Mental health and emotional well being aren’t just buzzwords anymore. Today, mental health is an essential component of the enlightened workplace and it is crucial for leaders to promote mental health across their organizations. The first step conscious leaders can take to help others is to find balance and to understand their own mental, emotional, and physical health. Then they can go beyond protecting their personal brain health, by promoting the mental health and wellbeing of their employees, too. By setting the foundation with a balanced brain, executives and entrepreneurs can more effectively lead high-performing, emotionally intelligent teams. In the latest episode of The Enlightened Executive podcast, expert Lee Gerdes, tells us why he believes brain optimization is the first step to rebalancing and minimizing the impact of stress. He also shares stress management tools, emotional awareness techniques, and brain optimizing strategies that you can put into practice with your whole team.