How Dr. Kinley’s latest books bring science, humour, and humanity together to redefine resilience.
In a world that prizes performance and productivity, we often overlook the foundation that makes both possible: our mental fitness.
Through her two recent books, Mental Fitness: The Game Changer and Potty Lessons: This is the Real Sh*t, psychiatrist and AIR Institutes founder Dr. Kinley shares a practical, science-based framework for Building Mental Fitness and resilience from the inside out.
Her mission is clear: to move beyond reactive mental health care and help people proactively train their minds for strength, balance, and growth.
Mental Fitness: The Game Changer
How to turn resilience into a skill you can measure, build, and strengthen
Resilience isn’t something you’re born with; it’s something you train.
In Mental Fitness: The Game Changer, Dr. Kinley translates decades of clinical experience and neuroscience research into a clear roadmap for strengthening your mind under pressure.
This second edition offers a deeper, evidence-based understanding of how mental fitness works and how anyone can build it. Readers will discover how to:
- Recognize the mental “circuits” that shape thought, emotion, and behaviour
- Strengthen psychological skills through intentional daily practice
- Move beyond managing symptoms to building long-term mental capacity
- Lead and perform with greater calm, clarity, and confidence
This is building mental fitness in daily practice; clear actionable skills you can train and measure. This book reflects the heart of AIR’s approach, blending science, coaching, and self-awareness to help people build the mental strength needed to thrive at work and in life.
Potty Lessons: This is the Real Sh*t
Because resilience starts with responsibility
If Mental Fitness is about understanding the science of the mind, Potty Lessons is about owning the mess of being human.
In this witty and refreshingly candid book, Dr. Kinley reminds us that growth begins when we face what we’ve been avoiding. Stress, burnout, and baggage all pile up when we don’t deal with them.
Through humour and honesty, Potty Lessons helps readers:
- Confront emotional “waste” with compassion and accountability
- Stop carrying other people’s stress and stories
- Understand why emotional avoidance never works (it just leaks out elsewhere)
- Use embarrassment, forgiveness, and laughter as tools for healing
Short, funny, and deeply wise, this book turns an uncomfortable topic into a powerful invitation for change. Because when we deal with our sh*t, everything gets lighter.
Why Dr. Kinley Wrote These Books
After decades of working in psychiatry, research, and workplace wellness, Dr. Kinley saw a persistent gap between mental health treatment and mental fitness training.
Too often, people receive care that addresses symptoms, but not the underlying skills needed to stay well. As she explains, “My goal is to move beyond rhetoric to actually show how you can measure and build resilience.”
Through AIR Institutes and these two books, Dr. Kinley bridges that gap. Her work equips people with the tools to understand how the brain works under stress, and how to strengthen it. It’s a proactive, science-backed approach that connects emotional intelligence, psychological safety, and leadership resilience.
Together, Mental Fitness: The Game Changer and Potty Lessons represent the full picture: understanding your mind and owning your mess.
One Mission. Two Books. A Stronger You.
Whether you’re leading a team, supporting a workforce, or simply learning to navigate change, these books offer a way forward, practical, measurable, and deeply human.
Dr. Kinley’s message is one of empowerment:
“Resilience isn’t reserved for the exceptional few. It’s not about being born brave or lucky. Resilience is something we can all build. Like a muscle, it strengthens with practice.”
Start your mental fitness journey today.
