Nathan Ashmore: Adversity, Resilience & Mental Health

<p>In this episode I’m joined by Borehamwood FC goalkeeper Nathan Ashmore. Ash is goalkeeping maverick in today’s game, starting his career at the bottom of the football pyramid with United Services and quickly rising to the top of the National league system. Ash has experienced so much in his career, and kindly shares insight into how his experiences with mental health and adversity have shaped the bulletproof mindset he has today.</p> <p>We discuss:</p> <ul> <li>How crowds influence players’ mindset’s and what its currently like playing in empty stadiums</li> <li>Learning to become a goalkeeper who performs in big games</li> <li>Bouncing back from being released at Portsmouth FC</li> <li>Why young players miss out on ‘old school’ dressing room experiences</li> <li>Why good training goalkeepers don’t necessarily make good match day goalkeepers</li> <li>Recovering from mistakes in training and carrying confidence into matches</li> <li>Having to perform through adverse club situations at Ebbsfleet United FC</li> <li>Overcoming a manager’s problems with his body image</li> <li>Counselling, recognising Mental health and knowing when to get help</li> <li>How mindset changes when you’re pushing for promotion</li> </ul> <p>Mental health has a huge impact on an individual’s life and functioning as a person. If you are struggling, please go and talk to someone and remember that it’s okay to not be okay.</p> <p>This episode is filled with raw emotion and comedy, and touches on some important topics and issues that goalkeepers at all levels face in today’s game.</p> <p>If you want to learn how to deal with adversity and become mentally tough, this episode is definitely for you.</p> <p>To keep up-to-date with what Ash is doing, you can follow him on:</p> <p>@ashmore77 (Twitter & Instagram)</p> <p>If you enjoyed this podcast, please leave me a 5-star review and subscribe to the show. </p> <p>If you have any questions or you think you could add value to the podcast by becoming a guest, please contact me (Kev) at: </p> <p><a h