mental health

Despite withdrawing from almost all gymnastics events at the Tokyo Olympics, Simone Biles has had perhaps the most closely watched and discussed week of any Olympian this year. From being a gymnastics favorite to becoming a champion for mental health, here’s a timeline of Biles’ week at the 2020 Olympics.

Standing on a podium with a gold medal draped around her neck was monumental and historic, but “it didn’t equate to happiness, completion, or even joy,” says Dominique Dawes, a three-time Olympic gymnast who won gold in 1996. In a new docuseries “Golden: The Journey of USA’s Elite Gymnasts,” Dawes is exploring the hard work and sacrifice behind the quest...

This week, Lyft announced it will push its September return date by six months until February 2, 2022, far outpacing what many other companies are doing.

Michael Phelps opens up in an extended conversation with Mike Tirico on the subject of athlete mental health, his own struggles, and what can be done to support others who continue to struggle.

Figure skating bronze medalist Gracie Gold, 25, exclusively talked with E! News about Olympic champion Simone Biles, who recently withdrew from five out of six women’s gymnastics finals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, citing mental health concerns and a case of the “twisties.”

U.S. gymnasts are still winning medals without the marquee name Simone Biles. NBCLX Storyteller Chase Cain, who is covering the Olympic Games from Tokyo, talks about the USA gymnastics team and how athletes are winning medals while supporting and relating to the pressure Biles said she is feeling.

After gymnast Simone Biles decided to prioritize her mental health and exit her team final, an International Olympic Committee spokesman said that “we can do more” when it comes to athletes’ mental health.

The 24-year-old reigning Olympic champion wrote the tweet on Wednesday night, following her withdrawal from key gymnastics events this week.

Olympian Simone Biles took to Twitter Wednesday night after her withdrawal from key events at the Tokyo Olympics, citing the “outpouring of love and support.”

Cubs’ third baseman Kris Bryant opens up about his own mental struggles after talking about how Simone Biles made the right decision.

“We just see an athlete and presume we know everything about them, but there’s so much more going on for all of these people. They live multidimensional, multifaceted lives like we all do,” says sports psychologist Dr. Mark Aoyagi. After withdrawing from events at the Tokyo Olympics, gymnast Simone Biles is reminding us we can be physically healthy and have...

Simone Biles fields questions from the media after she stopped competing before the end of the women’s team gymnastics final during the Tokyo Olympics.

After pulling out of the women’s gymnastics team finals on Tuesday so she could focus on her “mental health,” four-time Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles said she was inspired by tennis star Naomi Osaka, who cited her mental health when she withdrew from the French Open last month. “Whenever you get in a high-stress situation, you kind of freak out,”...

Physical activity, knitting, even video games – anything that engages the mind can dampen our trauma response if we revisit memories haunting us. And as we all process the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s never been more urgent to learn coping strategies, says neurosurgeon and scientist Dr. Rahul Jandial.

For the first time in Chicago, some 911 calls for mental health emergencies won’t be answered by police officers but by mental health professionals paired with paramedics.

That escalated quickly. It was just last week that tennis phenom and world’s No. 2-ranked tennis player Naomi Osaka announced she would not be participating in post match interviews because of the impact they were having on her mental health. The decision was greeted harshly by the tennis governing body which announced Osaka would be fined $15,000 for skipping her...

The tennis star wrote for TIME magazine about the importance of her mental health and seeking a change in the way athletes are treated.

While making time to laugh might not have seemed like a priority this past year, experts point out that it can play an important role in boosting productivity. 

Tom Blomfield, the founder of U.K. fintech Monzo, has said that being determined and resilient are fundamental to success. 

EarnUp co-founder Matthew Cooper resigned as CEO due to his struggles with mental health. Here’s how he got himself to a place where he’s doing “really well.”