Being Honest About Your Mental Well-Being

Dr. Adrienne Leslie-Toogood, Director of Sport Psychology

How are you doing right now? If someone were to ask you if you were mentally well, how would you know how to respond to that question? In sport, we know when our body is healthy; and we know when we are hurt or when we have an injury that needs attention to get better. Looking at the Mental Health Continuum on the previous page modified for sport, we see that the sport continuum serves as a way to help us start to gain language around our mental well-being. Take a look and start to get a feel for whether you are mentally well. How can you tell when you are healthy? How can you tell when you are struggling? As Emily Potter from Women’s Basketball reminds us: “It’s okay to not be okay” and “Let yourself feel how you are feeling”.

Land Acknowledgement

The Canadian Sport Centre Manitoba acknowledges that our offices are situated on Treaty 1 Land, the original lands of the Anishinaabe, Cree, Ojibway-Cree, Dakota, and Dene Peoples, and on the homeland of the Métis Nation.

The Treaties made on these territories are respected by all those who work at CSCM. We acknowledge the harms and mistakes of the past that were made. In a spirit of collaboration and reconciliation, we dedicate ourselves to continually move forward in partnership with Indigenous communities for ongoing education and learning.

We understand that acknowledging this truth, though important, is only a small part in cultivating the strong relationships we strive to build and maintain with Indigenous communities. We continue to work towards this, with particular attention being paid to the sport specific calls to action #87-91 from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

We recognize we are not the first to live on this land, and thank these Nations for allowing us access to their land and water.