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Derek H. Suite, MD
Sports Psychiatrist and Mental Performance Strategist
Founder and Executive Chairman, Full Circle Enterprises
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Updated August 2026
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Derek H. Suite, MD, MS, is a board-certified psychiatrist, sports psychiatrist and mental performance strategist who has supported athletes and team leadership across the NBA, NHL, NFL and MLS, including the 2026 NBA champion New York Knicks.
Derek H. Suite, MD, MS, is a board-certified psychiatrist, sports psychiatrist and mental performance strategist. Since 2008, he has worked on site with professional teams across four leagues, supporting athletes, coaches and team leadership. He is founder and executive chairman of Full Circle Enterprises and hosts the weekly SuiteSpot podcast.
Derek H. Suite, MD is a board-certified psychiatrist, sports psychiatrist and mental performance strategist who has spent years practicing inside professional sport. He works where the pressure is rather than from an office, and because he is a physician he can move across the full range of a problem, from building a sleep routine to diagnosing and treating the disorder underneath it.
He trained as a journalist at Columbia before medical school, and has been publishing since 1994. He is founder and executive chairman of Full Circle Enterprises, whose four divisions span concierge mental performance consultation, community clinical care, a nonprofit, and a digital workforce wellness platform. He publishes peer-reviewed research in Sports Psychiatry, the journal of the International Society for Sports Psychiatry, and a continuing series on sleep in elite sport in Psychiatric Times. He hosts The SuiteSpot and is writing Sleep as Performance Medicine.
Three things to get right
- Psychiatrist, not psychologist. He holds an MD and is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. “Sports psychologist” is wrong.
- The title is Founder and Executive Chairman of Full Circle Enterprises, the parent company. It carries across all four divisions. Do not substitute Director, Chief Strategist, or a division-specific variant.
- Columbia is past tense. He was assistant clinical professor of neuro-psychopharmacology at Columbia University Teachers College for ten years, through 2025. He does not currently teach there.
Professional identity
Derek H. Suite, MD
Sports Psychiatrist and Mental Performance Strategist
Founder and Executive Chairman, Full Circle Enterprises
Sports psychiatrist to the New York Knicks, 2026 NBA champions, and consultant across professional football, hockey and soccer.
Across the NBA, NHL, NFL and MLS.
At a glance
- Credentials
- MD. Board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and the American Board of Sports & Performance Psychiatry. Mental performance strategist. Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, 1988, before medical school.
- League experience
- NBA, 18 seasons. NHL, 16 seasons. NFL, 12 seasons. MLS, 3 seasons.
- Sectors
- Sport, entertainment, corporate leadership, first responders, faith leadership.
- Also
- Ordained minister. Full Circle Confidential's leadership restoration work serves pastors and ministry leaders alongside its sports and corporate practice.
- Company
- Full Circle Enterprises, founder and executive chairman. Four divisions: Full Circle Confidential (concierge, 2005), Full Circle Health (clinical, 1999), Full Circle Life Enrichment Center (nonprofit), FCC Wellness (digital platform).
- Earlier hospital work
- Assistant clinical director of Bronx Psychiatric Center, serving a population of roughly 2,500 patients. Seeing how administrative decisions landed on patients is what led to founding Full Circle Health in 1999.
- Faculty history
- Assistant clinical professor of neuro-psychopharmacology, Columbia University Teachers College, ten years through 2025.
- Peer-reviewed
- Sports Psychiatry, the journal of the International Society for Sports Psychiatry: gratitude-driven resilience (2026), sleep optimization as a sports psychiatry intervention (2025, with David R. McDuff, MD).
- Book chapters
- Three, with Wiley-Blackwell, Springer and Routledge. Sole author on the Springer chapter, “Intimate Partner Violence in Male-Dominant Sports Culture” (2021, ed. Rahn Kennedy Bailey, MD), and on the Routledge chapter, “Combating Racial Battle Fatigue” (2024). Co-author with Whitney Maynor, PhD on “Working in Hospitals and Community Mental Health Centers” (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009).
- First byline
- “About Men: First Blood,” The New York Times Magazine, 30 January 1994, written as a third-year medical student. His published record spans thirty-two years.
- Earlier peer-reviewed
- Journal of the National Medical Association (2007, first author) and Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved (2015, NIH-supported), on diagnosis, mistrust and treatment disparities, and Research on Social Work Practice (2007, first author) on Red Cross-funded trauma training for faith-based responders after 9/11.
