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Welcome to the YODPOD – where we dive into honest, thought-provoking conversations with wellbeing experts, professional athletes, industry leads and healthcare professionals.
Hosted by Tom Mitchell, former England Rugby 7s Captain and Olympic Silver Medallist, the YODPOD offers practical, actionable insights into the world of mental health and wellbeing — designed to inspire change and normalise the mental health conversation across healthcare.
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Wimbledon Special! Ft. Pascal Collard: US Tennis Coach to Top 20 World Ranked players
Hello and welcome to this week's tennis-themed YOD pod for our Wimbledon special to kick off Season Three of the YODPOD!
In this week's conversation, we are delighted to have Pascal Collard as our guest. Pascal is a US Tennis coach who has coached Top 20 World Ranked players, was a director of the famous Saddlebrook Tennis Academy in Florida which has produced a number of World No.1s and founder of the Sarah Vande Berg Tennis Foundation - focused on combining tennis and wellness skills. He also coached our very own founder, Dr Dan Gearon when he played professional tennis in the US!
YOD psychotherapist Chris along with Founder Dr Dan and ambassador Dr Mark join in the conversation and draw parallels between professional tennis and the mental health of doctors to provide inspirational takeaway learnings.
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It is worth noting that this is a conversational piece and the opinions and views are of those in this discussion in its own context at that time of the recording. You Okay, Doc? is a charity supporting the mental health and wellbeing of doctors. As a charity, we need your help to keep going and develop to support and raise awareness of mental health for Doctors. Please check out our website https://youokaydoc.org.uk/ and our Instagram page to find out more and stay up to date with us. If you would like, you can also text donate to support the You Okay, Doc? charity by texting. To donate £3 text 'DOCTOR' to 70331, or to donate £5 text 'DOCTOR' to 70970. Thank you for listening and we look forward to creating more content. See you on the next YOD pod!