
The long days, the firefighting, stress, anxiety and the constant noise of the inner critic. One moment you’re driven, the next you’re drained. You push harder, but clarity slips.
You start wondering if this pace is the price of success.
It isn’t.
You don’t need another productivity hack. You need a mental upgrade.
This isn't about wishful thinking or information that fade.
It's about upgrading your mental operating system with personalised insights. And physically rewiring the brain patterns that lead to reactivity, anxiety, and burnout.
This combination produces the scientifically verified results: increased happiness and calm focus, creativity, and control.
In just seven weeks, your upgraded mental operating system will:
Quiet the mental chatter stealing your focus
Recover faster from setbacks
Lead with clarity under pressure that would crush most people
Make decisions without second-guessing yourself
Strengthen relationships that fuel your mission, not drain it
Each participant receives personalised guidance based on their strongest sabotaging mental patterns. Unlike anything else, this programme doesn't end in insight. It provides habit-forming guidance with practical micro-exercises.
You’ll train your brain like a muscle. Just 15 minutes a day with a proven app system boosts your mental pathways for sustainable high performance.
Functional MRI studies show these exercises literally rewire your brain: less activity in "survival brain" areas, more activity in regions responsible for happiness, focus, strategic thinking, and decisive action.
An upgraded mental operating system running on a rewired brain.
Clear, calm, and creatively dangerous — in the best way.
“Best training I’ve done in 37 working years.”
“It helped me have more empathy and be more focused.
"I achieve more with a calm, clear mind.”
It’s not motivation. It’s rewiring. This method has helped more than 500,000 people around the world. This includes leaders at Google and executives trained at Stanford.
It's based on neuroscience and made for high performers who need quick, measurable change.
Week 1–2 → Spot it: Identify the sneaky mental patterns sabotaging your success.
Week 3–4 → Stop it. Train your brain to shut down reactivity before it starts.
Week 5–7 → Rewire it. Strengthen calm, confidence, and creative flow under pressure.
Each week layers into the next. You’ll finish the sprint with an upgraded mental operating system. And a renewed mind built for scale.
Think of your brain like your startup team.
Your Calm CEO leads with vision and composure. Your Panic Intern fires off alarms and creates chaos.
Mental fitness training fires the intern and promotes the calm CEO.
Modern brain imaging shows that daily mental fitness exercises strengthen calm focus pathways. At the same time, stress circuits weaken.
Participants make better decisions, experience fewer emotional crashes, and have more creative breakthroughs. This isn’t “positive thinking”. It’s a physical rewiring of the brain.
It’s how top founders turn mental noise into strategic clarity, reactivity into creativity, and chaos into harmony.
“My biggest breakthrough: an intense alignment of my past, present and future self. Thank you, Virpi.”
“I thought high achievements were impossible without stress. Now I achieve even more, with ease and joy.”
“Calmer, happier, sharper. My team feels the difference.”
These are not outliers. They’re what happens when you train the mind that runs your business.
Dr Virpi Tervonen, CEC
Founder | Executive Coach | Mental Fitness Expert
I’ve coached growth-driven founders for over a decade and built my own ventures for twenty years.
I know the highs, the isolation, and the mental noise that come with leading from the front.
That’s why I built this programme: to help founders lead with calm strength, not constant strain.
You’ll find me exactly where you are: in the arena, building, iterating, and thinking big.
I’m here to help you build the mental clarity and resilience your next breakthrough demands.

Join a global network of entrepreneurs, scientists, and designers all training for the same edge: mental fitness that lasts.
It’s your built-in accountability circle, like a mastermind for the mind. Support and encouragement are a tap away whenever you need them.
You’re one decision away from running your business with clarity instead of chaos.
Join the programme, train for 14 days. If it’s not the best investment you’ve made in yourself, you’ll get a full refund.
No risk. No excuses. Just results.
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Invest in your mental fitness. You'll feel better and everything you lead will perform better.
The founders and executives below share how building mental fitness changed their leadership. They now lead with composure, authenticity, and influence. This helps their teams achieve their best.
A New Leadership Identity and Fivefold Business Growth
“Virpi’s mental fitness coaching helped me redefine who I am as a leader. It gave me the confidence to build a new leadership identity grounded in my strengths rather than self-doubt. The change has been extraordinary. Our business revenue has grown from just over $1 million to more than $5 million in two years. The real win is leading with calm conviction and a clear sense of purpose.”
Vivian Chang, Founder

