Hope in Harlem

Mental health can be just as big a factor in career success as physical health. On this special episode of Road to Resilience, a live panel of sports superstars—including NBA legends Allan Houston and Derek Anderson—as well as mental health professionals at Mount Sinai’s annual Hope in Harlem conference shed light on how to bounce back from challenging circumstances, and how much of resilience can come down to having a positive outlook.

[00:00:00] Stephen Calabria: From the Mount Sinai Health System in New York City, this is Road to Resilience, a podcast about facing adversity. I'm your host, Stephen Calabria, Mount Sinai's Director of Podcasting.

[00:00:11] On this installment, we have a special episode of Road to Resilience, recorded live at Mount Sinai's annual Hope in Harlem conference, which brings together current and retired sports leaders, educators, mental health experts, and community partners, along with youth and youth leaders, to share best practices around innovative mental health services in Harlem and the greater New York City area.

[00:00:32] Guests include former NBA superstars, Allan Houston and Derek Anderson, two-time Olympic gold medalist Natasha Hastings, and former chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, David C. Banks, among others.

[00:00:45] The event was sponsored in part by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, the First Corinthian Baptist Church, and the Harlem Hope Center, which supports the mental health needs of the First Corinthian Baptist Church's parishioners and the Harlem community at large.

[00:00:59] The panel is kicked off and hosted by Dr. Sidney Hankerson, M. D., an Associate Professor and Vice Chair for Community Engagement in the Department of Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

[00:01:11] We're honored to feature this incredible and insightful panel on our show, recorded live at the First Corinthian Baptist Church in Harlem.

[00:01:18] Sidney Hankerson: All right, so I have the privilege of being joined by an amazing New York City public school student, and we are going to introduce our panelists today. So first up, we have Allan Houston. Alan grew up in Louisville, Kentucky, in a house two doors down from Muhammad Ali.

[00:01:38] Allan is a devoted husband, and he and his wife, Tamara, the proud parents of seven children together, and he is the founder of FISLL, a social impact brand providing experiences, services, and products that promote the values of faith, integrity, sacrifice, leadership, and legacy.

[00:02:01] One of the things Allan is perhaps best known for is his years as a shooting guard for the New York Knicks. We got the Knicks fans in here. He is one of the all time leading scorers in Knicks history, number two in three pointers, number four in total points, and number eight in scoring average.