Mental fitness might have felt like a fringe concept just a few years ago, but today, almost every athlete I speak with is serious about the practice. Though it’s not just athletes that rely on the techniques. The self-optimisation boom paired with a greater understanding of mental health management and burnout has given rise to a new-found reverence for mental resilience, dexterity and plasticity across the population. CEOs might be using mental fitness techniques, but so are schoolteachers and their pupils.
Behind the concept’s popularity are mental fitness coaches and experts, like Maya Raichoora. Raichoora, author of the book Visualise, travels the world teaching time-honoured visualisation techniques to the top 1 per cent of earners and sporting gold-medal champions, but her book seeks to show everyone the power of a fit and capable mind.