A Genuine and Lasting Shift in Perspective
“I can truly say this programme has changed my perspective, both professionally and personally. There are many paths one can take to self-improve or grow as a person, but this has created a genuine and lasting shift in how I see things. Thank you, Virpi, for the weekly sessions, and to my Co-Founder for undertaking the programme with me.”
Gavin Ifield, Co-Founder

A Fascinating Exploration of Self
“This was a fascinating exploration of self. As the leader of a 60-person team, I learned some hard truths about myself. How I show up affects me, my clients, and my peers. I highly recommend this programme for high-performing teams that want to bring their whole selves into the professional space.”
Malina, Team Leader

Positive Behavioural Change Across the Organisation
“We are a highly driven organisation, and with that naturally comes a level of stress and pressure. We have helped individuals to manage that far more effectively in a professional capacity. I can say with confidence that our behaviours have changed in a much more positive way.”
Sean Harley, CIO

A Rare Benefit Everyone Talks About
“I take that as an excellent sign that people are seeing the benefits and sharing them with others. I have not seen that level of enthusiasm for many other initiatives we have introduced for our team.”
Andre Haddad, CEO

Working Together More Effectively Than Ever
“In our roles, we deal with challenges, conflict, and problem solving every day. I have seen us working together far more effectively to overcome those challenges, and that has been incredibly powerful.”
Doug Hodson, Director

High-performing founders and teams know that sustained success comes from clarity under pressure, not endless hustle. These stories show how mental fitness leads to real business results.
300% Productivity Uplift Across Our Teams
“When we applied the PQ techniques, we saw a 300% uplift in productivity. There is so much untapped potential in our teams and workplaces. We see it as our responsibility to unlock that for our people and our customers.”
Scott Young, Co-Founder

$29 Million Revenue Increase and Stronger Metrics
“We have seen increases across all our key performance and pipeline metrics, including sales velocity, deal size, and even talent retention. We credit a $29 million revenue increase to this initiative, along with other strong indicators across our metrics.”
Joe Francis, CSO

Life Changing at Work and Home
“I started this programme a year ago, and its impact on me keeps growing. It has been life changing on so many levels. I am far more effective and experience far less stress in every area of my life, from surpassing revenue targets at work to having more fulfilling relationships at home.”
Bruce Zali, VP Sales & Marketing

Practical Tools You Can Use Straight Away
“The programme gives you a blueprint for what to do when you are facing a difficult relationship or struggling to complete a project on time. It is very practical and can be applied straight away.”
Lee Freeman, VP

Founders are human first. These reflections highlight renewed energy, emotional balance, and a more peaceful way to handle work and life.
A Mind and Heart Opening Experience
“Working with Dr Virpi in her Mental Fitness Programme was a transformative experience. I had been stuck in ruminating thoughts and self-sabotage, and Virpi’s calm, confident guidance helped me see that my challenges were solvable. The practical techniques she shared reignited my creativity and optimism in business and life.”
Adelina Hayden, Business Consultant

Profound Clarity and Confidence to Move Forward
“Virpi’s Mental Fitness Programme helped me understand which inner voices were holding me back and which would help me step forward. Her group sessions created a safe and powerful space for growth, and our 1:1 work led to a profound moment of alignment between my past, present, and future self. I now move forward in my work with clarity and confidence.”
Simone Koch, Divorce Coach

A Long-Term Investment in My Better Self
“My investment in the Programme is truly a long-term investment in myself. It has helped me navigate this time of change and show up as my authentic self at work and at home. My ability to remain calm has greatly improved. I am a work in progress, but I now have the tools to be my better self.”
Darlene W.

