Mental Fitness with Brad Miller, Founder of Soccer Resilience and Clinical Psychologist

In Episode 82, as part of Mental Health Awareness Month, Brad Miller, Founder of Soccer Resilience, Clinical Psychologist, and former Wake Forest soccer player, talks with Phil and Paul about Soccer Resilience's growth over the past year, preventing and caring for mental health issues, Sports Psychologists vs. Counselors, navigating the coach/sports pysch/counselor relationship, identifying and understanding mental health issues and their root causes, and navigating mental health issues coming out of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Specifically, Brad discusses:

• An update on Soccer Resilience since the last time we talked in Episode 19 (2:45)
• His personal why/life purpose and how he is living it out every day (5:10)
• How players who don't have the ability to take months off can properly take care of their mental health (10:00)
• Preventative measures we can use to help our kids mitigate against mental health issues (15:40)
• Sports Psychologists and Counselors, who they are, why we need both, and how we can use each of them (21:09)
• How to nurture healthy Coach-Sports Psych/Counselor relationships (25:17)
• How to deal with coaches who don't believe that mental health issues are legitimate (28:56)
• How to find and address root issues causing mental health issues when our kids and players might not even know the root causes exist (32:25)
• Ways that coaches can check in with their players to ensure they are on top of mental health struggles (38:49)
• How coaches can learn to identify and understand mental health issues in their players (44:34)
• How we can navigate mental health issues coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic (49:43)
• Brad's book recommendations (56:08)

Resources and Links from this Episode

• Soccer Resilience website
• Soccer Resilience YouTube channel
• Uncut Video of the Episode
• HSEL Facebook Group
• Coaching the Bigger Game Program
• Warrior Way Soccer
• "Hey, I got brown hair and I have mental health therapy" (article by Cari Roccaro)
• "12. A Gradient of Katie Meyer | Soccer, She Wrote" (article by Mariah Lee)
• Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, by Carol Dweck
• David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants, by Malcolm Gladwell