- Trade press
- Psychiatric Times, a continuing series on sleep in elite sport, including a CME article. Black Westchester Magazine, 23 columns since 2025.
- Selected press
- Black Enterprise (2004) profile on founding the practice; The New York Times (2009) on antipsychotic prescribing to children on Medicaid, quoted throughout and photographed for the print edition; Forbes (2024) on managing time zone travel in the NBA; Psychiatric Times (2025) profile; America Magazine (2017) on clergy burnout.
- Broadcast
- Television interviews on athlete and public-figure mental health dating to 2013 (Arise Entertainment 360), plus podcast appearances including the Peak Sports Psychiatry Podcast (2026).
- Selected speaking
- New York Commission of Religious Leaders summit, Sheen Center, on clergy burnout and self-care, alongside Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Rabbi Joseph Potasnik and Chirlane McCray. Covered by America Magazine.
- Podcast
- The SuiteSpot, weekly, on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon Music and iHeartRadio.
- App
- Suite Spot, App Store, audio mental training.
- Book
- Sleep as Performance Medicine: What happens to high performers before they break down. In progress. Foreword by David R. McDuff, MD.
- Based
- New York.
Speaking topics
Performance and recovery
How sleep, travel, schedules and the pressure to remain available shape recovery, and what individuals and organizations can do to support it.
Strategies for focus, anxiety and emotional regulation, with attention to when a performance concern calls for mental skills, clinical care or both.
Exploring how contemplative practice, faith and personal meaning can support focus, steadiness and recovery, with respect for different beliefs and traditions.
Supporting athletes through rehabilitation, uncertain timelines and changing roles while strengthening communication among medical, performance and player development staff.
Leadership and culture
How relationships, confidentiality and the way support is introduced influence engagement, with practical approaches to helping people connect with care.
Supporting players and staff through roster decisions, trades, leadership changes and career transitions, with attention to communication, belonging and decision-making under pressure.
Working through disagreements about roles, expectations and decisions, helping athletes, coaches, staff and leadership address tension and preserve working relationships.
Responding to discriminatory conduct and other relational harm through a process that supports affected people, establishes accountability and considers what rebuilding trust requires.
Crisis readiness and care
Preparing leaders and staff to coordinate behavioral health support after a traumatic event, clarify responsibilities, protect privacy and sustain follow-up care.
Supporting people after the death of a teammate, colleague or family member, with attention to different grieving responses, cultural traditions and the demands of continuing to work or compete.
Helping staff recognize concerns, respond to disclosures and connect people with qualified care, with clear responsibilities within the organization's emergency response plan.
Understanding how gambling problems, financial pressure and secrecy can affect people and organizations, and developing pathways to care alongside integrity education.
Formats
Keynote, half-day workshop, panel, fireside, staff training, and podcast or broadcast interview.
Fee, travel and lead time available upon request.
Suggested interview questions
- 01What does a sports psychiatrist do that a mental performance coach cannot?
- 02You have said you go where the pressure is instead of waiting in an office. What does that look like on a game day?
- 03What is the performer trust barrier, and why do you compare it to the blood-brain barrier?
- 04You argue sleep is a clinical instrument rather than a reward. What convinced you?
- 05What are the signs an organization misses before a high performer breaks down?
- 06Coaches sleep worse than the athletes. What happens to a team when the person making decisions is depleted?
- 07How do you hold confidentiality in an environment where everyone from the coach to the owner wants an update?
- 08What does this work look like outside sport, with executives or first responders?
- 09You write for both a peer-reviewed journal and a community newspaper. Why both?
- 10You went to journalism school before medical school. What does a reporter's training give a psychiatrist that a psychiatrist's training does not?
- 11You published an essay in the New York Times Magazine in 1994, as a medical student, about being terrified to draw blood. What does that student have to say to the physician you became?
- 12In 2009 you told the New York Times you were seeing children on Medicaid who had been put on antipsychotics they did not need. What has changed since?
- 13Your 2007 paper on misdiagnosis and mistrust is still being cited today. What has changed since you wrote it, and what has not?
- 14You wrote the chapter on intimate partner violence in male-dominant sports culture. What does a league get wrong when one of these cases becomes public?
- 15What is the most common thing high performers get wrong about recovery?
