Mental Fitness for Leaders and Professionals
From Self-Sabotage to Success in 7 weeks!
Length
7 weeks
Format
Virtual programme consisting of weekly videos, an app, group coaching and peer support
Frequency
Three cohorts a year
Cohort starts
May 1, 2026
A 7-week guided experience to help you think more clearly, respond more effectively under pressure, and navigate complexity with greater confidence.
Why this matters
Most people don’t struggle because they lack capability.
They struggle because of how they think under pressure.
- overthinking decisions
- second-guessing themselves
- feeling constant internal pressure
- reacting rather than choosing how to respond
Over time, this affects:
- performance
- relationships
- confidence
- energy
This programme is designed to address that directly.
Not through theory—but through a structured, practical approach to building mental fitness in your day-to-day life.
What this is
This is a small-group, guided experience for professionals who want to strengthen how they think, decide, and show up—especially in demanding or complex environments.
It combines:
- weekly group sessions
- structured practice
- a supporting digital platform
- optional 1:1 coaching
The focus is simple: helping you move from reactive patterns to more intentional, effective ways of thinking and acting.
Mental Fitness is the X-factor!
During this 7-week programme you will strengthen 3 core muscles at the root of mental fitness:
SABOTEUR INTERCEPTOR
Build self-awareness of which of your internal saboteurs are triggered by stress
SELF-COMMAND
Practice 'Reps' to rise above your stressful thoughts and emotions
SAGE
Activate your sage perspective and superpowers
WHAT OUTCOMES CAN YOU EXPECT?
SELF-AWARENESS
Greater awareness around the ways in which you get triggered and sabotage yourself, your relationships, your effectiveness.
PERFORMANCE
Increased levels of happiness, performance and productivity in all areas of your life.
BANISH THE IMPOSTER SYNDROME
Renewed levels of genuine self-confidence, truly owning your talents and achievements.
SELF COMPASSION
Being able to treat yourself (and others) with compassion and recover from setbacks more quickly.
DECISIVENESS
Navigate choices and ambiguous situations more easily.
CREATIVITY
Quickly turn any stressful situation or set-back into a gift and opportunity.
JOIN THE MENTAL FITNESS PROGRAMME
TO ENJOY THESE OUTCOMES FOR YOURSELF
Format
- 7-week virtual programme in English
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weekly 60-minute group sessions
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small group (maximum 5–6 participants)
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BONUS: GROW digital programme until the end of the year
Between sessions
- short, structured daily practices
- supported by a digital platform
- designed to integrate into your existing routine
- Optional 1:1 coaching sessions for deeper individual work
The approach
This work draws on:
- cognitive and behavioural psychology
- mental fitness practices
- structured reflection and application
It is designed to be:
- practical
- grounded
- immediately applicable
The emphasis is always on: what changes in your day-to-day thinking and behaviour—not just what you understand.
Who this is for
This experience is most valuable for:
- professionals operating in complex or demanding environments
- leaders who want to think and respond more effectively
- individuals navigating pressure, change, or important decisions
- people who are ready to invest in how they think—not just what they do
A useful starting point
Before the programme begins, you’ll complete a Saboteur Assessment.
This helps identify common mental patterns such as:
- overthinking
- perfectionism
- people-pleasing
- avoidance
We use this as a starting point to:
- understand how these patterns show up for you
- connect them to real situations
- work with them in a practical way
The 7-week programme consists of the following:
| Week | Content | Learning Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boost your self-command muscle | Practice 10-second 'Reps' that boost your self-command muscle. This enables you to run your brain rather than being run by your Saboteur-hijacked brain. Self-command is key to intercepting unhelpful mental habits and rewiring your brain to respond more effectively. |
| 2 | Intercept the Judge | For this entire week, you’ll intercept and weaken the most damaging Saboteur, the Judge. You discover how judging yourself, others, and circumstances is a key source of your stress and quite damaging to your performance. Most participants discover their Judge to be far more prevalent and damaging than they suspected. |
| 3 | Accomplice Saboteurs | This week you intercept and weaken the top accomplice to your Judge Saboteur, identified through the Saboteur Assessment from the following: Avoider, Controller, Hyper-Achiever, Hyper-Rational, Hyper-Vigilant, Pleaser, Restless, Stickler, Victim. |
| 4 | Shift to Sage | After weakening your Saboteurs, it is now time to strengthen your Sage, the counterpart to your Saboteurs. Your Sage lives in an entirely different part of your brain, generates all your positive emotions, and achieves peak performance through a calm and clear mind. |
| 5 | Boost your Sage Powers | The Sage region of the brain enables 5 primary powers. These powers combine to form all of the emotional intelligence competencies considered crucial to professional success. |
| 6 | Taking Action | In our final week, you use your Sage’s Navigate and Activate powers to take clear-headed, laser-focused, decisive action. | 7 | Sustain the Momentum | In this final week, you discover how to continue using the tools for a variety of work and life applications. |
Positive Intelligence App
Gain access to an exclusive App guiding your daily practice
Each day, a different focus for daily practice is assigned through a personalised companion app available exclusively to programme participants.
This builds one small muscle at a time, laying down new neural pathways to form lasting positive habits of your mind. The cumulative impact of the programme’s end is substantial.
