Positive Intelligence® (PQ) was developed by Shirzad Chamine—Stanford lecturer and New York Times bestselling author of Positive Intelligence.

It is a science-based framework for strengthening your mental fitness—your ability to handle life’s challenges with clarity, calm, and focus instead of being hijacked by stress, self-doubt, or negativity.

PQ helps you:

• Reduce stress and overwhelm
   
• Quiet the inner critic (“Saboteurs”)
   
• Activate your wiser, calmer “Sage” brain
   
• Build lasting habits that align with your health and life goals
   

Mental fitness is your capacity to shift from negative thought patterns to positive responses.
Just like physical fitness builds strong muscles, mental fitness builds strong, resilient neural pathways.

When your mind is fit, you can:

• Navigate setbacks with resilience
   
• Improve relationships with yourself and others
   
• Make lifestyle changes that actually last
   

Saboteurs are the automatic negative voices in your mind that generate stress, guilt, procrastination, perfectionism, and self-criticism. They can make even small challenges feel overwhelming.

The first step in PQ is identifying your Saboteurs so you can intercept them before they take over.

Your Sage is the calm, wise, creative part of your brain.
When activated, it helps you:

• Stay grounded under stress
   
• See opportunities in challenges
   
• Respond with empathy and clarity
   
• Take action from love, not fear
   

The PQ program trains you to strengthen your Sage powers every day.

The PQ journey begins with a 7-week foundation where you:

1. Learn to catch your Saboteurs in real time
    
2. Strengthen Self-Command through short daily practices
    
3. Activate your Sage to shift challenges into opportunities
    

After the foundation, you continue with ongoing practices and app modules to apply PQ in areas like stress, wellness, relationships, parenting, and leadershipWhat is PQ.

Living with or at risk for Type 2 Diabetes can feel overwhelming. PQ gives you the mental tools to:

• Quiet stress and guilt around food, movement, and blood sugar management
   
• Break free from “all-or-nothing” thinking after setbacks
   
• Strengthen your Sage so choices come from wisdom, not fear or self-criticism
   
• Build self-compassion and resilience that make lifestyle shifts easier to sustain
   
• Feel more balanced, supported, and in control of your health journey
   

When I began weaving PQ into my own life, it helped me meet my diagnosis with more self-compassion and clarity. I realized the hardest part wasn’t knowing what to do — it was shifting my inner dialogue so I could actually do it with consistency and kindness.

That’s why I integrate PQ practices into my coaching. It’s not just another to-do list — it’s the mental fitness training that helps women stop self-sabotage, strengthen self-trust, and create rhythms of health that last.

If you’re ready to explore your own saboteurs and discover how PQ can support your health and vitality:

👉 [Book Your Saboteur Discovery Call]
(link to: https://vibly.io/services/saboteur-discovery-call-for-women-with-type-2-diabetes-sheila-asare/)

In this free call, we’ll:

• Reveal your top Saboteurs
   
• Practice one PQ exercise to strengthen your Sage
   
• Map out how mental fitness can support your health journey

See PQ in action and learn how it can support you: