Positive Intelligence® Program
Build mental fitness to enhance your wellness, performance, and relationships through the science-backed Positive Intelligence (PQ) training program
If you’re physically fit, you can climb steep hills without physical stress.
If you’re mentally fit, you can handle life’s great challenges without mental stress or negative emotions.
THE PROBLEM?
Most people aren't mentally fit.
80% fall below the minimum threshold of Positive Intelligence (PQ) needed for peak performance and sustained wellbeing.
The good news?
You can build the mental muscles that shift you out of survival mode—and into clarity, focus, and ease—in a few minutes per day.
In just 6 weeks, you’ll experience:
→ Less stress
→ Better decisions
→ More happiness
→ Higher performance
→ And a mind that works for you—not against you
How the PQ® Training Program Works
Daily Practice
5-15 minutes a day of app-guided practice enables you to establish mental muscles (neural pathways).
These exercises are bite-sized to fit your busy schedule and customized based on how you self-sabotage.
Weekly Focus
Weekly hour-long videos deliver deep experiential exploration of the week’s focus.
You’ll feel inspired and energized to practice during the week in order to sustain the benefits experienced during the video sessions.
Group Support
Weekly 60-minute coach-led, small-group (pod) learning sessions. Your pod becomes a powerful source of momentum and connection.
Research shows this kind of coach-supported peer learning is key to building lasting mental fitness and sustainable habit change.
Measurable Performance
Positivity Quotient measures the relative strength of your positive versus negative mental muscles.
You’ll feel motivated through instant feedback on exactly how much progress you’re making towards building the 3 core muscles of mental fitness.
Lasting positive change requires…
Most attempts at positive change fail because they stop at insight and don’t build habits. That’s what the PQ Program empowers you to do.
The 3 Mental Muscles You’ll Build
Saboteur Interceptor
Muscle
1
Self-Command
Muscle
2
Sage
Muscle
3
1. Intercept Your Saboteurs
Stress, self-doubt, procrastination, guilt, blame—these aren’t “personality quirks.” They’re habits of thought created by your Saboteurs. You’ll learn how to recognize and weaken their influence.
2. Strengthen Self-Command
Most people can’t stop the internal noise. You’ll learn how to quiet your mind in seconds—anytime, anywhere—using quick, powerful mental reps.
3. Activate Your Sage
Your Sage is the part of you that responds with calm, curiosity, creativity, and confidence. You’ll develop 5 core Sage powers that make tough moments easier—and decision-making sharper.
Why This Works
Grounded in neuroscience and developed by Stanford lecturer Shirzad Chamine, the PQ Program is a mental fitness bootcamp backed by research and used by Fortune 500 teams, elite athletes, and top performers around the world.
You’ll train three core mental muscles—each one essential to clear thinking, better leadership, and more resilient execution.
What’s Included
You’ll join a small coaching pod led by your PQ Coach and move through the 6-week program together—combining science, community, and accountability.
Here’s what you get:
✔️ 6 Week Program
✔️ PQ Assessment
✔️ Saboteur Assessment
✔️ PQ App Access
✔️ Positive Intelligence Audiobook + PDF
✔️ Weekly In-App Lessons
✔️ Daily Focus Tips and Mental Muscle Charging Exercises
✔️ Full Year of App + Program Access
✔️ Weekly Live, Coach-Led Pod Meetings
Meet Your Coach
Hi! I'm Maya Kumits, an International Coaching Federation (ICF) and Positive Intelligence (PQ) coach. I bring 20 years of tech leadership experience and 15 years of expertise in human potential and peak performance to our sessions.
What I love about this program is the way it brings mental fitness training that’s grounded in science, structured for results, and designed to create lasting change.
Results Backed By Data
Boost performance
90% Use mental and emotional energy more effectively
76% Improve their ability to develop others
92% Are better at teamwork and collaboration
Improve Wellbeing
85% Increase happiness
91% Manage stress better
83% Improve self-confidence
Strengthen Relationships
82% Improve relationships
84% Are better at managing conflict
97% Improve empathy
Used by teams across leading global organizations
Impact At Any Level
For Individuals
For Teams
For Organizations
Keynotes & Workshops
Intro to Positive Intelligence® & Mental Fitness
Keynote or Webinar | 45–90 minutes | Virtual or In-Person
This session introduces the core concepts of Positive Intelligence and Mental Fitness, along with practical tools participants can apply immediately.
You’ll walk away with a high-level understanding of how your brain can work for or against you, and what it takes to shift out of survival mode and into clear-headed, effective action.
Key takeaways include:
The 10 internal Saboteurs that drive stress, self-doubt, and reactivity
A science-backed framework for strengthening your 3 core mental muscles
A 10-second technique for shifting from stress to calm, focused action
This is not mindset work. It’s mental fitness—an operating upgrade for how you lead, work, and respond under pressure.
Mental Fitness Workshop
2–4 Hours | Virtual or In-Person
This session expands on the core Positive Intelligence framework through real-time application and guided small-group work.
After completing the Saboteur Assessment, participants break into groups based on their top Saboteur. Each Saboteur group then reports out to the larger group about what their Saboteur is all about—its lies, limiting beliefs, and negative impact.
This interactive session is how you can shift a conceptual understanding of the topic to a deep personal “aha...” of exactly how you have been sabotaging your own effectiveness, wellness, and relationships. This is where your team will get really excited about a new possibility for themselves and each other.
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