Sep 22, 2026 · 59 min · 14 segments
What does it really mean to be mentally tough? In sports, athletes are taught to be resilient, stay composed under pressure, and push through adversity. But sometimes, the expectation to always be…
I do want to actually go back and talk about Fort Worth because I find fascinating.
When we look at childhood and we look at what happens to us and who do we become based on those experiences, what did you see in working with those kids who had obviously had more adversity maybe than most and how it impacted where they were?
I feel like transformative time in my life gave me a lot of perspective, thinking about my own experience.
And you see kids that come from families with no resources or their environment is just really challenging and not safe.
I mean, of course there's going to be behavioral problems, right? Like that just makes sense.
I feel like a lot of the kids I worked with, you know, they would go to the facility.
The research project that I worked on, it was working with families and specifically the young adults in the long-term treatment program.
And so they'd be there for anywhere from like a couple of months to sometimes even a year plus.
And then immediately as they start going out on furloughs, so they get a weekend at home and then they come back, they go out on furloughs or they actually get sent home and go back to some of those tough environments, they immediately start having issues again.
And part of it is because they actually just want to get back to that structure and have somewhere where they feel safe, which is really sad and heartbreaking.
It helped me feel good about this decision to work with athletes because it's a little less intense.
I think it's going to help me with potential like feeling burnt out and feeling like these intense cases are really getting to me.
But I, you know, Great relationships with the kids, and it was fun work, impactful work.
I do want to actually go back and talk about Fort Worth because I find fascinating.
When we look at childhood and we look at what happens to us and who do we become based on those experiences, what did you see in working with those kids who had obviously had more adversity maybe than most and how it impacted where they were?
I feel like transformative time in my life gave me a lot of perspective, thinking about my own experience.
And you see kids that come from families with no resources or their environment is just really challenging and not safe.
I mean, of course there's going to be behavioral problems, right? Like that just makes sense.
I feel like a lot of the kids I worked with, you know, they would go to the facility.
The research project that I worked on, it was working with families and specifically the young adults in the long-term treatment program.
And so they'd be there for anywhere from like a couple of months to sometimes even a year plus.
And then immediately as they start going out on furloughs, so they get a weekend at home and then they come back, they go out on furloughs or they actually get sent home and go back to some of those tough environments, they immediately start having issues again.
And part of it is because they actually just want to get back to that structure and have somewhere where they feel safe, which is really sad and heartbreaking.
It helped me feel good about this decision to work with athletes because it's a little less intense.
I think it's going to help me with potential like feeling burnt out and feeling like these intense cases are really getting to me.
But I, you know, Great relationships with the kids, and it was fun work, impactful work.
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