Kwik Brain with Jim Kwik 8 Step Mental Fitness Routine with Jim Kwik
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Oct 6, 2025 Explore the concept of mental fitness as a proactive approach to mental health. Discover eight actionable tools to train your brain, from cognitive warm-ups to dopamine resets. Learn how naming emotions can enhance self-regulation and the importance of guarding your information diet. Uncover the impact of social connections on happiness and longevity, and engage with innovative mood-tracking technology. Finally, Jim challenges you to treat your brain as you would your body, fueling it with purpose and self-care.
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Mental Health As Trainable Fitness
- Jim Kwik reframes mental health as mental fitness that can be trained like the body.
- Mental fitness emphasizes proactive resilience, focus, and adaptability rather than only reacting to illness.
Start With A Cognitive Warm-Up
- Begin each day with a cognitive warm-up before checking your phone to boost self-awareness.
- Ask what you're feeling, what you want to feel, and one action to shift your state.
Practice A Dopamine Reset
- Do a dopamine reset day by turning off non-essential notifications and reducing sugar and processed foods.
- Engage in low-stimulus activities like walking, journaling, or cooking to reboot reward sensitivity.
