You Track Your Sleep and Steps. Why Not Your Mind? | 6 Signals of Mental Fitness
About this episode
Dave and Luke discuss how to track mental fitness and introduce six observable signals of mental health improvement.
What if you could track your mental health the same way you track your physical health? Dave and Luke tackle one of the most overlooked questions in the wellness space: how do you actually know if your mental fitness is improving? They draw on research from neuroscience and positive psychology, challenging the assumption that mental health is something you only address when things go wrong. Rather, mental fitness is trainable, able to be built long before a crisis hits. Dave and Luke walk through six observable signals of mental fitness that show up in everyday life. They also introduce a five-question weekly check-in designed to help spot patterns over time rather than drawing conclusions from a single good or bad day. These frameworks are perfect for building self-awareness around your mental health in a way that actually sticks. Chapters [Start] Measuring Mental Health: Dave and Luke discuss how, unlike physical health, most people have no framework for knowing if their mental fitness is actually improving. 01:14 What the Research Says: Looking at three key research findings to build a science-backed definition of mental fitness and measuring mental health. 06:09 Where Your…
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