{"id":2503,"date":"2019-09-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/vlogs\/general-robert-neller\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T05:20:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T05:20:11","slug":"general-robert-neller","status":"publish","type":"vlog","link":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/videos\/general-robert-neller\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the US Marine Corps Prioritises Mental Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- blocks\/hero-editorial -->\n<!-- inc\/hero-editorial -->\n<div class=\"hero es-hero__editorial hero--var-1\" role=\"banner\">\n\t<div class=\"hero__image\" style=\"background-image: url();\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"hero__overlay grad-overlay content-bottom\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__content\">\n                    \n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__content__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                            <p class=\"es-label es-label--md\">\n                                Sep 17, 2019                            <\/p>\n                        \t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/videos\" class=\"theme-dark hero__back-link back-link es-label es-label--sm\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon icon--md icon--arrow-left\"><\/span>Videos<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"hero__title\">Why the US Marine Corps Prioritises Mental Health<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n        \n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <section class=\"es-section theme-light hero__sidebar-wrapper container\">\n        <div class=\"hero__sidebar\">\n                            <div class=\"category-list\">\n                  <div class=\"es-label es-label--sm\">Category<\/div>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/category\/human-performance\/\" rel=\"tag\">Human Performance<\/a>                <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"share-list\">\n                  <div class=\"es-label es-label--sm\">Share<\/div>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/videos\/general-robert-neller\/\">Facebook<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/videos\/general-robert-neller\/&#038;text=Why the US Marine Corps Prioritises Mental Health\">Twitter<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Here's a Leaders In Sport article for you &amp;body=Check out this article: Why the US Marine Corps Prioritises Mental Health. https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/videos\/general-robert-neller\/\">Email<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"#copyLink\" id=\"copyButton\" class=\"copy-link-clipboard\">Copy Link<\/a>\n                  <div id=\"textToCopy\" class=\"font-hidden\">https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/videos\/general-robert-neller\/<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\r\n\r\n<!-- blocks\/section -->\n<section\n  class=\"es-section flexible-section  text-only theme-light\"\n    >\n                <div class=\"container\">\n                                    <div class=\"bg-striped-pattern__inner section-padding-top section-padding-bottom\">\n                <div class=\"es-section__inner col-parent col-parent--stack-sm\">\n                                            <div class=\"es-section__sidebar es-section__sidebar--sticky col col--12 \">\n                                                            <p class=\"es-section__label es-label es-label--md\">General Robert Neller explains why mental wellbeing can be the biggest difference in modern warfare but why the Marine Corps still has some way to go.<\/p>\n                            \n                                                                <div class=\"video video__inline\">\n                                        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/360501143\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\n                                    <\/div>\n                            \n                            \n                                                            <div class=\"es-section__text content-area\">\n                                    <p><h4>Robert Neller tells the Leaders Performance Institute that you can teach people to be resilient.<\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The retired US Marine Corps four-star General tells the Leaders Performance Institute that while people may be naturally resilient, it is incumbent on organisations, including the armed forces, to provide resilience training.<\/p>\n<p>He says: \u201cYou teach resiliency by putting people in tough, demanding situations \u2013 not unsafe situations \u2013 but tough, demanding situations and challenge them to make it through, to push through \u00a0and go beyond where they physically and mentally thought they could. Then, when they\u2019re done, that becomes part of their \u2018hey I\u2019ve done that before\u2019; it\u2019s a repetition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the same time, it\u2019s a human condition to doubt yourself or wonder if you make it through or if you get to the next level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Neller, who was speaking after <a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance\/summit-session-reinventing-a-winning-formula\/\">his widely-lauded appearance onstage at the 2019 Leaders Sport Performance Summit in Atlanta<\/a>, also goes on to say that he feels the US Marine Corps still has some way to go, particularly in the field of teaching recruits to care for their own mental health.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the full interview above.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n                            \n                            \n                            \n                                                    <\/div>\n                                        <div class=\"col visibly-hidden col--flex-align-right\">\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General Robert Neller explains why mental wellbeing can be the biggest difference in modern warfare but why the Marine Corps still has some way to go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[21],"pathway":[],"topic":[],"sport":[],"class_list":["post-2503","vlog","type-vlog","status-publish","hentry","category-human-performance"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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