Media assets
Headshots
Podcast cover art
Logo files
Archive
Video
One-page PDF
Selected press & media
- 2004Black EnterpriseProfile on founding the practice.
- 2009The New York TimesCoverage on antipsychotic prescribing to children on Medicaid, quoted throughout and photographed for the print edition.
- 2017America MagazineCoverage on clergy burnout.
- 2024ForbesManaging time zone travel in the NBA.
- 2025Psychiatric TimesProfile.
- 2025ForbesThe NBA sports medicine series, quoted by Mena Mirhom.
- 2026Peak Sports Psychiatry PodcastPodcast appearance.
Full publication record
Seven peer-reviewed articles and three book chapters.
First byline, 1994
Columbia Journalism School, 1988. Medical school immediately after. The writing came first.
About Men: First Blood, an essay written as a third-year medical student, on drawing blood from a patient for the first time
It closes on the moment the fear finally lifts, three years later, when he can think about a Knicks-Celtics game while doing the procedure. Thirty-two years on, he would spend his eighteenth season with the Knicks watching them win a championship.
Book chapters
On violence in sports culture, and on how clinicians build a career and survive the institutions they work inside.
Working in Hospitals and Community Mental Health Centers: Rewards and Pitfalls versus Private Practice, in Your Career in Psychology: Putting Your Graduate Degree to Work, edited by S. F. Davis, P. J. Giordano and C. A. Licht, pp. 201–214, with Whitney Maynor, PhD
Intimate Partner Violence in Male-Dominant Sports Culture, in Intimate Partner Violence, edited by Rahn Kennedy Bailey, MD
Combating Racial Battle Fatigue and Navigating and Challenging Predominantly White Institutions, in Transforming Careers in Mental Health for BIPOC
Peer-reviewed research
Pilot Study: Increasing Knowledge and Collaboration Primarily among Christian Faith Leaders and Health Providers for PTSD Survivors, with Robert Daniel La Bril and colleagues at Michigan State University and Rutgers
Treatment disparities among African American men with depression: implications for clinical practice, with Sidney H. Hankerson, MD and Rahn K. Bailey, MD
Beyond misdiagnosis, misunderstanding and mistrust: relevance of the historical perspective in the medical and mental health treatment of people of color, with Robert La Bril, Annelle Primm, MD and Phyllis Harrison-Ross, MD
From Fear to Faith: Efficacy of Trauma Assessment Training for New York-Based Southern Baptist Church Groups, with Stephen A. Rollin, J. C. Bowman and Robert D. la Bril
Psychiatric Times: a continuing series on sleep in elite sport
Sleep and Sport: How Sleep Deprivation Impacts Coaches and Teams, with Mena Mirhom, MD and Roy Collins, MD
Leadership Under Pressure: Coach Sleep, Decision-Making, and Team Functioning in Elite Sport, with Mena Mirhom, MD and Roy Collins, MD
Acute Sleep Medications for Professional Athletes, with Justin E. Morales, MD
Sleep as Connective Tissue: Quantifying Team Dynamics in Elite Sports, with Mena Mirhom, MD
Black Westchester Magazine: the Full Circle Health column
Twenty-three pieces since February 2025, carrying the sleep and recovery science out of professional sport and into the community it serves. Author archive
Start here: the sleep series, in order
Written for a general reader first, then for clinicians and teams. Read straight through and you have the argument the book makes at length.
- 01One · The basicsThe Sleep Math Your Doctor Never Told You
- 02Two · What breaks itSleep Disruptors: What's Really Stealing Your Rest
- 03Three · When it is a disorderWhen Sleep Goes Wrong: The Disorders No One Told You Existed
- 04Four · The stakesThe Medicine You Are Not Taking
- 05Five · Still tired anywayStill Exhausted After Sleeping?
