Episode #37: 4D Fit: Achieving Mental Fitness with Scott Mikesh

Scott Mikesh has a passion for creativity and wellness, and a background in psychology, design, communications, and fitness. He is continually driven to inspire and empower individuals to live well and achieve their goals in healthful and creative ways.

He’s worked in Marketing & Communications for nearly 20 years as a brand strategist, digital designer, and copywriter for both corporate and non-profit businesses, providing creative leadership and communication strategies for employee wellness, culture change,and D.E.I. initiatives. At present he is also the principal and founder of 4D Fit.

In this episode you will learn how physical fitness is related to mental fitness and the idea of self-perception and perception of others to help you understand better how to handle the negative stressors to live a happier, healthier and productive life.

“Get at the mental fitness part first,before you venture into physical fitness.”
 — Scott Mikesh

Timestamps

00:36 — Scott Mikesh's career and his business venture

06:43 —  4D Fit, what it means and what it represents

09:00 — Scott on taking care of our bodies as well as our mind, on raising awareness of how to think and not what to think

12:13 — On mental fitness and physical fitness

23:06 — How Scott deals with his own personal stress, on social media and comparison and where physical fitness and mental fitness fit here

 35:34 — On limiting time with screen time or mobile phone time and what good it does to you

 43:31 — On integrating creativity with 4D Fit workshop and Scott relating his life as an entrepreneur and balancing work life

 52:25 — Scott's idea of wellbeing, the practice of gratitude and self-acceptance