Learn to Boost your Mental Fitness (PQ)
to Speak from Your Authentic Voice!
To be your most creative, inspiring and effective self when you speak, when you lead and when you communicate with your important relationships.
Are you a creative entrepreneur with a vision you want to bring to fruition and you feel stuck?
Are you an executive who wants to share an inspiring, empowering message and needs to know what’s getting in your way?
Do you lead a team of talented, mission-driven professionals and want to create an environment that is both productive and fun, and it’s not happening . . . yet?
“I’ve read many books, watched many videos and taken numerous classes about improving my life and work performance. Nothing – NOTHING – has had the impact of Positive Intelligence! I’m rapidly experiencing life- and career-changing results through this easily implemented program. With Andrea’s sensitive and insightful coaching, I’ve realized greater insights that have opened the door to increased ease and fulfillment. Thank you SO much!”
Mary Westheimer, COO, Kevin Caron Studios, LLC
When you’re mentally fit:
You can meet these and other business and life challenges without mental stress or other negative emotions and determine the best path forward!
Mental fitness is a measure of the strength of your positive mental muscles (Sage) versus the negative (Saboteurs).
The measure of your mental fitness is called PQ (Positive Intelligence Quotient). It determines your capacity to respond to life’s challenges with a positive rather than negative mindset.
By boosting PQ:
“I really loved everything about the Mental Fitness training program. Gaining more self-awareness about how my mental saboteurs interfere with my happiness has been powerful. It’s such a relief to have a calmer brain and be more focused on the positive!”
Mary Holman
Breakthrough Research
PQ is a synthesis of recent breakthroughs in neuroscience, cognitive and positive psychology, and performance science.
Research included:
- Hundreds of CEOs
- Sales, operations, and technology teams
- Stanford students
- Elite athletes
- 500,000 participants from 50 countries
This research was summarized in Shirzad Chamine’s book Positive Intelligence, a New York Times bestseller, translated into 20 languages.
The research reveals that:
- Saboteurs and Sage live in entirely different regions of the brain.
- You can cause a dramatic shift in brain activation to weaken Saboteurs and boost Sage.
- 3 core muscles constitute mental fitness.
A key to Mental Fitness is to weaken your internal “Saboteurs” that infuse negativity in the way you respond to challenges and cause stress, anxiety, self-doubt, frustration, regret, shame, guilt, and unhappiness. You may recognize these Saboteurs operating in your mind as voices of the Judge, Controller, Hyper-Achiever, Avoider, Victim, Hyper-Vigilant, Stickler, Pleaser, Hyper-Rational, and Restless.
The voice of your inner wisdom or “Sage” lives in a different region of your brain and handles challenges in ways that produce positive emotions like curiosity, empathy, creativity, calm, and clear-headed laser-focused action.
Act now to boost your PQ and comfortably, reliably
and consistently speak, lead and communicate!
April Enrollment is Open!
“By learning and practicing the Mental Fitness process, I feel happier and less stressed, and can enter meetings with a more positive outlook. I really appreciate Andrea’s professional approach to coaching me through this program!”
Nancy Marshall, Attorney and Author, A Dry Hate
Three Core Muscles of Mental Fitness
Three core muscles constitute your mental fitness:
- Saboteur Interceptor Muscle. Your Saboteurs generate all your negative emotions including stress, anxiety, self-doubt, anger, avoidance, procrastination, insensitivity or discontent. Mental fitness requires the ability to intercept and discredit the Saboteurs.
- Sage Muscle. Your Sage is your voice of inner wisdom and handles challenges with a clear and calm mind. It is the part of your brain that can access your five primary powers: Empathize, Explore, Innovate, Navigate and Activate.
- Self Command Muscle. You’re not in full command of your mind. If you were, you would choose to entirely silence the Saboteurs in your head. You would choose to not stress out over what you can’t control, push away self-doubts, recover from disappointments immediately and spend little time in anger, regret or blame.
