The best athletes move from a state of intuitiveness as they tap into nonverbal communication and instinct.

It may surprise some, that this set of talents comes from energy that female athletes have more naturally. When this “feminine” energy is balanced with “masculine” energy it makes for a dominant athlete.

We can learn a great deal from female athletes and their own set of unique challenges and strengths. Their body chemistry, development, emotionality and social dynamics need to be taken into account when preparing to be an elite athlete. Nell Daly, a highly trained psychotherapist and journalist, is an expert on the uniquely female aspects of a Student-Athlete’s experience. This includes the effects of birth control and anti-depressants on the female athlete.

That being said, this episode isn’t just for female athletes and their support team. As we learned in episode 41, mental health issues are very prevalent among young people. Nell skillfully shares cutting edge mental health protocols and the effects of psychiatric medications.

Listen and learn how to help guide your Student-Athlete through their development challenges and why every athlete can benefit from feminine energy.

Nell Daly

Nell Daly is a highly trained, pioneering, holistic psychotherapist, journalist, TV commentator and mother of three children.

Her single most important mission; teaching people cutting edge mental health protocols and improving patient care by revamping traditional, conventional treatments which include openly questioning the use of many psychiatric medications on people who are depressed or anxious.

Nell is the host of the podcast Unscripted, where she engages in conversations — sometimes serious, sometimes hilarious — with some of the biggest thought leaders and scientists around the world on all things health related. The study of human consciousness, evidence-based functional medicine, and how psycho-spiritual practices are used to help people live better lives is of particular interest to her and her listeners.

Nell is an alum of Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. She is a graduate of Columbia University’s Master of Fine Arts Program in non-fiction creative writing. And in 2007, she obtained a second master’s degree in Social Work from New York University, while teaching in the School of Education from 2004-2006. She has post-graduate training in reproductive psychiatry from Weill Cornell’s Post-Graduate Medical School, has attended Harvard University and she has completed psychoanalytic training from the esteemed Washington Square Institute in New York City.

Discover more about Nell Daly here: https://www.thedaly.com/