THE TRUTH ABOUT EXECUTIVE MENTAL HEALTH
Let’s get real, quick. You’re an executive. A leader. You’ve worked extremely hard in your lifetime, and achieved some extraordinary accomplishments…but, there is too often a serious cost that comes with this journey of success.
Your mental health and well-being.
As an executive, you bear the roller-coaster challenge of constantly trying to remain in control of ever-changing environments, high-pressure situations, decisions, resources, and people.
If you’re like many leaders, you probably perceive pressure to present as a strong and stable force. Your normal human reactions to stress are masked and you try to cover signs of vulnerability, rather than get support.
If you’re like many leaders, your work-life ratio is often out of balance. You’ve probably sacrificed your own personal and family time on multiple occasions. For some, this brings health issues. For others, this can bring challenges at home due to the fragile quality of their relationships.
Some find the stress and loneliness of the executive life so challenging that they fall into self-medication habits with alcohol, drugs, or gambling….and some even take their own lives.
The responsibility of your position is heavy enough. At Mindfit, we don’t believe that your mental health and wellbeing needs to be the sacrifice for choosing an executive life.
AN ALTERNATIVE PERSPECTIVE
EXECUTIVE mind health as a first priority (not last)
Please consider this for a minute. Every day for as long as you’ve been managing, you rely on (and expect) your mind to show-up with consistency, and perform higher-level cognitive functions on demand to successfully lead your team through complex problem-solving and decision-making with clarity, confidence, and creativity. This performance expectation occurs regardless of how much sleep you’ve had; how much stress you’re under; your own health issues; how much time off you’ve had; personal distractions; if the kids are sick; or whatever else is happening in your life…because you have professional commitments and your team relies on your mental health and acuity.
Your mind is to your profession, as an athletes body is to theirs
Your mind deserves the same level of respect and attention to continue fulfilling it’s amazing capacity
we help you protect, nourish, and advance your mind health for success WITH happiness
Traditionally, most clinical psychologists will focus on managing and ‘fixing’ problems with mental health when they surface. Then in 1998 a man named Martin Seligman initiated a positive psychology movement that encouraged the psychological study of human flourishing. It has shown there are positive psychological qualities and experiences that can be deliberately nurtured, and act as buffers against mental health problems. These qualities and experiences also act as psychological strengths that support a person to live a great life, rather than just a good life, with optimised psychological well-being.
We believe that executive support should be full-spectrum and progressive, with an integrated approach between positive psychology and clinical psychology.
the executive mindfit program
Our Executive Mindfit Program is a unique and innovative 12-month program for individual executives that proactively manages mental health, while also advancing psychological well-being.
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT
For this program you will join forces with a highly educated psychologist. You will meet one-on-one for fortnightly sessions online via video. Over the next 12 months you will build a unique, collaborative relationship that will support you to enrich your life and strengthen your mind health with expansion of your self-awareness, insight and mind skills.
OUR FRAMEWORK
why invest in you WITH MINDFIT
SUPPORT FOR STRENGTH AND STABILITY
Strengthen and excel the positive psychological qualities that support your stability in chaos, so you can continue to lead with clarity, confidence and creativity when your organisation needs you.
ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF YOUR LIFE
Balance success with happiness, and allow yourself some time to focus on enhancing the enriching elements that lead to greater personal life satisfaction.
protect your own mental health and well-being
Protect yourself from the downside of a high profile, high pressure position. Don’t let a mental health challenge potentially derail the success you’ve worked hard to achieve. Catch emerging declines early and prevent issues from escalating.
Trickle-down effect
Workers value a workplace that is mentally healthy and safe, and it starts from the top. Your positive approach towards your mind health will filter into the way you manage and respond in pressured situations, as well as set a great example for the people around you.
Your mental health and well-being does not need to be the sacrifice for choosing an executive life.
