Coaching demands emotional presence as much as technical skill. You guide athletes through highs, lows, and everything in between, often without pausing to consider your own wellbeing. This post looks at why your mental health deserves attention and shares a strategy to support your wellbeing in the day-to-day reality of coaching.

Despite increasing recognition of mental health as a critical component of athlete wellbeing, help-seeking remains a complex and underutilised behaviour within sport contexts. A recently published scoping review in BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine synthesises findings from 104 peer-reviewed studies to examine the multifaceted factors influencing athletes’ decisions to seek psychological support. The review highlights a persistent tension between the cultural norms of high-p