Research

The research behind
Mental Capacity Management.

Every claim on this site and inside the product is either checked against a named, peer-reviewed study, or explicitly labeled as a traditional practice without that kind of backing. This page collects all of it in one place, organized by what it's actually used for.

The economic case

$8.9T global cost of disengagement

Gallup, State of the Global Workplace — https://www.gallup.com/workplace/349484/state-of-the-global-workplace.aspx

Up to 200% of salary to replace a burned-out employee

Center for American Progress — https://www.americanprogress.org/article/there-are-significant-business-costs-to-replacing-employees/

$4 return per $1 invested in mental health treatment

WHO / Chisholm et al., The Lancet Psychiatry (2016) — https://www.who.int/news/item/13-04-2016-investing-in-treatment-for-depression-and-anxiety-leads-to-fourfold-return

Naming what you feel

Affect labeling reduces amygdala reactivity

Lieberman et al., Psychological Science (2007) — https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17576282/

Breath, movement, and attention

Slow breathing improves heart-rate variability

Systematic review & meta-analysis (2022) — https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35623448/

Yoga measurably reduces stress physiology

Pascoe et al., Psychoneuroendocrinology (2017) — https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28963884/

Meditation improves psychological stress outcomes

Goyal et al., JAMA Internal Medicine (2014) — https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/1809754

Writing, sound, and self-talk

Expressive writing produces measurable health benefits

Baikie & Wilhelm, Advances in Psychiatric Treatment (2005) — https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/advances-in-psychiatric-treatment/article/emotional-and-physical-health-benefits-of-expressive-writing/ED2976A61F5DE56B46F07A1CE9EA9F9F

Natural sounds reduce measured stress

Systematic review & meta-analysis, Stress (2024) — https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10253890.2024.2402519

Self-affirmation improves problem-solving under stress

Creswell et al., PLOS ONE (2013) — https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0062593

Why the daily habit is built the way it is

Short, repeated actions become automatic habits

Lally et al., European Journal of Social Psychology (2010) — https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ejsp.674