My Playbook: Reggie Hearn

I’m thrilled to introduce a new feature of The Mental Game podcast: My Playbook. On My Playbook, the world’s top athletes, coaches, psychologists and more will peel back the curtain on their personal playbooks for dealing with the ups and downs of life, mental health and their careers. The first guest on My Playbook is former NBA guard Reggie Hearn.  Retired from playing, Hearn now enters his second season working in the San Antonio Spurs scouting department. Out of high school, Hearn received no Division I scholarship offers, so he joined the Northwestern University basketball team as a walk-on. Four years later, he left Evanston as the team’s leading scorer. Then in 2018, after four G-League seasons, Hearn broke through and made it to the NBA with the Detroit Pistons. As he reached his career’s pinnacle, the NBA, Hearn dealt with a debilitating mental health crisis. This necessitated a trip to the hospital and made him rethink how he approaches his mental health. In the inaugural “My Playbook,” Hearn opens up and shares his playbook with us.  Hearn is strikingly transparent about his mental health struggles. Once a Psychology major at Northwestern, he also advocates for more mental health awareness and advocacy in sports and the world at-large. Enjoy and remember to be kind to yourself.

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