Mental Health & Wellness Plan
A structured approach to caring for your mind, strengthening your future, and staying well after the game.
Professional athletes spend years investing in their physical performance. Your mental health deserves that same level of commitment. This plan is designed to help former athletes stay healthy, resilient, and connected long after their playing careers have ended.
“The discipline that built your career can help protect your future.”
Why it's worth taking seriously: Research consistently shows that former NFL players report elevated rates of depression, anxiety, and other mental health challenges compared to the general population — often in the years after their playing careers end.
Former professional athletes face challenges that most people will never fully understand. The demands of the game often extend beyond the field and can affect emotional health, relationships, sleep, stress levels, and overall quality of life.
Just as athletes follow a training plan to maintain physical strength, maintaining mental wellness takes consistency, accountability, and support. Staying engaged in your own care is one of the most valuable investments you can make in your life after the game — and keeping steady, well-documented care also helps ensure you remain well-positioned if your benefits are ever reviewed.
Support that carries into everyday life
Staying engaged in the plan strengthens your well-being day to day — and builds a clear record that stands behind you.
Three simple commitments
The plan is built around a steady, manageable rhythm of care — guided by what's clinically appropriate for you.
Monthly Mental Health Session
Meet at least once a month with a licensed mental health professional to support emotional wellness and ongoing personal growth. This steady rhythm is the foundation of the plan.
Periodic Wellness Reset
Engage in a mental health, wellness, resiliency, or recovery-focused program when it supports your goals — typically at least once within a nine-month window, reviewed with your provider.
Keep Your Records
Maintain documentation of your appointments, participation, and any recommended follow-up care. Good records keep your care organized — and help you stay clearly positioned if your benefits are ever re-evaluated.
Two goals that work together
When your care is genuine, consistent, and well-documented, you get the day-to-day benefits of better mental health and a clear, credible record that supports you if your benefit is periodically reviewed.
There's no separate “paperwork game” here — simply staying engaged in real care naturally keeps everything in order. Consistency protects your health first, and your benefit right alongside it.
Stay engaged, and we stay with you
Our mission extends beyond benefits advocacy. We are committed to helping former athletes build healthy, stable, and successful lives after the game.
When you stay engaged in the plan, we're here to support you — including through any future re-evaluation — so you can focus on staying grounded, focused, and strong in life after the game.
Stay grounded, focused, and strong in life after the game
Your mental health deserves the same commitment you gave your career. Schedule a call and we'll walk you through the plan, step by step.
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