The Wellbeing 5 Project
Kathy Kolbe
The Conative Mind
The Mental Wellbeing 5 Interview
5 Simple Questions to help with mental wellbeing with answers from Experts, Thought Leaders, Campaigners & Advocates
Kathy Kolbe
Kathy is an acclaimed theorist, best-selling author and pioneer in the field of conation. Believing that we are all perfect in our own way, she has spent over 40 years collecting and analyzing conative traits to ultimately help us be ourselves.
Kathy is an innovative brain scientist helping kids, parents, educators & medical experts create a better world by assessing & explaining innate abilities. She is the world’s leading authority on human instinct. Kathy has completed ground-breaking research into how the conative mind works and how it can be measured.
As an acclaimed theorist, Kathy has identified and proven that there are 4 contrive states; “Quick Start”, “Fact Finder”, “Follow Thru” and “Implementor”. She developed the only validated, measurable assessment of these instinct based modalities.
Kathy is a best-selling author who has published over 120 printed works.
Kathy has received numerous awards for her work and research including; Time Person of the Year “Seven Americans who posses the spirit to inspire”, The Robert Fox Lifetime Achievement Award and The Athena Award for inspiring women in business who exemplify strong characteristics of hard work and community involvement.
Find out more about Kathy here
The Mental Wellbeing 5 with Kathy Kolbe
1. What is your favourite quote, anecdote, proverb or experience that helps with mental wellbeing?
Kathy:
My answer is one of my 5 Rules for Trusting your instincts (which I try to follow):
2. What is your top piece of advice for mental wellbeing?
Kathy:
Again, one of my 5 Rules:
Be Obstinate in Being You
3. What is the one change in the world that you would like to see? (in your area of wellbeing or in the world in general or both)
Kathy:
So-called experts need to stop idealizing some human traits, and giving courses on changing people in order to conform to their models. Instead, help people by encouraging them to Be yourself- don’t try to be like anyone else – which builds self-efficacy and creates realistic Purposefulness.
4. Which resources (books / websites / videos etc) for wellbeing would you recommend?
Kathy:
Your grandparent is probably your best advisor! But, as an 82 yr old grandma, I may be way too prejudiced about the value of life-long experience.
5. What’s the one thing that always makes you smile?
Kathy:
Bonus Question! Is there anything else pertinent you would like to add to the conversation?
Kathy:
Further Exploration - Kathy Kolbe
Website: Dynamynd, Inc
Kathy's skunkworks, Dynamynd, where she develops leading-edge solutions for learning and wellness tied to her theory around conative mental faculty.
Website: Kolbe Corp
Kathy's company where she is Chairman and Chief Creative Officer. Kolbe Corp provides the only program measuring conation, i.e. how people take action. It is a proven and comprehensive process to get immediately actionable advice on personal productivity, team performance, job alignment & hiring.
Books
A link to some of Kathy's best-selling books including; "Pure Instinct", "Striving Zones: How People Act when Free to be Themselves" and "Powered By Instinct 5 Rules for Trusting Your Guts."
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