Wellness and Mindfulness: Fortifying Mental Health Awareness with Emily Perrin

The healthier you are, the more successful you can be. It has been said that a person with good health has hope, and one with hope has everything. Health is our most valuable weapon in facing life’s opportunities and struggles along with it. When addressing our health, we habitually focus on improving our physical body. Consequently, we often fail to remark on other aspects of our well-being. Hence, we must recognize that spiritual, emotional, and mental health is as important as physical health. 

Moreover, there is an arising dilemma in athletics wherein athletes hardly consider the urge to ask for mental health support unless they are sick. They often experience pressure to maintain an impressive and resilient image which causes them to put their health on the back burner and concentrate more on building their image up. Thus, we must realize that we don't have to be unwell first to be able to ask for help because we can be doing well and still seek learning, growth, and insight that could help us to achieve wellness in all aspects. As our guest speaker believes, "When we address our health in a holistic and integrative way, we can enhance our ability to be effective and perform successfully."

Emily Perrin is the CEO and founder of Perrin Wellness and Performance, which was created to help people gain insight and address overall health issues that affect their ability to perform and succeed in whatever they do. Emily has masters in Clinical Social Work and is an LMSW residing in Baltimore, Maryland. She is a Mindfulness and Performance coach and spends most of her time working with Elite Athletes. Emily is a former DI soccer player and former DI soccer coach and a Certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher, Certified Breath Work Coach, 200 Hour Registered Yoga Teacher, and Duke Certified Integrative Health Coach. Her passion is helping people holistically address their health and well-being, combining Mindfulness training, Meditation, Breath Work, and Yoga to help people navigate life and enhance their performance.

In this special episode with Emily Perrin, we will learn about the encouraging life of an excellent woman who has a passion for helping people, especially athletes, to address their health and well-being and to empower them to make sustainable and positive behavior changes to their health. Today's episode will encourage us to realize that health does not mean simply addressing the physical body. Still, it also involves every facet of our life. Be captivated by the story and passion of Emily as she shares with us how through life struggles, she embarked on a journey that led her to mindfulness, yoga, and inclusively addressing health.

"We don't have to be unwell to seek out help." – Emily Perrin

Topics Covered:

(00:00:00) Introduction

(00:00:41) Introducing our guest speaker, Emily Perrin.

(00:01:26) From Athlete to Mental Health Coach: Who is Emily Perrin?

(00:04:14) The power of authenticity: Share your struggles.

(00:05:18) Moving in the right direction: Improving mental health for Athletes

(00:06:06) Widespread interest in mental health awareness.

(00:07:04) The entire mind and body system: What is wellness?

(00:08:20) Mindfulness: A fantastic skill for athletes

(00:09:02) Start with wellness.

(00:10:19) Wellness requires willingness.

(00:10:53) We don't have to be unwell to seek help.

(00:12:33) Yoga: The union of the mind and body.

(00:14:10) Two-fold use of Yoga

(00:15:27) Athletes need rest.

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(00:16:39) How does Emily advise athletes about recovery?

(00:18:08) Recovery is a unique and individual practice.

(00:18:46) Start with the resistance.

(00:20:56) Options are essential in recovery.

(00:23:45) Here is the mindfulness and recovery EBOOK link to download

 https://www.perrinwellnessperformance.com/free-e-book-recover. 

(00:24:44) Where to connect with Emily Perrin?

(00:26:09) Final TimeOut with Emily Perrin: How can athletes begin to reach out for help in achieving wellness in the mental health space?

(00:27:04) Be aware of your need for help. 

(00:27:37) The SOS List

(00:29:05) The line of communication in mental health goes both ways.

(00:31:00) Outro 

Key Takeaways:  

"The main way to connect with other people is by showing that we're human as well." – Dr. Derrick Burgess

"We have to realize that there's a lot of structural and larger macro-level change that has to happen to set our organizations, teams, and athletes up for success when it comes to mental health." – Emily Perrin

"Mental health awareness is starting to become more of the norm, and it's all good things, but we need to keep the ball rolling." – Emily Perrin

"As a human, we are incredibly complex, multifaceted creatures. We don't operate in sections." – Emily Perrin

"I don't talk about the mind and the body being different because they don't operate separately from each other." – Emily Perrin

"Mindfulness is a fantastic skill that allows an athlete to gain awareness and insight into their total wellness journey." – Emily Perrin

"If an athlete is not well both mind and body when all of the systems are working together, then they're going to have a hard time performing at their optimal place." – Emily Perrin

"You can be doing well and still want to learn, grow and gain insight about yourself and gain more tools and skills, and that's honestly where we can help athletes make a lot of progress." – Emily Perrin

"Athletes need rest and restoration. Yoga is a way to allow athletes that time and space for their mind and their body to regroup." – Emily Perrin

"Recovery is a very individual and unique practice. There is no two people are the same." – Emily Perrin

"Options are important when it comes to recovery." – Emily Perrin

"Mental health is not always something we can see, so we need to remember that the line of communication goes both ways." – Emily Perrin

Connect with Emily Perrin:

Website: https://www.perrinwellnessperformance.com/

Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/perrinwellnessandperformance/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/PerrinWandP

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emilyperrinlmsw/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@emilyperrinlmsw/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-perrin-97a26762/

Recovery EBOOK: https://www.perrinwellnessperformance.com/free-e-book-recover

Connect with Dr. Derrick Burgess:

Website: https://www.drderrickthesportsdr.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drderrickthesportsdr/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TimeOut.SportsDr

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/derrick-burgess-72047b246/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHGDu1zT4K_X6PnYELu8weg

Email: thesportsdoctr@gmail.com

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