CONNECT: Turning Tragedy Into Triumph

Turning Tragedy Into Triumph: New York Knicks Star & NBA Champion Karl-Anthony Towns on Grief, Loss, and High Performance

In 2020, NBA champion Karl-Anthony Towns lost his mother, Jacqueline, while still expected to show up, lead a team, and perform at the highest level of professional sports. Towns shares candidly how he turned devastating loss into a driving force rather than letting it derail him, what he's learned about carrying grief while still competing at an elite level, and how honoring his mother's memory has become part of his motivation on and off the court. A powerful look at what it really takes to keep moving forward when life gives you every reason to stop.

About World Mental Health Day Festival

The Project Healthy Minds World Mental Health Day Festival is where visionaries, thought leaders, culture-markers, and advocates gather to celebrate and shape the future of mental health. The Festival convenes the most consequential leaders from across public policy, media, culture, sports, business, and the research worlds for groundbreaking conversations about the future of mental health. From headline-making mainstage talks featuring luminaries like Jonathan Haidt and Katie Couric, to cause-driven fitness programming like mindful fitness classes led by Kendall Toole and Kelsey Wells, celebratory runs with Timm Chuisano, Hellah Sidibe and Raymond Braun, and Equinox meditation experiences, this is where the world gathers for World Mental Health Day.

About Project Healthy Minds

Project Healthy Minds is a next-gen mental health tech non-profit dedicated to expanding access to mental health services across the country. Project Healthy Minds is building the world’s first free digital mental health marketplace, destigmatizing mental health by partnering with culture-makers, and improving access and affordability by advocating for innovative workplace investments in employee mental health. The non-profit is focused on closing the treatment gap in America by attacking these primary barriers to care: stigma, discoverability, and affordability. Project Healthy Minds’ programmatic initiatives serve more than 200,000 people annually.