Dr. Gabrielle Lyon

You train your mind, not just by doing hard things.

I mean, listen.

Some people are crazy.

They're into these ultras.

My husband's decided that he wants to go from running marathons to now running ultras.

That is only one lane of developing mental toughness.

What about the other ways that we can add in subtle friction in our life?

Whether it's emotional friction, having the conversation that you don't want to have, having friction when let's say you're a very personable person and you want to spend time with people.

You don't.

You spend an hour in silence.

No phone, no music, no nothing.

Or let's say you love Starbucks.

I don't know.

Flip a coin, heads you get that.

Coffee, tails you don't.

As you begin to implement emotional friction, physical friction, mental friction, you will find that you build capacity.

And those things that used to irritate you and erode you over the day, they don't anymore.

There are many different ways to help develop a stronger, more resilient mind.

We talked about discernment, assessing your narratives, and my favorite, neutrality.

But what else is on the table?