Foundations of Mental Wellbeing and Peace of Mind

A Fresh Exploration of Mental Wellbeing From the Inside Out

For anyone who has spent a long time trying to manage their mind, understand their pain, change their feelings, or hold themselves together — and is beginning to wonder whether the way out may be simpler than another battle with themselves.

Live Online Program with Brett Chitty
13 January – 3 February 2027


What this program is really about

This program is a fresh exploration of mental wellbeing from the inside out.

Rather than treating peace of mind as something we have to achieve, maintain, fix, or fight for, we will look in a different direction: toward the deeper principles behind human experience itself.

Many people spend years trying to manage their thinking, understand their past, change how they feel, control patterns that seem to run them, or make sense of why life feels so hard.

The Three Principles point to something simpler: that what we feel is not just a direct result of diagnosis, history, circumstances, personality, or the state of our life, but of how life is being experienced from the inside, moment by moment.

Mental wellbeing is not something missing from us.
Peace of mind is not a fragile state we have to hold onto, protect, or keep in place.

You may recognize this

This program may be especially relevant if you have ever noticed:

  • You feel caught in mental noise, emotional overwhelm, low mood, anxiety, or patterns that seem hard to shift.
  • You are tired of battling with yourself and trying to manage every thought or feeling.
  • Your history, habits, labels, or current circumstances can look as though they define what is possible for you.
  • You have tried to fix yourself, understand yourself, or control yourself, and the effort has become another layer of struggle.
  • You sometimes glimpse a quieter state of mind, but it can look temporary, fragile, or dependent on things staying a certain way.

These experiences do not mean there is something wrong with who you are.

They may be invitations to look more deeply at how human experience is being created in the moment.


Not another self-improvement battle

This program is not about forcing yourself to think positively, digging endlessly into the past, denying pain, or adding a new set of rules for how your mind should behave.

It is about beginning to see how experience is created from the inside out — and why peace of mind may be less dependent on fixing yourself than it has appeared.

This does not dismiss pain.

It does not deny the body, the brain, trauma, medication, support, or practical care. But it does open up a different possibility: that beneath the noise, fear, effort, and self-judgment, there may be a natural clarity and resilience already present — waiting to be seen, rather than forced into existence.

What you may begin to notice

This is not about promising a particular feeling or outcome. It is about looking in a direction where you may begin to see your experience with a little more clarity and less struggle.

The difference between experience and identity

Stress, fear, craving, or despair can feel deeply personal, yet they are not the truth of who you are.

How thought creates a lived reality

The mind can make a moment feel unsafe, hopeless, urgent, or broken before we realize thought is moving through us.

The resilience beneath the noise

Clarity and steadiness often appear not because we have controlled thought, but because we have seen something about its nature.

Peace without forcing calm

Peace of mind can begin to look less like a state to manufacture and more like something naturally present when struggle quiets.

More Trust in Your Own Steadiness

As struggle begins to make more sense, you may find more trust in your ability to meet what comes without having to hold yourself together.

Fresh Answers Can Appear

When the mind is not being battled so hard, solutions, direction, and common sense may begin to appear in ways that do not feel forced.

A simple way to see it

Same Life. Seen Differently.

The same thoughts, feelings, history, or circumstances can begin to look different when we see more clearly how experience is being created. From there, new possibilities and answers may arise — not because life has been forced to change, but because what we are seeing has changed.

What we’ll explore

Across the four sessions, we’ll look gently and practically at how suffering takes shape, why peace of mind can seem so far away, and what becomes possible when experience is understood from the inside out.

01  Session One

The inside-out nature of experience

We’ll begin by looking at how experience comes alive from within, even when it seems to be coming directly from life, the past, the body, or the mind.

02  Session Two

When trouble feels personal and urgent

We’ll explore how the mind can make stress, fear, craving, low mood, or old patterns feel deeply real in the moment — and what changes when we begin to see how that experience is being brought to life.

03  Session Three

The quiet beneath the noise

We’ll explore the natural clarity and resilience that can show up when we are no longer trying to fight, fix, or protect our state of mind.

04  Session Four

Peace of mind in ordinary life

We’ll explore what it can mean to live with this understanding when thoughts, feelings, habits, and circumstances still move through everyday life.


Program details

Foundations of Mental Wellbeing and Peace of Mind is a four-part live online program with recordings, a private participant area, and an informal follow-up conversation included.

Dates

  • Wednesday 13 January 2027
  • Wednesday 20 January 2027
  • Wednesday 27 January 2027
  • Wednesday 3 February 2027

Time

10:00 am Pacific / 1:00 pm Eastern / 6:00 pm UK / 7:00 pm Central Europe

Format

Live online sessions with Brett Chitty.
Each session explores a different aspect of how experience is created, how suffering takes shape, and how peace of mind can be seen in a new way.

Whiteboard

Brett often uses a whiteboard during sessions, with ideas and distinctions drawn out visually as they emerge.

Recordings

Recordings will be available after each live session, so you can catch up or revisit them in your own time.