PQ Reps are innovative 10-second exercises which build up this crucial Self Command muscle in the brain. You learn to run your brain rather than allow your Saboteur-hijacked brain to run you!
“I would arrive to our coaching sessions with a concern I couldn’t necessarily even put into words. Andrea would ask critical, clarifying questions and offer solid techniques to deal with whatever that concern might be. I now have a better toolkit to get into the flow of my sage brain and handle the volume of things I need to deal with personally and professionally.”
Rita Marko, President and CEO, Phoenix Sister Cities
Introducing the PQ Program
Designed like a mental fitness bootcamp, the PQ Program gives you the insights, motivation, and structure to practice 15 minutes per day for six weeks.
The program combines weekly video sessions with daily app-guided practices to boost your three core mental fitness muscles.
Weekly 1-hour Video Sessions
In these highly engaging sessions, Shirzad guides you through experiential exercises that deepen and personalize your understanding of the mental fitness tools. You leave inspired and energized for the week’s daily practices.
Exclusive App Guiding Your Daily Practice
Each day a different focus for daily practice is assigned through a personalized companion app available exclusively to program participants.
This builds one small muscle at a time, laying down new neural pathways to form lasting positive habits of your mind. The cumulative impact by program’s end is substantial.
Interactive PQ Gym
Innovative 10-second PQ Reps build up your Self-Command muscle. You learn to be clear-headed and calm even in the midst of great challenges, able to command your mind to shift from Saboteur to Sage response.
Daily Progress Tracking
The app tracks your daily progress against minimum targets associated with new neural pathway (muscle) formation. Personalized daily coaching tips from Andrea and Shirzad continue to both encourage and challenge you to keep going.
Personalized coaching sessions and check ins with Andrea as you learn the PQ system and apply it to your business and life.
“I received Mental Fitness coaching from Andrea, where I gained the awareness and skills to manage negative situations, people and triggers, including intercepting my own mental saboteurs before they end up costing me positive energy. This has been invaluable to move forward productively and design my best life!”
Tom Leegstra, Retention Program Manager, Intel, Inc.
A Welcoming Community…
with Shirzad and Andrea who remain active with you and others in the program, providing an important part in sustaining your enthusiasm for daily practice. After you’ve completed the program, you’ll have the option to continue on with more lessons and exercises through the app to continue your growth.
*Information provided on this website about Positive Intelligence and the PQ Program is used with permission by Shirzad Chamine and Positive Intelligence, Inc.
Positive Intelligence Program
Group and Individual Coaching
“Gaining the tools of mental fitness has made it easier to deal with the stress that comes up during the day, and to talk about difficult things with clients and team members. Overall, I quit procrastinating on things that are uncomfortable. I experience less conflict and more empathy so I get better outcomes. I’m able to see the people I work with as the imperfect human beings we all are and that makes working with different personalities so much more enjoyable. This really works!”
Lisa LaVoie, Principal, Lovitt & Touche
1. Positive Intelligence Program with Group Coaching
When enrolled in the 6-week PQ Program, you will be included in a small group of up to five participants who are going through the program at the same time. Your “pod” is led by Andrea and provides a community of support and accountability. You’ll meet weekly in one-hour virtual sessions to discuss each week’s training and be invited to share experiences and breakthroughs.
Plus all the program basics…
- Weekly videos
- PQ Mobile App
- PQ Gym
- Daily tracking
- PQ Community
2. Positive Intelligence Program with One-on-One Coaching
This option provides you with individual, one-on-one coaching with Andrea as you go through each week of the PQ Program. Your coaching sessions will focus on your personal Saboteurs, support your work to build your Core Mental Fitness muscles, and coach you through practical application in your work and personal life.
Plus all the program basics…
- Weekly videos
- PQ Mobile App
- PQ Gym
- Daily tracking
- PQ Community
Act now to boost your PQ and comfortably, reliably
and consistently speak, lead and communicate!
