, more former and current student-athletes like Harry Miller and Elijah Wade are speaking out about the intersections of mental fitness and their sports. Unfortunately, the recent deaths by suicide of female student-athletes — including Katie Meyer, Sarah Shulze and Lauren Bernett — have raised more urgent questions. Mostly, why? Is the pressure to perform too extreme? Is there insufficient access to mental fitness resources for student-athletes?”
Thomas Cole Left UCLA Football After a Suicide Attempt. He Hopes His Story Helps Others
The biggest thing that I’ve found is asking for help, it’s just being able to reach out to people closest to you,” Thomas said. “People want to help, people want to see you live, people want to see you have the best life you possibly can, and so if you can just reach out and ask them for help, like from your coaches or your teammates or like anyone at the school, it could save your life.”
Sarah Fuller’s Journey from Football Kicker to Mental Fitness Advocate
Another famous goalkeeper who has recently spoken out about mental illness, USWNT legend Briana Scurry, calls Fuller’s advocacy “an inspiration.” She adds: “We are not robots. We don’t just play the sport. We are people playing the sport and we have things that happen to us that we feel with our platform we can shed light on. And she understands that and she’s done a fantastic job with it.”
What the NCAA and College Athletic Departments Need to Know About Athlete Mental Fitness
Athletes…fear the consequences of not exemplifying mental toughness…they fear their coach and teammates will see them as weak, and lose confidence and trust in them…they are too often penalized for expressing…emotions…and judged for not having everything together.