The Gym inside the app provides you with different reps and lengths to strengthen your Self-Command muscle throughout the day.
The app also tracks your daily progress against minimum targets associated with new neural pathway (muscle) formation. Personalised daily coaching tips from Shirzad continue to both encourage and challenge you to keep going, and at the end of the day, you can capture your daily reflections.
At the end of the 7-week programme, all participants will continue to have access to the App and will graduate to the GROW programme content, enjoying new content and video modules to maintain their mental fitness practice.
Accountability Pod
Research indicates that there is a 500% increased likelihood of establishing positive new habits when supported by accountability partners.
Every participant in the Mental Fitness programme is placed in a peer-support group called a Pod.
Pod members meet once a week to discuss the week's training. Pod members are also able to communicate privately with each other using the Community Channel inside the app. Each Pod is limited to 5 participants.
Pods meet virtually on Mondays or at a better time mutually agreed, with all Pod members having already watched the weekly video sessions and engaged with daily practice on the App.
Early bird pricing until
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Take the first step
Schedule a call with our Head of Coaching, Natalie Wilkins, to arrange a free PQ Saboteur Assessment and debrief, and discuss how the Mental Fitness programme will best support your goals.
For organisations who wish to offer this training to multiple teams or departments, contact us directly to discuss customised formats and pricing.
Book A CallMental Fitness
vs.
Traditional Training
Focus on insight rather than muscle
For example, the insight that being frustrated isn’t helpful doesn’t automatically lead to you not feeling frustrated. That would require mental muscles to shift brain activation.
Treating symptoms rather than cause
For example, teaching you techniques of active listening to improve empathy will have a temporary impact if your deeply-rooted Judge Saboteur is not exposed and intercepted.
No common operating system
Since each training you attend uses a different framework—the 7 steps of managing conflict, the 5 secrets of managing time, etc.—the frameworks compete for mind share and all fade away.
Here's what previous participants are saying:
"I thought that with all the challenges in the last year it was a good time to do such a programme. I now see the positive in my life, my relationships, I say ‘no’ when necessary without the fear of not being liked." Viviane Le Dantec
"I was looking to improve my mental fitness and become more balanced in my emotional response to situations, events and people. I’ve improved my relationship with my mom, I have more patience and self-awareness so that I can see where I might be sabotaging a situation both at work and at home. I highly recommend the mental fitness program to anyone looking to improve their overall well-being." Lynn Kier
"I joined this programme in order to become more resilient against everyday stress and to feel more fulfilled. I learned how to let go more easily, celebrate the little things, feel calmer in my mind, and see an opportunity in every situation." Svetlana Golubnic
"I wanted to increase my mental wellness and bring more happiness into my life. I’ve learned to build my ‘bounce back’ power to setbacks, be more aware of saboteurs and find healthier ways to deal with them." Lori Palmer
"Before going through the Mental Fitness programme I felt a bit stressed out and disconnected from my team. My inner judge was very loud and blocked me from taking useful steps. After going through the programme I am much more relaxed knowing that things will evolve. I don't feel the urge to push constantly and I'm more patient with myself and others." Astrid Blunschi
"The Positive Intelligence Model is a brilliant breakthrough as it defines, measures and improves your awareness of your own performance and happiness. It also helps solve the mystery of why so many smart people still fail to be successful."
"This has been a transformational and long-lasting training, on a personal and professional level. I feel much more grounded, calmer, stronger, and better equipped to deal with the unexpected challenges of the day-to-day."
"All of my life I thought my high achievements were impossible without feeling constant stress. I've now learned to achieve even more with a calm and clear mind. I'm now enjoying every day, not just the final accomplishments."
"I wanted to understand what was 'blocking' my productivity and causing self-sabotaging behaviours. By the end of the programme, I restored my confidence and faith in myself. I am now more laid back, and this has helped me in many areas."
"This has been a profound growth experience. I now consistently feel joy and calm in the middle of handling the many challenges of running my team."
"I participated in the Mental Fitness programme because I wanted to be more resilient to the daily stresses of life and to look at challenges from a more positive perspective. Now I am much more aware of my judge and saboteurs. I am also able to recognize these behaviors in others. I think in general I am showing more compassion for 'difficult' people and taking their behavior a lot less personally." Stacy Cibula
Meet The Coaching Faculty
Natalie Wilkins, co-CEO
Natalie, co-founder and co-CEO of Thriving Talent, is passionate about helping organisations to improve their female talent pipeline and build inclusive cultures where diversity can thrive.
With her extensive HR background across the public and private sectors, you benefit from Natalie’s deep experience of organisational change management, leading and managing teams, and coaching and advising leaders and executives within multicultural environments.
Natalie lives in Switzerland, leading a careful balancing act of being a mum, wife, business owner and driving much needed change in business and society. She values family time and takes the time to explore and play in Switzerland’s beautiful lakes and mountains with her young family.
QUESTIONS? ASK AWAY!
Is this the right programme for me?
Aren't negative emotions sometimes helpful?
Can I ask my employer to cover all or part of the programme cost?
Who will lead the Mental Fitness programme?
How much time and effort is required?
What is the cancellation or transfer policy?
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€1,500
Here’s what is included in the Mental Fitness programme facilitated by Thriving Talent
SIGN UP NOW - PAY IN FULL EUR 1,500Early bird pricing until
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