- 06Six · What to take, and notWhat the Label Will Not Tell You
- 07Seven · Sleep in a teamSleep as Connective Tissue
- 08Eight · Clinical managementAcute Sleep Medications for Professional Athletes
- 09Nine · The coachLeadership Under Pressure
- 10Ten · The whole organizationSleep and Sport
Every column, by date
2026
- Jul 13, 2026The New Front Door: Why Black Patients Turn to Health Influencers Before Doctors
- Jun 11, 2026Black Men's Health: Where Faith, Mindset, and Medicine Meet
- May 15, 2026Why Mindfulness Feels Different for Black Men
- Apr 21, 2026Breathing While Black: The Sleep Crisis Hiding in Plain Sight
- Apr 10, 2026Sleep Deprivation in Black Communities: When Exhaustion Becomes a Measure of Worth
- Mar 16, 2026Why Black Women Aren't Sleeping: The Science of Hypervigilance, Stress and Reclaiming Rest
- Mar 3, 2026Before the Civil Rights Act, Dr. Jane Cooke Wright Was Already Changing Cancer Treatment
- Feb 18, 2026The Vision Behind the Vision: How a Pioneer in Ophthalmology Was Formed by Family, Culture and Sacrifice
- Feb 11, 2026The Noise You Stopped Hearing Is Still Keeping You Awake
- Feb 2, 2026The Science of the Soul: The Neurobiology of the Negro Spiritual
- Jan 26, 2026What the Label Will Not Tell You: A Community Guide to Sleep Supplements
- Jan 13, 2026Still Exhausted After Sleeping? Understanding Mental Fatigue and What to Do About It
- Jan 5, 2026Sleep as Strategy: Why 2026 Belongs to the Well-Rested
2025
- Dec 17, 2025Holding It Together Through the Holidays: Why Sleep May Be the Most Meaningful Gift We Give Ourselves
- Dec 10, 2025The Medicine You Are Not Taking: How Sleep Deprivation Is Quietly Undermining Your Health
- Nov 30, 2025The Stress Reset Your Grandmother Already Knew: How Gratitude Rewires Sleep and Resilience
- Nov 14, 2025Fourteen Years in the Fog
- Oct 18, 2025When Sleep Goes Wrong: The Disorders No One Told You Existed
- Sep 8, 2025Sleep Disruptors: What's Really Stealing Your Rest, From Blue Light to Life Stress
- Aug 1, 2025The Sleep Math Your Doctor Never Told You: Why You Can Get 8 Hours and Still Wake Up Exhausted
- Jun 30, 2025Full Circle Health: The Sleep Truth, What Your Doctor Doesn't Have Time to Tell You
- Mar 19, 2025Simone Biles: Balancing Bravery and Breaking Barriers in Mental Health
- Feb 20, 2025Protecting Black History: The Foundation of Black Resilience
Featured in
Beyond the Sidelines: The Evolving Role of Sports Psychiatry, profile by Mena Mirhom, MD, FAPA
Inside the Mind of a Pro: How Mental Health Care Varies Across the NBA, NFL and NHL, interview by Percy Takyi, DO
In Search of the Sweet Spot: Digital Mental Health and Communities of Color, by Sonia Banks, PhD
The Doctor Is In, by Nicole Lewis, profiling the founding of Full Circle Health and the stigma around psychiatric care in Black and Latino communitiesNo link available yet — bound-volume snippet only
Poor Children Likelier to Get Antipsychotics, by Duff Wilson. Quoted throughout on off-label antipsychotic prescribing to children covered by Medicaid, and on why a fifteen-year-old who had been diagnosed bipolar after a single visit did not need medication at all. Photographed for the print edition.
How NBA Athletes Manage Mental Strain From Time Zone Travel, quoted on circadian preparation and arrival protocols alongside DeAndre Jordan and Jaylen Brown
The Mind Of A Champion: Inside The NBA Sports Medicine Series, quoted, by Mena Mirhom
Faith leaders need more training to deal with mental health issues, reporting from a New York summit where he spoke alongside Cardinal Timothy Dolan and Chirlane McCray
In the community
Partnership comes Full Circle for mental health, on the Full Circle Life Enrichment Center's mental health work in the Bronx and its partnership with TD Bank
Watch
Television interview, on stigma around seeking psychiatric help, the scrutiny carried by athletes and public figures, and how to tell when someone close to you is struggling
Behind the Championship: Sports Psychiatry with Dr. Derek Suite, with Dr. Mark Allen and Dr. Tommy Horn, on embedded care, crisis response, and separating performance concerns from clinical need
Resilience, a full-length talk on the biological, psychological, social and spiritual dimensions of resilience
The podcast
The SuiteSpot Podcast
More than 500 episodes exploring what holds people up under pressure, drawing on science, ancient wisdom and practical strategies for personal and professional excellence. Episodes offer ways to sharpen focus, strengthen relationships and recover from difficult moments while navigating the demands of work and life.
Made for athletes, coaches, executives, students, frontline professionals and anyone pursuing a goal or working through an injury, a setback or a hard season. New episodes every week.
