Partner Insights from Mettle
The pressure to succeed is a primary driver of stress for men under 35. Ever get the feeling that time is running out? The American Psychological Association says half of us feel like that a lot of the time, driven by chronic stress around work and money.
Stress impacts everything, including your skin's health. it sits in your jaw, your shoulders, your chest.
You're physically there but mentally elsewhere. Checking emails during dinner. Scrolling in bed. Replaying the day's conversations.
And it shows - in your skin, in your patience, in your presence.
When stress goes unmanaged:
- Your cortisol stays elevated
- Your sleep quality tanks
- Your skin's inflammation increases
- Your emotional regulation fails
- Your relationships suffer
- Your performance degrades
The cost compounds.
What men with strong mental fitness do differently
Men who have developed mental fitness don't just power through stress. They have protocols.
Not because they're soft, but because they're strategic.
They know that unmanaged stress destroys everything you're trying to build, so they build systems that process it.
Tools to keep work stress from getting under their skin, including:
- Breathe work before you walk in the door (3 minutes to downshift your nervous system)
- Box breathing when stress spikes (4-4-4-4 to reset cortisol)
- Evening meditation to process the day (don't carry it into tomorrow)
- Consistent sleep schedule (your brain needs predictable recovery)
Learn about each of these techniques in the Mettle app.
The physical stress recovery stack
The simple tools you need to support what stress does to your skin include:
- Cleanse: Remove the day, literally and symbolically
- Recover: Buff's Tired Eyes Bundle to reduce fatigue and inflammation
- Moisturise: Support your skin's natural barrier and bring back hydration
- Ritual: The consistent evening anchor your brain recognises
The process matters as much as the products.
After all, you can't out-moisturise chronic stress. And you can't out-meditate poor skincare. Elite recovery requires both mental fitness tools for your nervous system and physical recovery for your skin.
Don't choose between them - stack them.
'Don't let work get under your skin' isn't just a tagline. It's the actual protocol.
Discover now: Ready-made skincare routines to add to your recovery stack
Manage stress before it becomes chronic. Build recovery systems that work. Show up for what matters rested, regulated, and recovered.
That's what men with positive mental fitness can do.
Ready to train your mental fitness?
Mettle is the mental fitness app built specifically for ambitious men. Co-founded by Bear Grylls and developed with Imperial College London, we offer science-backed breathwork, meditation and mental training from the world's top coaches - the ones who train Fortune 500 CEOs, elite athletes and Special Forces operatives.
No crystals. No woo-woo. Just practical tools that work.
Try Mettle free for 7 days and discover why high-performing men are treating mental fitness as their competitive advantage.
Download Mettle: Apple | Android
Don't let work get under your skin
Partner Insights from Mettle
The pressure to succeed is a primary driver of stress for men under 35. Ever get the feeling that time is running out? The American Psychological Association says half of us feel like that a lot of the time, driven by chronic stress around work and money.
Stress impacts everything, including your skin's health. it sits in your jaw, your shoulders, your chest.
You're physically there but mentally elsewhere. Checking emails during dinner. Scrolling in bed. Replaying the day's conversations.
And it shows - in your skin, in your patience, in your presence.
When stress goes unmanaged:
The cost compounds.
What men with strong mental fitness do differently
Men who have developed mental fitness don't just power through stress. They have protocols.
Not because they're soft, but because they're strategic.
They know that unmanaged stress destroys everything you're trying to build, so they build systems that process it.
Tools to keep work stress from getting under their skin, including:
Learn about each of these techniques in the Mettle app.
The physical stress recovery stack
The simple tools you need to support what stress does to your skin include:
The process matters as much as the products.
After all, you can't out-moisturise chronic stress. And you can't out-meditate poor skincare. Elite recovery requires both mental fitness tools for your nervous system and physical recovery for your skin.
Don't choose between them - stack them.
'Don't let work get under your skin' isn't just a tagline. It's the actual protocol.
Discover now: Ready-made skincare routines to add to your recovery stack
Manage stress before it becomes chronic. Build recovery systems that work. Show up for what matters rested, regulated, and recovered.
That's what men with positive mental fitness can do.
Ready to train your mental fitness?
Mettle is the mental fitness app built specifically for ambitious men. Co-founded by Bear Grylls and developed with Imperial College London, we offer science-backed breathwork, meditation and mental training from the world's top coaches - the ones who train Fortune 500 CEOs, elite athletes and Special Forces operatives.
No crystals. No woo-woo. Just practical tools that work.
Try Mettle free for 7 days and discover why high-performing men are treating mental fitness as their competitive advantage.
Download Mettle: Apple | Android