The Relationship Between Mental Fitness, Mental Health and Mental Toughness

Polly Brennan is founder of Adventurous Coaching and creator of The Mental Fitness Kitbag™ Model. Polly teaches strategies in 9 disciplines which strengthen mental wealth. Drawing on years of expertise working in the NHS mental health sector, Polly is also a Professional Certified Coach and an Occupational Therapist. She supports individuals and teams, strengthening their mental fitness and building resilience to achieve successful outcomes. Her private practice focuses on enabling clients to have more, be more and do more. In life and in business even the most creative and successful people can lack resilience, feel stuck or find themselves at a crossroads without a clear direction and plan to move forward. With Polly on your team it is possible to thrive in your personal and professional life. Regardless of the challenge, Polly has the wisdom, knowledge and know-how to enable you to reach your goal, to reignite your fire, and to live a more adventurous life – whatever that looks like to you. She has a great reputation for supporting individuals and teams to strengthen their mental fitness, build resilience and thrive.
In today’s podcast episode #113, I’m joined by the adventurous and inspirational Polly Brennan, founder of Adventurous Coaching and creator of The Mental Fitness Kitbag™ Model. Our discussion centres around mental fitness, mental health and mental toughness where we share some helpful strategies to help you manage your mental health.
Enjoy tuning in!
Key Learning Points:
- Mental health and well-being can be viewed as an adventure.
- What does an adventurous approach to how you live your life look like?
- Adventures of the ordinary can be done on a shoestring.
- What does a challenge look like to you?
- Mental Health operates on a continuum and changes frequently dependent on an individuals circumstances.
- What do you do to strengthen your resilience muscles?
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To Listen to the Full Podcast Episodes
Ep011: Dave Algeo – Mental Toughness, Mental Health and High Performance
Ep018: Kieron Brady – From Professional Football to Alcoholism Consultant
Ep031 David Jueno – How to Turn Your Life Around and Inspire Others
Ep065: Dr Amy Izycky – Encouraging Mentally Healthy Cultures in Sport
Ep066: Marilyn Okoro – Mental Health and Resilience: Lessons from an Olympic Medalist
Ep075: Grant Phyphers – How to Rebuild Your Identity
Ep106: Amy Rowlinson – Why is knowing my WHY important?
Other Useful Resources linked to Mental Health
Blog – Make Better Decisions to Help Your Sport Performance
Blog – 5 Ways to Create a Psychological Safe Sporting Environment
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David Charlton
Global Sports Psychologist located near Durham and willing to travel Internationally. Managing Director – Inspiring Sporting Excellence. With over 10 years experience supporting athletes, coaches, parents and teams to achieve their goals, quickly.
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