Mental Health Awareness Week Special | Christians in Sport interview Heather Lewis

This year's Mental Health Awareness Week is themed around movement, including sport and this week we have a special episode with Heather Lewis, project manager at the Mental Health Foundation. Alongside her work, Heather has a specific academic interest in elite sport, having completed a Master's at St. Mary's Twickenham on mental health within a Rugby World Cup context.
The Mental Health Foundation is there for people of all faiths and none, this conversation includes Heather's reflections on her personal faith and how that plays out in her work, sport and research.
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0:00 Intro and Heather's bio
0:56 What is Mental Health Awareness Week all about?
2:50 Moving more for mental health
4:45 How did Heather come to work at the Mental Health Foundation?
8:19 Why amateur sport can be so good for mental health
10:36 How Heather's faith shapes her approach to work
12:17 Researching mental health in elite sport
15:14 What was surprising in your research?
17:15 The tension between performance requirements and player care
21:15 Key recommendations for performance
24:56 What was the response to your research?
27:12 How will your faith shape your actions based on your findings?
28:50 What Heather learnt from years as a chaplain in elite sport
31:00 What do you do now with elite athletes as a lifestyle advisor?
34:18 How can we learn from this in amateur sport
36:41 How does your faith shape what you long to see in your work?
38:05 Outro
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