PQ Group Program
PQ Individual Program
Post-PQ program
PQ Grow Program
- Access new weekly coach focuses and challenges, PQ exercises and new material including PQ App modules.
- Continue to the next level in mental muscle building and monitor your strength
- Receive invitations to PQ masterminds
- Monthly check-ins with Andrea OR future monthly group coaching sessions which could include facilitation of your existing POD if desired
PQ Grow Program plus Individual Coaching
- Everything in PQ Grow Program plus one-on-one coaching with Andrea to reach your personal goals
- Work on applying PQ in areas you want to focus on right away
- Experience and celebrate increased performance, happiness and wellbeing in your life and work!
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the right program for me?
This is the right program for you if you are…
1) committed to improving your ability to speak in public, in business meetings and one-on-one more comfortably, reliably and consistently
2) looking for a science-based and trusted system to make it stick
3) willing to put in the initial effort to rewire years of mental habits that don’t serve you.
Is this the same program that’s offered at positiveintelligence.com for $995?
Yes, it is with even more benefits! Andrea Beaulieu is one of a global network of coaches who is being trained directly by Shirzad Chamine on the Positive Intelligence Program. You’ll benefit from the rich experience of the six-week program, plus personal coaching with Andrea for real impact and lasting change!
Isn’t it true that negative emotions are sometimes helpful?
It might seem to make sense that negative emotions are helpful. For example, if you think stress or stage fright gives you that added “charisma” when you speak, you wouldn’t be alone. The fact is, that nervousness actually detracts from your message and effectiveness.
Feeling pain for a split second when your hand touches a hot stove is useful, delivering an important alert. But your Saboteurs keep your hand on the hot stove, continuing to feel negative emotions that harm both performance and happiness.
In this program, we learn to use negative emotions as a helpful alert, and then quickly shift to the positive region of the brain that has the calm clarity, objectivity, and creativity to handle the challenge most effectively.
Who will lead the Positive Intelligence Program?
Shirzad Chamine will personally conduct each of the weekly video sessions. Shirzad also participates in the exclusive online community of the program to answer questions, and cheer you on.
Andrea will provide weekly personal coaching check-ins either directly with you in one-on-one coaching sessions, or in a small group format. You choose the type of support you need! Andrea is an Associate Certified Coach (ACC) with the International Coaching Federation and is currently working with Shirzad Chamine to bring the PQ Program to a broad audience.
How much time and effort is required?
You’d be committing to watch a one-hour video once a week and doing a combined total of 15 minutes per day of practice guided by the Positive Intelligence app, exclusively designed for this program.
This program also includes personal coaching support from Andrea in weekly group or one-on-one sessions. All-in-all, about two hours per week is all that’s needed.
This might sound like a lot of time. In fact, cumulatively, it constitutes less than 2% of your awake time for the duration of the program. Please consider that your Saboteurs are costing you far more than 2% of your time, effort, energy, and productivity. Consider how much more than 2% of time and productivity this six-weeks investment will save for years to come.
How is this different from reading the book?
You’d never learn to ride a bicycle by reading a book about it. You’ll be asked to read the first eight chapters of the book while participating in the program. The book provides the research foundation and introduces the tools. The video session guides you through experiential exercises that help you personalize the tools to your own personality and needs. And the app coaches you to practice one tool at a time in the context of your own daily work and life challenges.
Can I participate with my team?
Even though the focus of the program is individual development, going through this program together significantly deepens trust and helps clear the air related to recurring conflicts since they’re mostly generated by Saboteurs. It gives the entire group a common framework for helping each other grow, making decisions, responding to setbacks, and managing conflicting styles and agendas.
Do you have corporate/group discounts?
Yes, if you would like to invest in the Positive Intelligence program for your employees, or any group of five people or more, please contact me directly for more information at andrea@andreabeaulieu.com