Also on Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, Pocket Casts, Overcast, Castbox, Deezer and Podcast Addict. RSS feed.
Current series: Raise Your Floor, The Science of Standards
- 01 / 7Making Moves
- 02 / 7Take Action
- 03 / 7Win It All
- 04 / 7Trust Yourself
- 05 / 7Finish Strong
- 06 / 7Self Care
- 07 / 7Slow Down
Session art
01 / 05Session artwork 1 of 5
All SuiteSpot episodes
Twenty-five episodes selected from the full SuiteSpot catalog, each with its own page — editorial summaries and, where available, a link to the full episode transcript.
- Dr. Linda Lausell-Bryant: Power Beyond the IndividualWhat if Real Power Was Never Meant to Be Individual? : A Conversation with Dr. Linda Lausell-BryantDerek H. Suite, MD talks with Dr. Linda Lausell-Bryant about moving from individual helping to systems-level, adaptive leadership for equity.
- Roger Hinds: 30 Years in the NBAThe Suitespot Interview Series: Roger Hinds-- The Untold Legacy Behind 30 Years in the NBA. #MakingMovesMondayDerek H. Suite, MD talks with longtime NBA athletic trainer Roger Hinds about his 21-year career with the New York Knicks organization.
- Mykal Manswell, Part One: Life After the ScoreboardSuiteSpot Interview Series: Part One: Mykal Manswell, M.S.,LPC- Athletics Counselor, Mental Health and Performance Specialist. Resilient. Authentic. Purpose-DrivenAthletics counselor Mykal Manswell, M.S., LPC, talks with Derek H. Suite, MD about identity, grief, and mental health after college sports.
- Mykal Manswell, Part Two: Counseling AthletesSuiteSpot Interview Series: Part Two: Mykal Manswell, M.S.,LPC- Athletics Counselor, Mental Health and Performance Specialist. Resilient. Authentic. Purpose-DrivenPart two of the conversation with athletics counselor Mykal Manswell, M.S., LPC, on clinical practice, identity, race, and masculinity in sport.
- Dr. William B. Lawson: Honoring a PioneerThe SuiteSpot Interview Series- Honoring a Pioneer: A Conversation with Dr. William B. LawsonDerek H. Suite, MD talks with distinguished psychiatrist Dr. William B. Lawson about his career and racial disparities in mental health care.
- Cameron Clark: Reset and RefreshSlow Down Sunday 7/7: Reset and Refresh- Interview with Cameron Clark, NFL Agent & ConsultantNFL agent and consultant Cameron Clark joins Derek H. Suite, MD to discuss deliberate rest, strategy, and Slow Down Sunday.
- Kendall Glaspie: How Trust Actually WorksSuite Spot interview Series: #Trustyourselfthursday Interview with Kendall Glaspie- Author, Innovator and Business StrategistAuthor and business strategist Kendall Glaspie talks with Derek H. Suite, MD about how trust is built, broken, and repaired.
- Suicide & Depression: Warning Signs in AthletesSuicide & Depression (Athletes & Performers)A short, direct episode on recognizing suicide and depression warning signs in athletes and performers, with crisis-line resources.
- Success Habit 7 of 7: Highly Effective PeopleSuccess Habit 7 of 7: Highly Effective PeopleThe closing episode of a 7-part series on Stephen Covey's 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, focused on self-renewal and self-care.
- Is HR on the Verge of Being Replaced by AI?Is HR on the verge of being replaced by AI?A discussion of AI anxiety in human resources, following one HR executive's experience, based on Derek H. Suite, MD's writing on the subject.
- Gratitude Unlocked: From Pressure to PurposeGratitude Unlocked 2/7: From Pressure to Purpose in 10 Seconds #TakeActionTuesdayDerek H. Suite, MD explains the neuroscience of gratitude and offers a quick daily practice for performing under pressure.
- How You Stand Under Pressure: Who You Are When Nothing Is UrgentHow You Stand Under Pressure 7/7: Who You Are When Nothing Is UrgentDerek H. Suite, MD closes a series on pressure with a look at identity, pacing, and rest once urgency has passed.
- Break the Barrier: The Barrier of TurbulenceBreak the Barrier 1/7: The Barrier of Turbulence — When Pressure Hits, Don’t Flinch #MakingMovesMondayDerek H. Suite, MD uses Chuck Yeager's sound-barrier breakthrough to explore how pressure and interpretation shape performance.
