Mental Fitness
Life can be hard. Skills make it better.
mFIT for Life
It's probably easier to understand what mental fitness is by considering what it's not. It's not falling apart at every bump in the road. It's not losing emotional control at the slightest provocation. It's not failing to meet important life obligations like good parenting or financial responsibility. What mental fitness is all about is skillfully solving a problem rather than being the problem. This is why we say mental fitness is for life: not just yours, but the lives of all those around you.
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And just how much we belief in your potential.
Why Deficits Can Pose as Disorders
Deficit vs. Disorder
It is easy to confuse a lack of skills with a disordered state (e.g., mental disorders), especially when we are talking about social, emotional or mental issues. For example, if we are highly anxious in social settings, some would equate this with a psychological issue such as social anxiety. But what if we never learned effective social skills in the first place?
Deficits Over Time
Not everyone was blessed with a warm, supportive childhood and parents who taught us healthy skills such as conflict resolution. Over time, such deficits may lead to increasingly troubled behavior (e.g., aggression or social withdrawal). While we make look "disordered," the original problem was a lack of skills. Good news: skills can be learned!
New Skills Matter
The great news is that it's never too late to learn mental fitness skills! No matter how long we've "practiced" negative behaviors, learning positive skills will help turn the tide. With repeated practice over time, we literally rewire our brains to enable new thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Now is a great time to start. You can do this!
A Word from Our Founder
Why study with us? Because the sweet possibilities of life are simply too vast to be held back by uncertainty, fear, or a lack of skills masquerading as mental disorders. These crucial skills are too easy to learn that living without them shouldn't even be an option. Life can and will throw us curve balls, but there's no reason to let it throw us off our game. To be mentally fit is to be ready and able to meet every challenge that comes our way. Just like playing baseball, becoming a pro doesn't happen by accident but through hard work and lots of practice! So come on, huddle with us in the dug out...and get ready to win the game of your life. ~Susan Hickman, PhD, PsyD
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mFIT Classes
Prepare for success with mental fitness classes. Life is hard, but skills make it better!
Mental Mastery
We leverage the power of the group, personal instruction and accountability for success!
mPOWER Retreats
Why not retreat from the world and advance into victory? Take time for a mental overhaul.
Our Non-Profit Partner: Mental Fitness Education
While we make every effort to keep our classes and programs affordable, some folks need a little more help. To this end, we donate a different 4-week class to mFITedu.org every month to use as they see fit in meeting their organizational goals, namely to educate the public on the desperate need for mental fitness skills across our nation and, indeed, the world. There has never been a better time to provide folks with the chance to learn real skills for real change. Every day, the news highlights just how much this is so.
By partnering with Mental Fitness Education, our donations mean we can reach an even broader audience and teach the practice of healthy skill development to every age group, to individuals and families, and to other organizations such as churches, small businesses, and corporations. With staggering rates of mental illness, rising rates of suicide, devastating rates of substance abuse, and alarming rates of violence...the time is now. Please visit mFITedu.org for more information and to make a donation.
