About Us

MBSAT: Where Neuroscience Meets Self-Mastery

Mindfulness-Based Strategic Awareness Training (MBSAT)  integrates Karl Friston’s Free Energy Principle and Active Inference theory into an eight-session, evidence-based program.  Picture your brain as an elite prediction engine that constantly  updates hidden models to minimize surprise.  

MBSAT shows you how to surface—and improve—those models  So you can: 

If you’re inspired by cutting-edge neuroscience and personal growth, MBSAT presents a unique and powerful path forward.

Who We Are

MBSAT Governance and Management

All MBSAT activities are supervised by a nonprofit foundation based in Switzerland, which undergoes an annual audit mandated by Swiss authorities to ensure transparency and maintain public trust.

Mission of MBSAT Foundation

Enhance individuals' quality of life, promote peaceful coexistence, and safeguard life on Earth by offering training in various formats to a diverse, international audience.

Foundation Board

Monika Young Elser

m.young@bluewin.ch

Jochen Reb

jreb@smu.edu.sg

Juan Humberto Young

j.young@bluewin.ch

Monika Young-Elser

m.young@bluewin.ch
President

Economist, former Swiss Ministry of Economics & UN officer; former member of senior management at Credit Suisse; champion of women’s rights in finance; long-time MBSAT practitioner.

Jochen Reb

jreb@smu.edu.sg
Research Lead

Director, Mindfulness Initiative and tenure professor of Organisational Behavior and HR, Singapore Management University (SMU); renowned scholar of decision-making; lifelong meditator.

Lukas Arnold


Board member

MBA, Master’s in Positive Leadership and Strategy; entrepreneur and mayor of a city in central Switzerland; applies MBSAT in civic innovation.

Juan Humberto Young

j.young@bluewin.ch
Founder

Former global executive in finance, consulting and other industries; entrepreneur with advanced academic degrees in business administration, finance, risk management, public management, positive psychology, and cognitive therapy.

Foundation Management Team

Dr Juan Humberto Young

Content

Prof Jochen Reb

Research

Dr Monika Young-Elser

Organisation & Planning

IT Support

Digital-marketing specialist

Marketing

MBSAT Program Structure

Focus Outcome

Part I

Sessions 1 – 4
BETA – Body sensations, Emotions, Thoughts, Action impulses
Builds deep self-awareness and inner balance, reducing harmful free energy
Part II
Sessions 5 – 7
META – Updating belief systems & generative models
Re-authors limiting beliefs; handles adversity, money attitudes & social experience
Part III
 
Session 8
Strategic Adaptation – Integrating BETA + META, strategic planning for personal growth.
Crafts a lifelong adaptation map for skillful, value-aligned decisions

Part I
Sessions 1 – 4

Focus
BETA – Body sensations, Emotions, Thoughts,
Action impulses

Outcome
Builds deep self-awareness and inner balance, reducing harmful free energy

Part II
Sessions 5 – 7

Focus
META – Updating belief systems & generative models 

 

Outcome
Re-authors limiting beliefs; handles adversity, money attitudes & social experience

Part III
Sessions 8

Focus
Strategic Adaptation – Integrating BETA + META,
strategic planning for personal growth

Outcome
Builds deep self-awareness and inner balance, reducing harmful free energy

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Your journey matters. Whether it’s a moment of growth, a challenge you’ve overcome, or a personal insight that changed your perspective—we invite you to share it with our community.