Episode 5 ft. Natalie Pierre

With regard to World Mental Health Day, this episode centers on normalizing conversations around mental health and the influential role sports can play in disrupting the stigmas attached to it. Tunisha's special guest is Natalie Pierre - veteran sports reporter, CEO of NP Sports Media, and co-founder of The Mental Game - a non-profit organization focused on starting important conversations about mental health in the sports world.

Natalie shares with us her history in sports journalism, thoughts on combating stigmas surrounding mental health, the athlete mentality in dealing with pressure, using social media for good, and much more. As a mental health advocate and a compassionate champion for helping others, Natalie also shares deeply personal stories about her own experiences with mental health in college athletics, work perfectionism, and toxic relationships which culminated in a suicide attempt. Through this profoundly honest conversation, these two discuss how individual awareness and personal storytelling can help produce solutions to standardizing mental health as a form of general healthcare, self-work, and love.