Transformative for Wellbeing and Performance
“What a game changer it would have been for our organisation if we had all gone through the Programme together. We achieved amazing outcomes, but often at the cost of sleepless nights, heated conflicts, stress, burnout, long hours, missed family time, guilt, self-doubt, and unhappiness. Do not waste another minute suffering from the sabotaging effects of your survival brain. Sign up now!”
Jennifer A.

500,000+ participants | Neuroscience-based | 15 minutes a day | 14-day money-back guarantee
As founders, we’re wired to be cost-conscious and ROI-focused. It’s built into how we decide. This programme doesn’t compete with your business investment; it protects it.
Think of it as preventative maintenance for your most valuable asset: You. Founder burnout, poor decisions, and strained relationships cost far more than this sprint.
Participants consistently report clearer thinking, stronger teams, and faster recovery from setbacks. One founder called it “the best training in 37 working years.”
You’re not buying information. You’re investing in the quality of every decision you’ll make next.
Being sceptical of 'miracle solutions' is a sign of intelligence, not cynicism. But entrepreneurial burnout is real. Founders are 50% more likely to face mental health challenges and ten times more likely to experience depression.
We need practical, evidence-based tools to feel genuinely happy and fulfilled while scaling our businesses and leading our teams.
This isn’t motivational fluff or one-size-fits-all advice.
It’s personalised, neuroscience-based training, grounded in research with measurable results. A peer-reviewed study (PMC11494258) showed significant reductions in negative thoughts and increases in self-compassion after just a few weeks.
You’ll identify your own mental saboteurs — the thought patterns quietly draining your focus and energy.
The programme then adapts to you: your traits, your triggers, your needs.
Each daily exercise targets the specific neural pathways you need to strengthen most. Your Mental Fitness (PQ) score tracks progress in real time as those circuits rewire.
You’re not learning theory. You’re upgrading how your brain performs under pressure.
Every founder is time-poor, so the programme is built around that reality.
You’ll spend about 15 minutes a day on guided practice through the app. These are short, focused exercises split into 2-minute segments you can do between meetings. Plus one weekly video session you can watch anytime.
It may sound like a lot at first. Yet cumulatively, the commitment is less than 1% of your waking hours during the seven weeks.
The return on that 1% is exponential.
Mental fitness prevents the hidden cost of lost focus, poor decisions, and emotional fatigue. It builds the mental stamina to handle stress before it spirals, dramatically reducing the risk of burnout; the single biggest productivity and mojo killer for founders.
You’ll quickly realise this isn’t another thing to fit in. It’s the habit that makes everything else easier to manage.
That’s already factored into the design. The programme understands that founders’ schedules are unpredictable. Some days you lead, some days you’re firefighting.
Miss a day? The app doesn’t guilt-trip you. It simply helps you pick up where you left off.
What matters isn’t perfect execution but consistent return. One is non-zero.
Your mental “muscle” score accumulates over time, so every practice builds on the last, even with gaps. Progress compounds; it doesn’t reset.
We expect imperfect progress. This work rewards persistence, not rigidity — the same principle that builds successful businesses.
Books inform. Meditation calms. Both are valuable and worth continuing.
Mental Fitness Programme transforms. It goes beyond insight or relaxation to build the neural pathways that sustain calm focus under pressure.
The difference lies in structure and personalisation. Reading about mental fitness doesn’t rewire your brain. Daily guided practice does. The app gives you clear direction, progress tracking, and feedback so you always know you’re moving forward.
Each exercise is short, practical, and designed for real life... no quiet room required! You can do your mental fitness reps with your eyes open, walking through an airport, between calls, or in a crowded café without anyone noticing.
As one founder put it, “Most attempts at positive change fail because we stop at insight and don’t build habits.”
This builds the habits.
No. This isn’t about pretending that painful or traumatic experiences don’t exist. It’s about helping your nervous system respond differently when they do.
You still acknowledge the hard stuff. You just stop letting it sit in the driver’s seat of your life and business.
Mental fitness gives you the tools to process difficulty without getting trapped in it. You learn to find perspective after working through the pain, not by denying it.
It’s resilience grounded in reality, not forced optimism.
Yes, you can do it self-paced, and many founders prefer that.
