For Parents and Coaches of Competitive Athletes

The game starts with mental health.

A sports psychiatrist’s guide to anxiety, mood, ADHD, sleep, and peak performance in your athlete.

Is It Burnout, Overtraining, or Something More?

Lately, something feels different. Your athlete heads straight to their room after practice, snaps at you over little things, and insists they're "fine" when you sense they're not.

Conversations feel harder, and you find yourself wondering: Is this just the pressure of competitive sports, or could something else be going on?

Learn to recognize what's normal, what's not.

And how to support your athlete through anxiety, depression, ADHD, and REDs. Discover what to say, how to respond at home, and when it's time to seek professional help.

You'll also explore practical mental performance tools to help your athlete build confidence, focus, and resilience.

Understand the mental side of the game. Support your athlete from the sidelines.

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WELCOME, FRIEND!

I'm Dr. Linda Kim.

I'm a Harvard-trained, certified sports psychiatrist — and a mother of three elite athletes, including a Harvard D1 athlete, another D1 Ivy recruit, and a younger athlete following the same path.

I didn't just study this professionally. I lived it — the 6 a.m. training sessions, the recruiting calls, the quiet dinner-table moments where I wasn't sure if what I was seeing in my own kids was normal stress or something more.

This site is everything I learned, professionally and personally, distilled into a system so you don't have to figure it out alone, in real time, under pressure.

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I'VE BEEN FEATURED IN:

Online courses for parents who want to get the mental side right

Simple, step-by-step video lessons from a sports psychiatrist and sports mom. Learn the signs, the right words, when to get help, and enjoy the season again.

Protect their health.
See how anxiety, depression, ADHD, and REDs really show up in competitive athletes. These aren’t textbook definitions but the everyday patterns you’ll recognize at home, along with what’s normal, what’s not, and exactly when to call for help.

Help them perform.
Understand the psychology behind confidence, focus, and resilience, so you can help your athlete compete at their best without adding the pressure that holds them back.

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It's time to support your whole athlete, and I want to show you the way.

HERE'S HOW I CAN HELP:

The Whole Athlete Series

We cover all things mental health in your athlete, including depression, anxiety, ADHD, sleep, peak performance, Relative Energy Deficiency in Sports, and more.

Is it burnout or is it depression? Let's talk about it!

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Workshops and Speaking

Dr. Kim loves to share her learnings at campuses, clubs, and corporate events!

Whether at tournaments or executive meetings, maximizing the mental game is always essential for peak performance.

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Unlock Real Performance

Learn the mental game — sleep, confidence, visualization, and how to help your athlete handle pressure without letting it define them.

The strength they build in sport doesn’t stay in sport.

The confidence, focus, and resilience that carry your athlete through pressure also show up in a hard exam, a demanding recruiting process, and the life that comes after the final whistle. You’re not just supporting them through a season. You’re helping them build a foundation for whatever comes next.

Become Your Athlete's Biggest Advocate

Is it a bad season, or something more? Learn how depression, anxiety, and ADHD show up in athletes, and when to get help.

Athletes are trained to push through. Depression can look like lack of motivation, anxiety like a bad attitude, ADHD like not caring. Parents and coaches are often the first to notice that something has shifted and the first to need to know what it means.

Knowledge is power, so learn how to become your athlete's biggest supporter.

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Conquer Performance Anxiety

Nerves before the big game? Help your athlete turn nerves into fuel, for maximum performance. Inside:

The science of why nerves can help performance, in plain language
Word-for-word scripts for the night before, the car ride, between games, and after a loss
The phrases to stop saying (most of us say them), and what to say instead
A 3-step tool your athlete can use on their own