“A Harvard study shows that we are all distracted in the present moment for half our waking lives. I think it’s important for our Airmen to be quicker in thought, to be quicker in deliverance, to meet the mission quicker and to perform better under stress. That is a huge part of why the MindGym is going to help with our Airmen here at...
Amy Egbert, 27th Special Operations Wing Integrated Resiliency Optimization Network interim director
| Cannon AFB
“We designed the MindGym so that it would feel familiar to people in the military,” said Brandon Murphy, Head of Growth for Lumena Labs. “It was and is our goal to provide Airmen with access to tools that they may typically need in-person training for.”
Brandon Murphy, Head of Growth
| Lumena MindGym
“I’m excited for our JBA community to take advantage of this unique resource,” said U.S. Air Force Col. Parkin C. “Gage” Bryson, 316th Wing deputy commander. “It is important for us to consider all aspects of our health, and staying mentally fit is a key component of that holistic approach to fitness.”
Col. Parkin C. “Gage” Bryson, 316th Wing deputy commander
| Joint-Base Andrews
“We’re always looking for new and innovative ways to increase resilience,” said Daphne Perez, Prevention Coordination Specialist with the Integrated Resilience Office on base. “Mindfulness is one of the biggest factors of resilience, something that can help you during stressful situations. We are excited to have something like this that can be another tool for airmen to help them deal with stress in the...
Daphne Perez, Prevention Coordination Specialist
| Ellsworth AFB
"In the future mental training will become as obviously critical as regular physical training.”
Jannell MacAulay, Ph.D, U.S. Air Force Veteran
| Warriors Edge
“It’s important to get after cognitive training for our Airmen. We must invest in developing our human resources in the cognitive space and improve their tactical capabilities. This will enable us to be better prepared for strategic competition in tomorrow’s fight.”
Lt. Col Brandon Dues, 318th Special Operations Squadron commander
| Cannon AFB
“I can’t imagine an airman who wouldn’t benefit from this,” said Lt. Col. Carsten Stahr, 28th Force Support Squadron commander. “It’s a very simple sort of thing, but it’s the simplest things in life that, when taken seriously, provide the greatest impacts and changes.”
Lt. Col. Carsten Stahr, Commander – 28th Force Support Squadron
| Ellsworth AFB
“Our service members work long hours under intense and unpredictable conditions that demand a program for developing new mental skills to help them remain primed for optimal performance in training, at war, and after they come home,” he explains. “This requires a much deeper dive into how operators regulate their emotional state during high pressure and high-intensity situations and using innovative training to build...
Patrick O’Maille, PhD
| Hurlburt Field AFB
“One thing I really love about MindGym is how it expands on the things I’m already doing in our training sessions and increases the exposure, consistency, and repeatability of it,” he says. “Not only will it help to deliver better results faster, but many operators will prefer this kind of training to traditional methods, which will help make mental and emotional health of our fighting...
Patrick O’Maille, PhD
| Hurlburt Field AFB
“Whenever I’m asked about the MindGym, I tout the outstanding customer service, responsiveness to feedback, and formal/informal partnering in content development. So often we encounter vendors who can do nothing more than provide an “off the shelf” product and are constrained to make modification to fit our unique needs. I think the versatility of the system and long-range plan of a user generated content...
Patrick O’Maille, PhD
| Hurlburt Field AFB