The Duke of Sussex has said that “we all have greatness within us”, and mental capacity helps to unlock it.
Harry, in his role as chief executive of BetterUp, conducted a series of interviews with Olympic gold medalist snowboarder Chloe Kim, psychologist Adam Grant and BetterUp member Blu Mendoza.
The Duke said: “We all have greatness within us. Mental fitness helps us unlock it.
“It is a practice that continues. One where you approach your mind as something to be bent, not fixed.
“I want to introduce you to a few people whose stories can inspire us in our own growth through mental fitness.”
Harry, who stepped down from royal duties two years ago, has been open about his mental health issues in the past.
“Over the years of traveling around the world, what I saw were the similarities of the experiences of trauma, of loss, of grief, of being human,” he said in a video posted on BetterUp’s website on Tuesday.
“That resilience building is absolutely critical.”
Harry called Kim the ‘queen of snowboarding’ and asked: ‘Is there anything you do every day for your mental fitness? What’s your secret?”
Kim replied that she used little reminders, like telling herself to do her best.
The Duke asked Grant, “What goes into your own proactive practice?”
Grant replied that he was doing non-negotiable six days a week, and Harry remarked, “You work out six days a week?” and joked, “I can tell.”
A grinning Harry told Mendoza that they might have the same mental health coach when she talked about needing to “thrive” during the day rather than “survive”.
It echoed remarks made by the Duchess of Sussex during their tour of Africa shortly before the Megxit crisis.
Meghan said in 2019: “It’s not enough to just survive something, that’s not the point of life. You have to improve.”
The Duke, who has experienced a troubled relationship with the Prince of Wales and a rift with the Duke of Cambridge, also asked: “How can we create more resilience for people, not just a better version of themselves at work, but a better version for their partners, for their family and their entire community?”
Harry’s tell-all memoir is due to be published later this year – although a publication date is yet to be confirmed.
Pagesix.com reported Tuesday that a source at the NY publisher said the book would be “juicy” with “some content that should upset his family.”
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