This course introduces mental fitness, a proactive and strength-based approach to building resilience. We will reimagine stress as pressure that when positively engaged, serves as the counterweight and stimulus for growth. You will learn how emotional reactions to stress can be positively managed by developing resilience skills with mental exercises designed specifically to help stretch, strengthen, and forge new neural connections. We will discover how individuals' strengths are unique and different, and how awareness and insight into one's tendencies, makes it possible to take advantage of the magic of neuroplasticity to rewire your brain and change your behaviour. We will introduce the 16 resilience factors, associated with psychological skills and activities, that when exercised and practiced, serve to increase psychological strength, and enhance mental fitness.