Professional certification for workplace resilience leaders
Become the person on your team who knows what to do when stress hits.
Building Mental Resilience Certification gives workplace leaders the brain science, daily practices, and facilitation experience to manage their own stress and bring practical resilience tools to others.
20+ professionals enrolled · 33% lower perceived stress · 100% certification pass rate · 80%+ working on active construction sites
CONTACT US ABOUT CERTIFICATIONBuilt for the person others turn to under pressure.
This certification is designed for workplace wellness champions, safety professionals, athletic trainers, ERG leaders, coaches, and managers who want a practical way to support mental resilience on their teams.
It is especially relevant in high-stress environments where burnout can affect judgment, communication, and safety.
Dorsey meeting up at a mental health conference with two certification trainees
Building Mental Resilience Certification
Learn the science. Practice it yourself. Build the skill to lead others.
Building Mental Resilience Certification combines on-demand learning, personal resilience practice, one-to-one mentorship, and supervised facilitation.
This rolling, individually administered program helps participants understand the brain’s stress response, apply the Three R’s — Recognize, Reframe, Reset — and lead brief resilience practices with their own teams.
Graduates are prepared to lead brief resilience practices, mental-resilience toolbox talks, and stress resilience seminars inside their organizations using Mastermind scripts and slide decks.
More than 20 professionals have enrolled, and more than 80% work on active construction sites. Graduates are already bringing mental health into stretch and flex, one-to-one conversations, and site-wide lunch and learns.
What Building Mental Resilience Certification Includes
On-Demand Knowledge
- Learn through self-paced videos, quizzes, and regular knowledge checks
- Use the program on desktop or in the Mastermind app
Daily Resilience Practice Tools
- Lifetime access to 200+ guided practices, from 60 seconds to 60 minutes
- A practice library used by 1,600+ members
One-to-One Mentorship
- Work directly with an experienced Mastermind facilitator
- Receive feedback tailored to your audience and work environment
Hands-On Facilitation
- Practice leading resilience exercises and complete a supervised teach-back
- Complete the final assessment required for certification
Investment
Pricing starts at $2,500 per enrollment. Bulk pricing and cohort delivery available by request.
About Mastermind and Dorsey Standish, MS
Mastermind is a Dallas-based brain health and performance company founded by engineer and cognitive neuroscientist Dorsey Standish, MS. Since 2016, Mastermind has helped high-performing teams use practical neuroscience to reduce stress and perform under pressure.
The resilience curriculum behind this certification has been delivered more than 100 times across corporate and construction audiences.
Mastermind is 100% woman-owned and LGBT-certified.
You're in Good Company
‟This really works... After six weeks of practicing resilience, I can deal with stress better. There’s chaos around me, but I don’t feel chaotic.”
Darren Howard, MS
Site Lead
Athletic Training Solutions
Measured stress reduction before and after certification.
Trainees complete the Cohen Perceived Stress Scale before the program and again after. Average scores fell from 18.1 to 12.2 — a 33% reduction. Ninety-three percent reported lower stress, and five moved from the moderate-stress band into low stress.
20+ professionals enrolled · 100% certification pass rate · 80%+ working on active construction sites
Results are based on pre- and post-program responses from certification trainees, 2024–2026. Pass rate is based on completed final certification assessments.
Build resilience from inside your organization.
Train a trusted leader to support stress management, recovery, and peer-to-peer resilience where the work is already happening.
Pricing starts at $2,500 per enrollment.
Bulk pricing and cohort delivery available by request.
Virtual delivery · Lifetime platform access