Short and to the Point: Ryan Jensen and Garrett Gilkey on mental health, GILK, Tom Brady, and more

Host Jessica Kleinschmidt interviews NFL players Ryan Jensen and Garrett Gilkey. Ryan and Garrett discuss with Jessica a wide range of topics including athletes needing to open up more about mental health, their luxury home company GILK, playing with Tom Brady, and more.

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Here’s the full breakdown.

• 2:16: Welcome Ryan and Garrett to Short and to the Point
• 2:42: What are Ryan and Garrett up to?
• 4:13: GILK’s mission
• 5:43: Transitions in life
• 7:37: Making the decision to retire as a pro athlete
• 11:31: Attaching trauma to what a player is going through in retirement
• 14:15: Using competitive nature an athlete has in GILK
• 15:31: Processing injury and transitioning into a post-playing career
• 17:37: Being teammates with Tom Brady
• 18:27: Being a “protector” on and off the field
• 19:51: Transparency being important in GILK
• 25:21: What Ryan and Garrett experienced that told them they were being taken advantage of
• 28:45: Vulnerability being a taboo topic for athletes
• 31:26: The “dumb jock” stereotype
• 35:05: Ryan not being an asshole
• 39:04: What does the Buccaneers organization mean to Ryan and Garrett
• 42:22: Athletes opening up about mental health
• 45:18: Dave Canales

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