She was diagnosed with being bipolar at 30. Yet, she still won 600+ basketball games. Meet Coach Joanne P McCallie

Arnav Roy
1 min readSep 27, 2021

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Episode 76 of the Grateful Living Podcast is out!

Had the pleasure to speak with Joanne P. McCallie, former head coach at Duke Women’s Basketball, a mental health advocate, and author of “Secret Warrior” which came out this year and details her journey being diagnosed as bipolar when she was 30 years old.

Coach P Coached at University of Maine, Michigan State University and Duke University over her 28 years of coaching.

In this interview, Coach P talks about:

* Her advice to HS players trying to play D1 college basketball

* Her advice to Graduate Assistants on becoming an Assistant Coach and then a Head Coach one day

* How she managed being a Head Coach at 26 and her advice to young coaches

* Her time at UMaine, Michigan State, Duke

* How her mental health challenges began and how she was diagnosed with being bipolar

* Her advice on how she’s personally and professionally done well living with being bipolar

https://youtu.be/lDkEI7XCzgY

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Arnav Roy

Mental health advocate, host of Grateful Living Podcast. Life Coach. YouTube Channel: Grateful Living. Instagram @aroy81547.