- Unpacking The Four Agreements: Feedback Isn’t IdentityUnpacking The Four Agreements 3/7 — Feedback Isn't Identity. Don't Take Anything Personally: #WinWednesdayDerek H. Suite, MD explores Don Miguel Ruiz's second agreement — don't take anything personally — through neuroscience and sports examples.
- Whatever It Takes: Stop Waiting to Feel ReadyWHATEVER IT TAKES 1/7: Stop Waiting to Feel Ready: The move doesn’t need your mood’s permission. #MakingMovesMondayDerek H. Suite, MD applies Trevor Moawad's “neutral thinking” to the Monday trap of regret, fear, and waiting to feel motivated.
- Why Love Wins: The Universe’s Strongest ForceWhy Love Wins 7/7: Scientists, Sages, and Saints Agree—Love Is the Universe’s Strongest Force. And That Force Lives in You. #SlowDownSundayDerek H. Suite, MD closes a series on love and stillness by drawing on astrophysics and spiritual reflection.
- Row, Row, Row Your Boat: The Art of Restoring YourselfSelf-Care Saturday 6/7: Row Row Row Your Boat You've Been Singing the Answer to Burnout Since You Were Five Gently — The Art of Restoring Yourself #SelfCareSaturdayDerek H. Suite, MD reworks a childhood rhyme into a practical framework for consistent self-care and preventing burnout.
- How Mindset Shapes Pressure and PerformanceMindset: How Mindset Shapes Pressure and Performance: #TakeActionTuesdayDerek H. Suite, MD defines mindset as a trainable internal lens that shapes how people respond to pressure and setbacks.
- Conquering The Climb: Seven Mountain Climber LessonsConquering The Climb: Seven Mountain Climber Lessons For Winning Under Pressure- #WinItAllWednesdayDerek H. Suite, MD uses mountain climbing as a metaphor for seven mindset shifts that build resilience under pressure.
- The Ceiling You Don’t See: Recovery Raises the CeilingThe Ceiling You Don’t See 6/7: Recovery Raises the Ceiling #SelfCareSaturdayDerek H. Suite, MD explains why recovery, not willpower, is what actually restores a person's sense of what they can handle.
- Dopamine, Self-Expression & MotivationDopamine, Self-Expression & Motivation: Leadership Strategies (part 1 of 3)Derek H. Suite, MD examines how self-expression and dopamine are linked to motivation, for leaders and unmotivated teams alike.
- Embrace the Threat: Facing Challenges Head-OnEmbrace the Threat (3/7): Why Facing Challenges Makes You Unstoppable. Win It All Wednesday .Derek H. Suite, MD on why embracing a challenge directly, rather than avoiding it, can reshape a person's sense of identity.
- The Seven Releases: Letting Go of an Old IdentityThe Seven Releases 4/7: Release The Old Identity. You Are Not Who You Had to be Anymore. #TrustYourselfThursdayDerek H. Suite, MD on releasing an outdated identity that once kept you safe but now keeps you small.
- The Inner Edge: Pressure Is Exposing Your PatternThe Inner Edge1/7:Pressure Is Exposing Your Pattern. Build What Doesn’t Break #MakingMovesMondayDerek H. Suite, MD opens a new series on how internal alignment, not willpower, builds a durable edge under pressure.
- Facing Your Giants: Stillness as a SuperpowerFacing Your Giants 7/7: Learn to Use Stillness as a SuperPower When Dealing With Giants-It Throws Them Off: #SlowDownSunday .Derek H. Suite, MD closes a series on the David and Goliath story with a case for stillness as the real source of courage.
The book, in progress
Sleep as Performance Medicine
What Happens to High Performers Before They Break Down
The demands of performing at a high level can outpace recovery long before the strain becomes obvious to others. Changes in sleep can help bring that strain into view. Years inside locker rooms, front offices and exam rooms have taught me to ask what is happening in someone’s life when their sleep changes. Sometimes it is a sleep disorder that needs treatment. Other times, travel, work schedules or family responsibilities need to be considered.
This book makes the case for treating sleep as a clinical signal, looking at both the person and the conditions around them. It is written for people facing demanding responsibilities or significant stress.
Written by a physician who trained as a journalist first, at Columbia, before medical school. Foreword by David R. McDuff, M.D.
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Media & speaking