How Olympian Molly Carlson handles body dysmorphia #bravegang

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

September 17, 2025

Duration

0m

Channel

Re:Thinking with Adam Grant

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Molly Carlson is a professional high diver, three-time runner-up at the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series, and the founder of Brave Gang, an online community of people who encourage each other to face their fears together. In this episode, Molly and Adam reflect on anxiety and motivation, the functions and dysfunctions of fear, and how to harness the benefits and overcome the costs. They also discuss what Molly has learned from her challenges with mental health, body image, and asking for help. The TED Audio Collective is a collection of podcasts for the curious. The TED Audio Collective videos may be used for non-commercial purposes under a Creative Commons License, Attribution–Non Commercial–No Derivatives (or the CC BY – NC – ND 4.0 International) and in accordance with our TED Talks Usage Policy (https://www.ted.com/about/our-organiz...). For more information on using TED for commercial purposes (e.g. employee learning, in a film or online course), please submit a Media Request at https://media-requests.ted.com.

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Adam Grant

  host

  Organizational psychologist and host of the podcast Re:Thinking with Adam Grant.

• Molly Carlson

  guest

  Elite diver/cliff diver and Olympian who speaks publicly about body image and mental health in sport.

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Re:Thinking with Adam Grant, featuring Adam Grant and Molly Carlson, How Olympian Molly Carlson handles body dysmorphia #bravegang explores molly Carlson on body dysmorphia in judged, revealing sports Carlson says judged sports can amplify body dysmorphia because athletes perform in minimal clothing that exposes normal body changes like bloating or cellulite.

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