The programme is automated and self-contained through the app, so you’ll always know exactly what to do next.
You can also choose to start alongside your life or business partner for shared accountability and reflection.
If you want deeper insight or personal challenge, there’s the option to add weekly 1:1 coaching with me.
But you won’t be left guessing. The system provides its own structure, rhythm, and progress tracking. It has everything you need to stay consistent and build momentum.
Most founders report noticeable shifts within the first two to three weeks: less reactivity, clearer decisions, and a visible drop in daily stress.
By week seven, those changes start to stick. The new neural pathways you’ve been strengthening become your brain’s new default settings.
It’s not magic. It’s consistency. The more regularly you practise, the faster you feel the difference.
No. Transparency matters. What you see on the pricing page is exactly what you get.
You can continue with app access after the first year if you want, but there’s no pressure or hidden funnel into larger offers.
You choose your level of depth — self-paced, single payment, or with personal coaching — and that’s it.
Therapy and mental fitness serve different purposes. Therapy helps you process the past; mental fitness helps you lead better in the present. They complement each other beautifully. Many founders do both. One heals what was, the other strengthens what is.
If you’re working through trauma, stay with your therapist. If you want to handle pressure and perform with calm clarity, this is your next step.
Your access to the app, content, and tools continues for a full year.
After that, you can renew for fresh content if you choose, or simply keep using the tools you’ve already internalised.
Most founders find the techniques become second nature. The goal is independence, not dependence.
Because this isn’t abstract meditation. It’s guided, structured mental training designed for real life.
Each exercise takes just two to three minutes and is woven into your day. You can do the exercises between meetings, on a walk, or while waiting for a call to start. You don’t need silence or a special setup.
The app keeps you consistent with daily guidance, gentle reminders, and progress tracking, so you can see your own commitment build over time.
It’s mindfulness made practical, measurable, and founder-proof. The programme is built to fit your pace, not disrupt it.
Every founder and business is unique. However, the mental patterns behind their problems are often common. Over-achievement, control, restlessness, pleasing, and self-criticism appear in various forms. Yet, they stem from the same sources: pressure, responsibility, and ambition.
The program has an assessment to identify your main mental saboteurs. These are the thought patterns that can hurt your results. Your daily practices and reflections are personalised based on your saboteur profile. This makes each exercise relevant for how you think, decide, and lead. The structure stays consistent, but your insights and growth are uniquely yours.
More than one million people in 50 countries have used the PQ (Positive Intelligence) framework. This includes CEOs, founders, elite athletes, and teams in sales, operations, and technology. It’s used by top global organisations such as Stanford University, Google, Microsoft, and Procter & Gamble.
For deep, direct use of the PQ framework in your business or leadership, choose 1:1 coaching. We’ll apply the mental fitness approach to tackle your current challenges. This includes high-stakes decisions, tough talks, and peak pressure moments. Together, we’ll turn these into chances for calm and confident performance.
You can complete the program on your own or work with me as your coach. Either way, you'll receive a world-class framework trusted by global leaders. It's tailored to your context, patterns, and leadership challenges. This is where business meets mindset.
Then you start again. That’s the beauty of it.
When you purchase your programme here, you’ll have access to the programme and additional resources inside the app for a full year.
The system is self-contained and completely repeatable. You’ll still gain value even if you only complete part of it. Every lesson builds awareness, every rep develops neural pathways, and every return strengthens your foundation.
If completion matters to you, add accountability through 1:1 coaching. It’s the fastest way to stay consistent and turn insight into sustained progress.
Change doesn’t come from one-off effort. It comes from rhythm. You already know that from building your business.
500,000+ participants | Neuroscience-based | 15 minutes a day | 14-day money-back guarantee
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You’re one decision away from running your business with clarity instead of chaos. Join the programme, train for 14 days. If it’s not the best investment you’ve made in yourself, you’ll get a full refund. No risk. No excuses. Just results.
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