You're not lazy, and you're not falling behind because you lack willpower. If you're exhausted and every goal feels too big to start, the missing piece might be making the goal small enough that you can't miss.

In this episode, Dr. Emily talks with Lissy Alden, CEO and founder of the mental fitness company MYNDY, about how small, repeatable practices can change the way your brain works. Lissy began the research behind MYNDY at MIT after burning out twice, once in a job where she felt she had to be someone else and once in a job she loved.

You'll learn:

• Why you can burn out doing work you love, and the difference between identity burnout and energy burnout

• What mental fitness really is, and why it's about training your mind for the good and the hard, not staying positive all the time

• How to "win the moment" by making one tiny decision toward a goal and celebrating it

• Why your brain uses 20 to 35% of your body's daily energy, and what that means on your most tired days

• A 1-minute morning practice (recover, cross-train, score) you can start tomorrow

• 3 tools to quiet negative self-talk, including naming the voice in your head

Small is big. Every tiny win clears the path for the next one.