Mental Fitness for Happy Retirement - with Patrick Cameron

Positive Intelligence (PQ) is something we can all use a little boost of. Patrick Cameron is a Life Coach, focusing on Positive Intelligence and Mental Fitness, with 40 years of experience in the human potential and developmental systems. His goal is assisting those of us in the second half of life in imagining and creating a remarkable retirement.

The program he follows and teaches was created by Shirzad Chamine and is based on the belief that we all have saboteurs within us. The primary saboteur, that everyone has, is called the Judge. We judge ourselves, others, and circumstances. The lesser saboteurs, or accomplices of the Judge, are present in varying degrees and they come to the forefront in different circumstances. The predominant accomplices differ from person to person and can change over time as we change.

The saboteurs are generated on the left side of our brain, where our survival instincts lie. They stir up negative emotions (fear, stress, anger, guilt).

The Sage is the balance for the Judge and the other saboteurs. Inhabiting the right side of the brain, the Sage is involved with the empathy circuitry and positive emotions (passion, purpose, curiosity, creativity)

Mental fitness is our capacity to respond to life's challenges with a positive rather than a negative mindset. There are three core muscles at the root of mental fitness and they constitute the foundation for change. The goal is not elimination of any of the saboteurs, but rather recognition so we can use the characteristics to our benefit instead of our detriment. The three muscles are:

• Saboteur Interceptor - being able to catch ourselves as we fall into the habit of each saboteur
• Sage Perspective - learning to address every outcome/circustance in a fashion that turns it into an opportunity
• Self-Command - simple practices to help us focus on "here & now".

Please check out the short questionnaire to find out what your saboteurs are: https://positiveintelligence.com and click on "saboteurs".

Patrick can be reached through his website: https://integralmastery.ca