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Spring 2026 Development Session

From Burnout to Balance: Learn How to Reduce Stress and Reconnect to Your Purpose This Season

If you are feeling constantly tired, overwhelmed by coaching demands, and fighting feelings of burnout, you are not alone. A 2023 NCAA-led survey of 6,000 coaches reported about one-third of collegiate coaches experience mental exhaustion, feelings of overwhelm, and difficulty sleeping on a near-constant basis. The data is clear: coaching takes a toll on your mental health. And it’s only getting harder.

There are endless resources to support athlete mental health, but what about you?

In this practical and engaging virtual session, sport psychology expert and founder of Headstrong Mindset Dr. Brooke Rundle draws on both her clinical psychology expertise and personal experience as former NCAA athlete to facilitate an honest, empowering conversation about coach mental health and well-being.

You will walk away with real, actionable strategies you can use right now — no matter where you are at in your season or career — to manage stress, restore balance, and reconnect with the deeper purpose that inspired you to coach in the first place.

In this session you will:

• Learn how to identify your coaching core values and put them into action.
• Discover how balancing your athletic identity reduces burnout and supports career longevity.
• Explore practical tools to promote psychological flexibility in the face of changing career demands during uncertain times.

Learn more about Dr. Brooke Rundle at Headstrong Mindset, a counseling and sport psychology provider that specializes in working with collegiate athletes, teams and coaches to improve mental health and performance.

Who’s Eligible?

Any Division II or III conference that has registered its member schools for the Development Program and paid the enrollment fee.
Any Division II or III women coaches with a WeCOACH membership, including institutional and conference group members.

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