Follow-up meeting

The follow-up meeting, “Living with the Foundations of Mental Wellbeing and Peace of Mind,” will take place on Wednesday 10 March 2027.
An informal follow-up conversation to explore what you have noticed in your understanding, wellbeing, and way of seeing your own experience since the program.

Included

  • Four live online sessions
  • One informal follow-up meeting in March
  • Access to the session recordings
  • Access to a private participant area between sessions
  • A simple, grounded exploration of mental wellbeing from the inside out
  • Space to listen, reflect, and begin seeing peace of mind in a new way for yourself

Your guide

This program is led by Brett Chitty.

Brett has spent many years exploring the Three Principles and the work of Sydney Banks, with a particular interest in how this understanding speaks to the ordinary, changing experience of being human.

His approach is gentle, careful, and reflective. Rather than presenting the Principles as ideas to memorize or techniques to apply, Brett points toward what can be seen for ourselves in real life — in our feelings, struggles, questions, and moments of clarity.

Foundations of Mental Wellbeing and Peace of Mind has grown out of that interest: a wish to explore how stress, emotional pain, old patterns, labels, and self-judgment can begin to look different when the nature of experience is seen more clearly.

Who this is for

This program may be for you if you feel caught in mental noise, emotional pain, repeated patterns, or the exhausting effort to get yourself okay.

It may be especially relevant for:

  • People who find themselves living with stress, anxiety, low mood, or emotional overwhelm.
  • People who feel defined by their history, labels, habits, or past struggle.
  • People caught in patterns that feel hard to shift, including craving, compulsion, addiction, or harsh self-judgment.
  • Anyone who has tried to manage their mind and feels exhausted by the effort.
  • People who sense there may be a deeper understanding of peace of mind than another technique to apply.

This program does not promise to fix any particular symptom, diagnosis, or life circumstance.

It points to an understanding that can change how suffering, struggle, and peace of mind look from within you.

Join Foundations of Mental Wellbeing and Peace of Mind

Join us for a grounded exploration of mental wellbeing, peace of mind, and the natural clarity that may already be present beneath the noise.

Across four live sessions, we’ll explore how experience is created, how suffering takes shape, and what begins to look different when peace of mind is no longer treated as something missing from us.

Includes four live online sessions, recordings, access to a private participant area, and an informal follow-up meeting in March.

Early Bird: $199 until 30 November 2026
Regular Price: $300 after that

Frequently Asked Questions

A few practical details before joining the program.

Do I need previous experience with the Three Principles?

No. You do not need any previous experience with the Three Principles to take part. The program is designed as a grounded introduction to mental wellbeing and peace of mind from the inside out.

Will the sessions be recorded?

Yes. Recordings will be made available after each live session, so you can catch up if you miss a meeting or revisit the sessions in your own time.

What if I cannot attend live?

You are still welcome to join. The recordings will allow you to follow along, and the private participant area will give you a place to stay connected between sessions.

Is this therapy, psychiatry, counseling, or medical advice?

No. This is an educational program, not therapy, psychiatry, counseling, diagnosis, treatment, crisis support, addiction treatment, or medical advice. It is not a substitute for medication, emergency support, or any treatment or care you are currently receiving. We will be exploring mental wellbeing through the principles behind human experience.

What is the follow-up meeting?

The follow-up meeting, “Living with the Foundations of Mental Wellbeing and Peace of Mind,” will take place on Wednesday 10 March 2027. It will be an informal conversation to explore what you have noticed in your understanding, wellbeing, and way of seeing your own experience since the program.

How long will I have access to the recordings?

You will have access to the recordings through the private participant area after the live sessions. We intend to keep them available for as long as the program remains part of our work.

What happens after I join?

After joining, you will receive access details for the program, including information about the live sessions, recordings, and private participant area.

Choose how you would like to join

Begin with this program, join the full series, or take the series with Applied Clarity.

Join Foundations of Mental Wellbeing

A fresh exploration of mental wellbeing from the inside out, and the clarity and peace of mind that may be present beneath mental noise and struggle.

  • Foundations of Human Experience
  • Foundations of Separate Realities in Relationships
  • Foundations of Mental Wellbeing and Peace of Mind
  • Foundations of Resilience Through Difficult Times
  • The Applied Clarity Track
Early Bird: $199
Regular Price: $300

Join the Full Foundations Series

Explore the full Foundations Series from September to March, with four programs looking at human experience, relationships, mental wellbeing, and resilience.

  • Foundations of Human Experience
  • Foundations of Separate Realities in Relationships
  • Foundations of Mental Wellbeing and Peace of Mind
  • Foundations of Resilience Through Difficult Times
  • The Applied Clarity Track
Early Bird: $500
Regular Price: $800

Join the Full Foundations Series with Applied Clarity

Take the full Foundations Series with an additional small-group space for real-life questions and the nuances that become clearer as the programs unfold.

  • Foundations of Human Experience
  • Foundations of Separate Realities in Relationships
  • Foundations of Mental Wellbeing and Peace of Mind
  • Foundations of Resilience Through Difficult Times
  • The Applied Clarity Track
$2,800, or 4 monthly payments of $700