The Science And The ‘So What’ Of Mental Fitness (feat. Lissy Alden)
Lissy Alden is CEO + Founder of MYNDY, a pioneering Mental Fitness company built to beat employee burnout and promote peak performance. Recognizing stress as a multifaceted challenge, she's engineered two proven frameworks addressing psychological, physiological, and organizational factors that simultaneously empower organizations and the people within them to achieve ambitious goals while maintaining employee wellbeing.
HOST
Matt Poepsel, PhD
Vice President & Godfather of Talent Optimization
GUEST
Lissy Alden
Founder + CEO, MYNDY
In this episode, Lissy Alden joins the show to unpack what mental fitness really means and how it applies to leadership. She shares how mindset impacts performance, what it looks like to shift from being hijacked by emotion to intentionally choosing your response, and why self-awareness is the key to change.
Drawing from her experience supporting people leaders across industries, Lissy breaks down how reflection, mental reps, and practical tools can help interrupt old patterns and build new ones. Whether you’re feeling stuck or seeking clarity, this conversation offers simple and powerful insights for rewiring the way you think, lead, and relate.
Key Takeaways:
- Mental fitness is the ability to notice, pause, and choose a different response
- Most people operate on autopilot and need reflection to shift out of it
- Your mindset directly affects how you lead, connect, and perform
- Simple tools practiced daily can rewire deeply ingrained patterns
- The goal isn’t perfection, it’s increasing self-awareness and agency
Additional Resources:
Follow Lissy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lissy-alden/
Follow Matt on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattpoepsel/
Follow PeopleForward Network on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/peopleforward-network/posts/?feedView=all
Learn more about PeopleForward Network: http://www.peopleforwardnetwork.com/
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