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Almost every senior leader I work with at the Government of Canada has the same saboteur.

The Hyper Achiever.

And honestly? It makes complete sense. You do not climb to that level without a relentless drive to do more, be more, deliver more. That drive is a genuine gift. It got them there.

But here is what that same drive costs them at the top:

They cannot sleep. They cannot stop. Their mind is always scanning for the next thing to improve, the next gap to close, the next deliverable to push through. And the system around them keeps asking for more with less, which means the dial never turns down.

The Hyper Achiever that built their career is now the thing quietly dismantling their health, their relationships, and their joy.

This is not a willpower problem. It is a wiring problem. And wiring can be changed.

The Mental Fitness training I provide gives these leaders practical tools they can use in the moment, not in a weekend retreat or a year of therapy, but in the middle of a Tuesday when everything is on fire and they need their brain working for them instead of against them.

The result is still that high-performing, sharp, driven leader everyone counts on. But with something they have not felt in years.

Ease.

If this sounds like you or someone you lead, let’s talk. Book a quick 20 minute conversation with me via the link in my bio.

I have been ruined by a Kouign-Amann.

On my first day in France, I tried one from a small bakery in and nothing else came close for the rest of the trip. It is a pastry from France. Buttery, flaky, caramelized, layered, and apparently quite rare. I searched every bakery I passed (and there really is a bakery on every corner in Paris).

None of them had it.

On my last day, I found one bakery that had it!

I bought three. They came home with me in a Ziploc bag and I have been slowly eating half of one each day since returning to Calgary, letting linger a little longer.

Eating that pastry became one of my Mental Fitness practices today... getting me set up in my wise brain to face all of the things in my life and business that had piled up while I was away.

Want to know how I used it as a mental fitness tools?

Instead of eating while scrolling or planning or worrying, you bring your full attention to what is in front of you. You notice the layers in the dough. The way caramel pulls against your tongue. The exact moment the flavour opens up and spreads around your mouth.

It sounds simple. It is. And that is the point.

Mental Fitness is not only for crisis moments. The reps you do in calm, pleasurable moments are what build the neural pathways that hold you steady when pressure hits.

A pastry can be a training session.

Want to try a few of these reps yourself? Comment PARIS below and I’ll send you a free handout with simple tools you can start using today.

By the end of the week, they were unrecognizable!

At the start of our trade mission to , I watched brilliant q***r business owners shrink under the pressure of a one-minute timed pitch in front of strangers. Voices tight. Minds blank. Bodies braced.

I know that feeling. I felt it too.

So I offered the group something I use myself: a few Mental Fitness tools to help shift out of survival brain and into the calm, clear thinking that actually makes you compelling when you speak.

What happened over the next few days was one of the most rewarding things I witnessed on the entire trip.

People started using the tools between sessions. They would find me in the hallway and show me what they were practicing. By the time they stood up to pitch in front of a larger room of strangers at the end of the week, the difference was night and day.

Same people. Same pitches. Completely different presence.

The biggest unlock for many was a simple awareness exercise: noticing how much mental bandwidth we burn judging ourselves, judging others, and judging circumstances as bad. When you see that clearly, something shifts. You put down a weight you didn’t even know you were carrying and you move through the world lighter and more free.

One tool. One week. Transformed how they showed up in career-defining conversations.

If you lead a team that presents, pitches, or performs under pressure, this is exactly what I do. Let’s talk about what it could look like for your people.

Book a quick conversation with me via the link in my bio.

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